Tag
5 articles
The WNBA collective bargaining agreement is a seven-year labor contract between the league and the Women's National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) that sets salaries, working conditions, and player rights for every athlete on a WNBA roster.
At nearly 3am on November 25, 2024, graduate workers at the University of Minnesota and university administrators finalized a tentative first collective bargaining agreement after more than 30 hours of continuous mediation over two days, according to UE News.
A collective bargaining agreement contract is the legally binding document that sets wages, benefits, hours, and working conditions between a union and an employer, protected under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act.
Section 8(d) of the National Labor Relations Act requires both employers and unions to bargain in good faith over wages, hours, and working conditions. That three-word legal phrase, "in good faith," is the engine behind every collective bargaining agreement in the country.
The election isn't the hard part. I know that sounds wrong. Everybody treats the NLRB vote like the finish line, the climax of the whole union organizing campaign. But here's what nobody tells new organizers: roughly 80% of campaigns that win an election still fail to secure a first contract.
