Collective Bargaining
Collective Bargaining
Collective Bargaining
bargaining
Overview
The result of collective bargaining procedures is a
collective agreement. Collective bargaining is governed
by federal and state statutory laws, administrative
agency regulations, and judicial decisions.
Meaning of Collective Bargaining :-
Collective bargaining is a process of negotiation
between employers and a group of employees
aimed at agreements to regulate working salaries,
working conditions, benefits, and other aspects of
workers' compensation and rights for workers. The
interests of the employees are commonly presented
by representatives of a trade union to which the
employees belong. The collective agreements
reached by these negotiations usually set out wage
scales, working hours, training, health and safety,
overtime, grievance mechanisms, and rights to
participate in workplace or company affairs.
Main Features of Collective
Bargaining:-
1. It is a Continuous Process:
Collective bargaining is a continuous process and does not end with
one agreement. It provides a mechanism for continuing and organized
relationship between management and trade union.
2. It is a Bipartite Process:
Collective bargaining is a two party process. Both the parties—
employers and employees— collectively take some action. There is no
intervention of any third party.
3. It is a Process:
Collective bargaining is a process in the sense that it consists of a
number of steps. The starting point is the presentation of charter of
demands by the workers and the last step is the reaching of an
agreement.
4. It is Flexible and Mobile and not Fixed or
Static:
It has fluidity. There is no hard and fast rule for reaching an agreement.
There is ample scope for compromise.
5. It is Dynamic:
It is relatively a new concept, and is growing, expanding and changing. In
the past, it used to be emotional, turbulent and sentimental, but now it is
scientific, factual and systematic.
6. It is an Art:
Collective bargaining is an art, an advanced form of human relations.