Collective bargaining is the process of negotiating the terms of employment between an employer and a group of workers.

The years 1979 through 1982 might be termed the first round of concessionary bargaining. These were recession years and a number of the industries in which give-backs were made were experiencing financial or competitive problems.

Composite bargaining refers to a negotiation that focuses on a number of elements that are not related to pay. They are generally related to employee welfare and job security. For instance, it covers factors such as working conditions, policies, recruitment, and disciplinary processes.

Examples of such situations include the bargaining involved in a labor union and the directors of a company negotiating wage increases, the dispute between two communities about the distribution of a common territory, or the conditions under which two countries agree on nuclear disarmament.

The difference between bargaining and non-bargaining federal employees is how negotiations are handled. Unlike bargaining or represented employees, non-bargaining employees can’t join others to negotiate employment issues.

Non-Represented Staff Employees

Unlike bargaining employees, non-bargaining workers are free to negotiate individual deals with the employer about issues such as salary and benefits.

Non-Bargaining Employee means any full-time, permanent, salaried Employee who works an average of 30 hours or more a week in the electrical contracting business for a Contributing Employer and who is not covered by a collective bargaining agreement with the Union or with any other union.

In the labor context, a group of two or more employees who share common interests in their terms and conditions of employment and who either: Are represented by a union for the purpose of bargaining over terms and conditions of employment. Seek to be represented by a union.

According to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), an appropriate bargaining unit is a group of two or more employees who share a community of interest and may reasonably be grouped together for purposes of collective bargaining.

A bargaining unit position is a job that is represented by a labor union. Bargaining units cover more than half of the jobs in the Federal Government. If your job is in a bargaining unit, you don’t have to join the union. However, if you want to join a union, your job must be in a recognized bargaining unit.

Bargaining levels are the various levels or hierarchies at which collective bargaining is done to resolve the dispute between the employer and trade union. The different bargaining levels can be unit level, plant level, industry level, territorial / geographical level & national level bargaining.

Basically, non-bargaining employees are career and non-career employees in supervisory professional, technical, clerical, administrative, and managerial positions in the SES that are not subject to collective bargaining agreements.

419.21 Definition. Nonbargaining temporary employees appointed from outside the Postal Service are nonbargaining unit, noncareer employees who perform duties assigned to nonbargaining unit positions.

1. BARGAINING UNIT QUALIFICATION STANDARD 2315_PSE (2395-0018) PSE MAIL PROCESSING CLERK. DOCUMENT DATE: April 18, 2016. FUNCTION: Performs a variety of clerk duties required to process mail using mail processing equipment or manual methods of sortation and distribution.

Bargaining Unit. A group of employees recognized by National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to bargain collectively with its employer.

A group of workers on whose behalf a recognised trade union conducts collective bargaining. The bargaining unit usually consists of all workers (whether or not they are members of the union) performing a particular role or roles for an employer.

In order for a vote to happen, the union will have to collect authorization cards from at least 30% of the bargaining unit. Then the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) would hold an election.