Bargaining unit
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A bargaining unit, in labor relations, is a group of employees with a clear and identifiable community of interests who under US law are represented, or are eligible to be represented, by a single labor union in collective bargaining and other dealings with management.[1]
Examples are all non-management professors, all law enforcement professionals, all blue-collar workers, or all clerical and administrative employees at a given employer. The organizing committee proposes to the National Labor Relations Board the list of workers it considers to share a community of interest which the employer can request to amend. The NLRB makes the final determination of the correct size.[2] Geographic location and the number of facilities included in bargaining units may be issues during representation cases.
The size of a company does not relate to the size of a bargaining unit as there can be multiple communities of interests at a single company. Bargaining units must consist of at least two employees.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Abodeely, John E. (2015). The NLRB and the Appropriate Bargaining Unit. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 1–2, 6, 58, 71. ISBN 9781512813944. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
- ↑ Teran, Emmet. "Who determines who's in my union? - Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee". Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee. United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America and Democratic Socialists of America. Archived from the original on 2026-07-28. Retrieved 2026-09-10.
- ↑ "Bargaining Unit | Practical Law".
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