Collective Bargaining Collective Bargaining Collective bargaining consists of negotiations between an employer and a group of employees that determine the conditions of employment. The result of collective bargaining procedure is called the collective bargaining agreement or CBA . Often employees are represented in the bargaining by a union or other labor organization. Collective bargaining is governed by federal and state statutory law, administrative agency regulations, and judicial decisions. This means that they both must come to the table willing to give and take.
Unions also have a variety of weapons at their disposal.
They might have a mass sick out, slow downs or have picket lines. They might engage in a boycott of the manufacturers product and they also might engage in a publicity campaign. Of course the last resort and strongest weapon for a union is the strike. Sometimes, in the event of a strike management hires replacement workers, know derisively as scabs. Unions often respond with great venom to these workers who are threatening there jobs by making the strike less effective.