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pattern bargaining

pattern bargaining noun: the situation where a trade union gains a new and superior entitlement from one employer and then uses that agreement as a precedent to demand the same or better from other employers.

Noun

pattern bargaining (uncountable)

  1. (industrial relations) The situation where a trade union gains a new and superior entitlement from one employer and then uses that agreement as a precedent to demand the same or better from other employers.

Questions about pattern bargaining

What does pattern bargaining mean?
Pattern bargaining means the situation where a trade union gains a new and superior entitlement from one employer and then uses that agreement as a precedent to demand the same or better from other employers.
What part of speech is pattern bargaining?
Pattern bargaining is a noun.

Words near pattern bargaining in the dictionary

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