bargain collectively
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 343 U.S. 395 - National Labor Relations Board v. American National Insurance · 1952Most cited · 1,233 citing opinions
The term 'bargain collectively' as used in the Act 'has been considered to absorb and give statutory approval to the philosophy of bargaining as worked out in the labor movement in the United States.
How often courts cite the cases defining “bargain collectively”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “bargain collectively” — 2,057 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1952–1970
the performance of the mutual obligation of the employer and the representative of the employees to meet at reasonable times and confer in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment, or the negotiation of an agreement, or any question arising thereunder, and the execution of a written contract incorporating any agreement reached if requested by either party, but such obligation does not compel either party to agree to a proposal or require the making of a concession