Master contract (labor)

For a framework agreement between two parties, see Master service agreement.

A master contract or master agreement is a collective bargaining agreement which covers all unionized worksites in an industry, market or company, and which establishes the terms and conditions of employment common to all workers in the industry, market or company.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Najita, Joyce, and Roberts, Harold S. Roberts' Dictionary of Industrial Relations. Washington, D.C.: BNA Books, 1994. ISBN 0871797771
  2. ^ Rainsberger, Paul K. (n.d.). "Historical Models of Collective Bargaining in the U.S." Collective Bargaining. University of Missouri Labor Education Program. Archived from the original on 2008-04-12. Retrieved July 30, 2008.
  3. ^ Korea Shipping Corporation v. New York Shipping Association-International Longshoremen's Association Pension Trust Fund, 880 F.2d 1531 (1989).