collective bargaining

collective bargaining

English

Etymology

Coined by Beatrice Webb in 1891.[1]

Noun

collective bargaining (uncountable)

1. A method of negotiation in which employees negotiate as a group with their employers, usually via a trade union

Translations

trade unions: negotiation emplyee/emplyer

German: Tarifverhandlungen (de) f Icelandic: almennir kjarasamningar m pl Swedish: kollektivförhandling c, kollektivavtal (sv) n

References

1. “A Timeline of Events in Modern American Labor Relations”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (United States), accessed 2010-08-18: “1891: The term “collective bargaining” is first used by Mrs. Sidney Webb, a British labor historian.”