Sectoral collective bargaining is an aim of

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labor unions A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

to reach a

collective agreement A collective agreement, collective labour agreement (CLA) or collective bargaining agreement (CBA) is a written contract negotiated through collective bargaining for employees by one or more trade unions with the management of a company (or with an ...

that covers all workers in a sector of the economy. It contrasts to

enterprise bargaining Enterprise bargaining is an Australian term for a form of collective bargaining, in which wages and working conditions are negotiated at the level of the individual organisations, as distinct from sectoral collective bargaining across whole industr ...

where agreements cover individual firms. Generally countries with sectoral collective bargaining have higher rates of union organisation and better coverage of collective agreements than countries with enterprise bargaining.

Coverage by country

Countries that have sectoral collective bargaining have significantly higher rates of coverage than those with enterprise or individual workplace bargaining.Se
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United Kingdom

While sectoral bargaining used to be standard in the UK, enterprise bargaining was advocated by the 1968 report of the ''

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'' chaired by

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United States

Sectoral bargaining was promoted by the

National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 The National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 (NIRA) was a US labor law and consumer law passed by the 73rd US Congress to authorize the president to regulate industry for fair wages and prices that would stimulate economic recovery. It also ...

, but struck down and replaced by enterprise bargaining under the

National Labor Relations Act of 1935 The National Labor Relations Act of 1935, also known as the Wagner Act, is a foundational statute of United States labor law that guarantees the right of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining, and ...

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References

*H Collins, KD Ewing and A McColgan, ''Labour law in context'' (Cambridge University Press 2012) *L Fulton, 'Worker representation in Europe' (2015) Labour Research Department and ETUI
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Coverage by country

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United States

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