collective bargaining
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 355 U.S. 41 - Conley v. · 1957Most cited · 58,853 citing opinions
Collective bargaining is a continuing process. Among other things, it involves day-to-day adjustments in the contract and other working rules, resolution of new problems not covered by existing agreements, and the protection of employee rights already secured by contract.
How often courts cite the cases defining “collective bargaining”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “collective bargaining” — 59,765 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 · 1957–1958
- 1958·356 U.S. 342 - National Labor Relations Board v. Wooster Division of Borgwarner Corp.[p9]· cited 1,121×
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