Collective bargaining agreements

The foregoing deals with the relations between an individual chemist and his employer. The problems exist for the most part because of the vast difference in bargaining power possessed by the two parties. An employee union changes the situation markedly, in part because of legal restrictions placed upon the employer both by the collective bargaining agreement and by applicable labor laws. 

Erenburg, Mark. 1989. Characteristics of Major Private Sector Collective Bargaining Agreements as of January 1,1988. Cleveland Industrial Relations Center, Geveland State University. 

Collective bargaining agreement For unionized operations, the safety and health professional should have a working knowledge of the various provisions and requirements applicable to the safety and health function within the collective bargaining agreement. 

As with the consideration in adopting any technological innovations, safety and health professionals should consider the extent to which the risk is eliminated or minimized, the cost of purchase and maintenance, the new risks which may be created through the use of the technology as well as the impact on the operations, impacts on any collective bargaining agreement, and other considerations. Safety and health... 

Safety professionals should be aware that once signed and ratified, the collective bargaining agreement becomes the law of the workplace. Most collective... 

Grievance procedures are usually negotiated in the collective bargaining agreement. 

No grant may be made, no contract may be entered into and no other assistance may be provided under the provisions of this section to a plant labor management committee unless the employees in that plant are represented by a labor organization and there is in effect at that plant a collective bargaining agreement. 

The term strike includes any strike or other concerted stoppage of work by employees (including a stoppage by reason of the expiration of a collective-bargaining agreement) and any concerted slowdown or other concerted interruption of operations by employees. 

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