Collective Bargaining - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: collective bargainingcollective bargaining agreement
collective bargaining agreement : an agreement between an employer and a labor union produced through collective bargaining : labor contract at contract ...
collective bargaining
collective bargaining : negotiation between an employer and a labor union usually on wages, benefits, hours, and working conditions see also bargaining agent at agent, bargaining unit Labor Management Relations Act in the Important Laws section ...
collective bargaining unit
collective bargaining unit : bargaining unit ...
collective bargaining agent
collective bargaining agent see agent ...
bargaining unit
bargaining unit : the group of employees for whom a labor union negotiates a collective bargaining agreement called also collective bargaining unit ...
bargain
bargain often attrib [Old French bargaigne negotiation, haggling, from bargaignier to haggle] 1 : an agreement between parties that settles what each gives or receives (as a promise or performance) in a transaction between them compare contract 2 a : something acquired by or as if by bargaining b : something whose value considerably exceeds its cost [a purchase] vi 1 a : to negotiate over the terms of an agreement (as a contract) b : to engage in collective bargaining [the employer must with the union] 2 : to agree to certain terms or conditions : come to terms [plaintiff ed with the store for a lower price] vt : to convey according to a bargain [does hereby grant, , sell, alien and confirm to the party of the second part, the following described property] often used with sell in deeds to indicate that the conveyor is receiving consideration in exchange for the property ...
bargainable
bargainable : subject to bargaining ;esp : legitimately subject to collective bargaining [a issue] ...
Bargaining unit
Bargaining unit, means a group of employees for whom a labour union negotiates a collective bargaining agreement, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 45....
unfair labor practice
unfair labor practice : any of various acts by an employer or labor organization that violate a right or protection under applicable labor laws NOTE: The unfair labor practices that are specified in the National Labor Relations Act are the following: 1) the interference, restraint, or coercion of employees in the exercise of their rights by an employer; 2) domination of a labor organization by an employer; 3) encouragement or discouragement of union membership by discrimination in hiring or conditions of employment by an employer; 4) discrimination against an employee for filing charges of or testifying regarding an unfair labor practice by an employer; 5) refusal of an employer to bargain with the collective bargaining agent; 6) restraint or coercion of employers or employees by a labor organization; 7) coercion of an employer by a labor organization to discriminate against an employee; 8) refusal of a labor organization to bargain collectively with an employer; 9) engaging in ill...
agent
agent 1 : someone or something that acts or exerts power : a moving force in achieving some result 2 : a person guided or instigated by another in some action [where the heads of departments are the political…s of the executive, merely to execute the will of the president "Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803)"] see also innocent agent 3 a : a person or entity (as an employee or independent contractor) authorized to act on behalf of and under the control of another in dealing with third parties see also agency, fiduciary relationship, subagent compare fiduciary, principal, servant apparent agent : an agent acting under an agency by estoppel bar·gain·ing agent : a labor union that represents the employees in a bargaining unit in negotiating with their employer through collective bargaining business agent : an agent that handles business affairs for another person or organization ;esp : a paid official of a union who carries on union business between the employ...
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