How to Use collective bargaining in a Sentence

collective bargaining

noun
  • The next round of collective bargaining is scheduled for September.
  • The union says dress code should be part of the collective bargaining process.
    — Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2025
  • All are now facing the prospect of collective bargaining for the first time in decades.
    — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
  • But, this is what the league had in mind with the new collective bargaining agreement.
    — Tony Jones, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • The mandate was part of collective bargaining talks with unions.
    — Gray Rohrer, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Nov. 2021
  • What can be done through collective bargaining?
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The next round of collective bargaining should do more to help teams retain their young talent.
    — Rahat Huq, Chron, 2 June 2022
  • The union claimed that once he was added to the list, the rankings fell within collective bargaining.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2022
  • The league and players’ union need to agree on a new collective bargaining agreement.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023
  • The players made the Olympics a top item in collective bargaining with the owners.
    — Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Togiai’s contract will run for four years per the terms of the league’s collective bargaining agreement.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 21 May 2021
  • Terms were not disclosed, but the new collective bargaining agreement allows teams to sign picks to three- or four-year deals.
    — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2023
  • Maybe that needs to be discussed, forcefully, in their next round of collective bargaining.
    — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 14 May 2026
  • The company and the union have not met for any collective bargaining sessions since the return to work.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The vote paves the way for the collective bargaining process with the university.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • In those leagues, players have agreed to receive that share of the revenue by way of collective bargaining agreements.
    — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 24 May 2024
  • There is also the issue of matching salaries per the trade rules of the league’s collective bargaining agreement.
    — Rahat Huq, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Deals under the league’s new collective bargaining agreement tend to be more about dollars and cents than common sense.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The league’s collective bargaining agreement with its players expires at the end of this season.
    — Alex Sherman, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Fresh off a new collective bargaining agreement, the W looks both galvanized and wide open.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • George left on a max contract, a consequence of the new collective bargaining agreement.
    — Law Murray, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The fact that there may not be a season as the league and the players’ union have been unable to agree on a new collective bargaining agreement?
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Notably, the terms of the agreement must be governed by a collective bargaining agreement.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Earlier this year, the company agreed to work with one of its main unions to try to reach a collective bargaining agreement.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
  • For the first time in 30 years, the league changed its playoff format due to a new collective bargaining agreement.
    — Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 25 May 2021
  • Its rules are spelled out in the 2023 collective bargaining agreement.
    — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Kelly is likely to help lead the players’ union through the next collective bargaining agreement with team owners.
    — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The new collective bargaining agreement that was ratified last month gave huge pay raises to rookies.
    — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Tax penalties could reset with a new collective bargaining agreement.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Rookie contracts for draft picks outside of the first round are four years long, as required by the league’s collective bargaining agreement.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 16 June 2022

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