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A labor union is a group of two or more employees who join together to advance common interests such as wages, benefits, schedules and other employment terms and conditions. Joining together – or “acting collectively” – workers represented by unions have a powerful voice that strengthens their ability to negotiate with their employer about their concerns.
Collective bargaining is the mechanism or process for an organized group of workers (“labor”) and their employer (“management”) to pursue mutual agreement over workplace issues. The results of these labor-management negotiations are contained in a collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The CBA is a legally enforceable, written contract between a union representing a group of employees (“bargaining unit”) and their employer.
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) protects the rights of most private-sector employees to organize; participate in group efforts to improve their wages and working conditions; determine whether to have a union as their bargaining representative; engage in collective bargaining; and/or to refrain from any of these activities. The law protects the rights of workers to act together to address workplace conditions, with or without a union. By law, employers cannot fire, discipline, demote or penalize workers in any way for engaging in these activities.