Talk:Collective bargaining
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Is there such a thing in Canada? Nastajus 17:36, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] curious emphasis
It seems to me odd (indeed, inapproriately so) that the entry on collective bargaining in the US is exclusively about negotiations in professional sports. There is a long and storied history of workers in this country associating for the purposes of winning improvements in their wages and working conditions, but this entry doesn't really even hint at any of that. It's a pretty spectacular omission to effectively reduce the history of the US labor movement to an account of a few small organizations representing celebrity atheletes. If there's a point to focusing on only a couple of unions, wouldn't it make more sense to highlight organizations such as the UAW and IBT, whose pioneering of pattern bargaining had a significant impact on the way labor relations are conducted in this country?
I admit that I personally have neither the time nor the expertise to do justice to the topic, but I hope that someone with knowledge of labor history can flesh out this entry so as make clear that collective bargaining in the US has economic and societal ramifications that extend well beyond the arena of professional sports.
(This part is written by someone else) I agree, although it seems likely professional sports was put in there because thats what the average person can relate to.
- Yes, I agree that the US section needs work. I'll see what I can do. -- Scartol 02:27, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Global perspective
This page needs sections on Asia, Africa, and South America. this page will be of use in the Africa section, and GURN may have resources for the other continents. — Scartol · Talk 14:45, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] US section revised
The section of this page about US sports teams' negotations has good information, but it seems to me that it belongs on a separate page? I'm including the original text here (much of it cut out of my revision) in case someone wants to make such a page. — Scartol · Talk 14:59, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Several notable collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) in the United States have involved major professional sports leagues. Because of a history of poor relations between the players' unions and owners of all the various major leagues, as well as because of the tremendous amounts of money involved, it has become difficult in recent years to work out agreements. A total breakdown in talks between the sides wiped out the entire 2004-05 NHL season, making the NHL the first major North American sports league to lose an entire season to labor issues (the relevant parties reached an agreement in time to play the 2005-06 season). The NHL has historically had poor labor relations, resulting in numerous lockouts of players and the shortening of many seasons.
The National Football League (NFL) had fears that disagreements over revenue allocation might force teams in 2006 to cut numerous star players in order to stay under the agreed-upon salary cap. Beyond this year, without an agreement for 2007, the salary cap provisions would have sunset. This could have caused players and owners both to seek substantially disparate compensation guidelines in their next CBA (e.g., sizes of pay increases year-to-year, the effect of signing bonuses on a team's cap, etc), raising the spectre of a strike in 2008. However, on March 8, 2006 the owners agreed in a 30-2 vote (the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals voting against it) to accept the NFLPA's proposal, and also settled the revenue-sharing controversy, forestalling the above scenario.
The National Basketball Association's CBA also expired in summer 2005, though the two sides ultimately reached an agreement, its last expiration caused the cancellation of one-half of the 1998-99 NBA season due to lockout.
Major League Baseball has had numerous disagreements between team owners and the MLBPA. There have been 3 strikes led by players in the 1972, 1981, and 1994 seasons. The 1994 World Series was canceled because of a strike. This was the first time that a major professional team sport had its championship canceled due to a labor dispute.
[edit] Economic theories
The part in Theories about economic models could really use some rewording. Could we get someone familiar with this technical info to rewrite it in a way that's more understandable to the layperson? (More technical info can go in the currently-redlinked expansion pages.) — Scartol · Talk 15:23, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
