collective bargaining
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Many unionized workers were locked into collective bargaining agreements that didn’t anticipate the extraordinary rise in inflation and lacked the cost-of-living adjustments that were far more common in the 1970s and 1980s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Yahoo reported recently that the SEC is studying how a world with collective bargaining might work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Baseball’s current collective bargaining agreement expires about a month after the World Series, at which point owners are all but certain to initiate a lockout that could threaten the 2027 season.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
A day after that, the NFL and the referees union announced a new collective bargaining agreement that brought the regular officials back for that weekend’s games.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
After collective bargaining failed, Carnegie shut down its Homestead plant and locked out the union workers.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
