The outlook for collective bargaining in 1988.

From: Monthly Labor Review | Date: January 1, 1988| Author: Borum, Joan D.; Conley, James R.; Wasilewski, Edward J. | Copyright information

The outlook for collective bargaining in 1988

About 3.4 million workers are under major collective bargaining agreements (covering 1,000 workers or more) scheduled to expire or be reopened in 1988. They account for about two-fifths of the 8.7 million workers under major agreements. About seven-tenths (2.4 million) of the workers whose contracts are slated for negotiation are in private industry; the remainder are in State and local governments.

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