Labor Relations Vignette Unit 3: Bargaining Rights

This session will explore the importance of bargaining rights and the potential risks when they are not properly assigned in writing. We will review the different types of bargaining—including multi-employer, coordinated, and single employer—and discuss how written assignments should be structured, how restrictive they should be, and why securing and maintaining contractor bargaining rights is critical. The session will also address employer ratification, union obligations in bargaining, the impacts of “big dog” bargaining, and briefly cover interim agreements.