Collective Barganing

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COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

1 . Collective bargaining is the process where workers in a company organize themselves collectively and bargain with their employers to determine conditions of employment . This results in a collective agreement . A Collective agreement is an employment agreement between an employer and one or various unions . For example , Collective agreement between USPS (United States Postal Service ) and the APWU (American Postal Workers Union . This Agreement covers union recognition Non-Discrimination and Civil Rights , Management Rights , Prohibition of Unilateral Action , Hours of

Work , Salaries and Wages etc (Lamb , 2006

2 . There are various laws in support of collective bargaining . One of the most significant is statures in California . California statutes make collective bargaining agreements legally enforceable . These come under California Labor Code Sections 1126-1128

California Labor Code Sections 1126 says that any collective bargaining agreement between an employer and a labor organization shall be enforceable at law . If in case of breach of such collective bargaining agreement (CBA ) by any party , i .e . employees union or employer will be party to same rules and regulations including injunctive relief , as are available on other contracts in general law in the courts of this State .California Labor Code Sections 1127 has two Part . First part says that if a collective bargaining agreement between an employer and a labor organization contains a successor clause , such clause shall be binding upon and enforceable against any successor employer who succeeds to the contracting employer 's business until the expiration date of the agreement stated in the agreement . Such successor clause shall be binding upon or enforceable against any successor employer for more than three years from the effective date of the collective bargaining agreement between the contracting employer and the labor organization Second part defines "successor employer

California Labor Code Sections 1128 says if any such party to a collective bargaining agreement comes in a court action to make arbitration of disputes relating to the collective bargaining agreement then the court holds the right to award attorney 's fees to the existing party unless the other party has raised substantial and credible issues involving complex or significant questions of law or fact regarding regardless of the dispute being arbitrable under the agreement

3 . The four main potential components of collective Bargaining Issues are wages , hours , working conditions and job security . Issue of wages includes Regular Compensation , Overtime Compensation , Incentives Insurance and Pensions . Issues of hours include Regular Work Hours Overtime Work Hours and Vacations , Holidays . Issues of working Conditions include Rest Periods , Grievance Procedures , Union Membership and Dues Collection . Issue of Job Security includes Seniority Evaluation , Promotion , Layoffs , and Recalls etc (Lamb , 2006

Collective agreement between USPS (United States Postal Service ) and the APWU (American Postal Workers Union ) defines `Hours of work ' in their ISC agreement 2007 under article 8 . This agreement defines clauses such as work week , work schedules , part time employees , work over-time overtime assignments , Sunday premium payments , night shift differential guarantees and telephone calls . Collective Bargaining agreement...