Collective bargaining is an important tool for enabling genuine dialogue and negotiation over terms and conditions of employment and in building productive relationships between the employer’s, employees and the unions. Negotiations form one part of the bargaining process and refer to any form of discussion, formal or informal, that is designed to reach agreement.
If bargaining is going to support high quality workplaces there has to be a productive exchange between parties about wages, conditions and the quality of the workplace.
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