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Facts About Unions and Collective Bargaining Agreements


Union Facts: The Value of Collective Voice - AFL-CIO

Union members earn better wages and benefits than workers who aren't union members. · Ninety-six percent of union workers have employer-provided health insurance ...

Collective bargaining rights - National Labor Relations Board

The National Labor Relations Act gives you the right to bargain collectively with your employer through a representative that you and your coworkers choose.

Collective Bargaining - AFL-CIO

Collective bargaining is the process in which working people, through their unions, negotiate contracts with their employers to determine their terms of ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Unionization

Union dues and agency fees are used to cover the costs of collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance resolution. In addition, unions use dues ...

Employer/Union Rights and Obligations

After employees choose a union as a bargaining representative, the employer and union are required to meet at reasonable times to bargain in good faith about ...

Collective Bargaining - Investopedia

This agreement is meant to establish rules of employment for a set number of years. Union members pay for the cost of this representation in the form of union ...

What Is a Collective Bargaining Agreement? - SHRM

During the collective bargaining process, employers are legally required to provide certain information to the union, such as wage data and ...

Labor Unions and the Internet: Contracts (CBAs)

The Collective Bargaining Collection consists of recent contracts that were on file with the U.S. Department of Labor (Bureau of Labor ...

Workers are winning union elections, but it can take years to get ...

Ferguson found that in 44% of those cases, unions did not manage to reach a contract within one year of certification. Ferguson focused on the ...

Labor Unions and the U.S. Economy | U.S. Department of the Treasury

Labor Unions and the U.S. Economy · Wages. One of the most oft-cited benefits of unions is the so-called “union wage premium”—the amount that ...

The 5 Stages of Collective Bargaining | NEA

Collective bargaining is a process through which the union and employer exchange proposals, share ideas, mutually solve problems, and reach a written agreement.

collective bargaining | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute

Collective bargaining is the negotiation process between an employer and a union comprised of workers to create an agreement that will govern the terms and ...

Union Facts - CWA Local 7799

Union Facts · Wages. The Union Wage Premium: “On average, a worker covered by a union contract earns 11.2% more in wages than a peer with similar ...

Collective Bargaining - IAFF

A collective bargaining agreement, sometimes referred to as a “union contract,” is a written legal contract between the employer and the and a union ...

Collective Bargaining Agreements - OPM

... agreements reached between agencies and Federal sector unions. ... For information on representational data on all bargaining units certified by the Federal Labor ...

Union Members - 2023 - Bureau of Labor Statistics

For further information, see the Technical Note in this news release. Highlights from the 2023 data: • The union membership rate of public- ...

Basic collective bargaining obligations - Labor Relations

Union may accept the change or request bargaining within 30 or 60 days of when they receive notice, depending on the contract. If bargaining is requested, we ...

Unions are not only good for workers, they're good for communities ...

Higher wages and decreased income inequality. On average, a worker covered by a union contract earns 10.2% more in wages than a peer with ...

A Union, Explained | Writers Guild of America East

Labor unions are why the 40-hour work week and overtime pay exist. Unions are also why we have the minimum wage and the National Labor Relations Act that ...

Labor Union: Definition, History, and Examples - Investopedia

The labor union representatives negotiate with employers in a process known as collective bargaining. The process results in a tentative agreement that requires ...