union contract

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Even in right-to-work states, workers who opt out of union membership are still bound by the union contract and barred from negotiating on their own behalf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

They are voting on Friday on whether to authorize a strike, days before union contract negotiations for workers are set to resume.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024

The results were dragged down by a 28% increase in labor costs, partly reflecting a new union contract with pilots.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2024

Last week, the paper’s management approached the guild’s bargaining committee, seeking what managers described as one-time modifications to the union contract that protects more senior staff members from layoffs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2024

"We are not," I pointed out, "violating our union contract."

From Nine Men in Time by Loomis, Noel Miller