Collective bargaining is language that typically is associated with strikes.
Or don't they teach you that in your pinko democrat indoctrination center?
And don't give me that crap you are not a democrat, you are a true conservative. HAHA.
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collective bargaining
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Process of negotiation between representatives of workers (usually labor-union officials) and management to determine the conditions of employment. The agreement reached may cover not only wages but hiring practices, layoffs, promotions, working conditions and hours, and benefit programs. Collective bargaining developed in England at the end of the 18th cent. Agreements reached through collective bargaining are now common in the U.S. and Europe; they are less often used in developing countries with large pools of surplus labor. Contract negotiations may occur at the national, regional, or local level, depending on the structure of industry within a country. See also labor union, strike.
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general strike
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Stoppage of work by a substantial proportion of workers in each of a number of industries in an organized effort to achieve economic or political objectives. The idea of a general strike spanning a variety of industries apparently began in Britain in the early 19th cent.; it was envisioned as a tactic of collective bargaining or, by more radical thinkers, as an instrument of social revolution. Notable general strikes occurred in Russia during the Revolution of 1905, in Britain in 1926 (carried on by various labor unions in support of striking coal miners), and in France in 1967 (touched off by student demands for educational reform). |
