collective agreement

English

Noun

collective agreement (plural collective agreements)

1. A contract specifying terms and conditions of employment between one or more labour unions and employers' associations legally binding for employers organized in these and the employees if they are unionized in them or their employment contract incorporates them by referral.

Synonyms

• collective-bargaining agreement (US)

Translations

contract on terms and conditions of employment

• Catalan: conveni col·lectiu m
• Danish: kollektiv overenskomst c, overenskomst (da) c (loosely)
• Finnish: työehtosopimus (fi)
• French: convention collective de travail f, convention collective (fr) f
• German: Tarifvertrag (de) m
• Italian: contratto collettivo di lavoro m
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: układ zbiorowy (pl) m
• Russian: коллекти́вный до́гово́р (ru) m (kollektívnyj dógovór)
• Spanish: contrato colectivo de trabajo m
• Swedish: kollektivavtal (sv) n
• Ukrainian: колекти́вний до́гові́р m (kolektývnyj dóhovír)

See also

• collective agreement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• “collective agreement”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “collective agreement”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “collective agreement” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.