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<p>Pattern bargaining can be accomplished by all unions in alignment, not simply reserved to specific trades</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use British English Oxford spelling|date=April 2016}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Pattern bargaining&#039;&#039;&#039; is a process in labour relations, where a [[trade union|union]] gains a new and superior entitlement from one employer and then uses that agreement as a precedent to demand the same entitlement or a superior one from other employers.<br /> <br /> In the United States, pattern bargaining was pioneered by unions such as the [[United Auto Workers]] and the [[Teamsters]]. The first step of the bargaining process is the identification of a target employer that is most likely to agree to a favourable employment contract. For the selected company, this provides an opportunity to influence the contract for the industry, while the downside is the risk of a labour disruption if negotiations stall or fail. Once this contract has been successfully negotiated and ratified by the unionized workers, the union declares it a &quot;pattern agreement&quot; and presents it to the other employers as a take-it-or-leave-it offer.<br /> <br /> In [[Australia]], pattern bargaining was specifically outlawed under the now-repealed [[WorkChoices]] legislation. The law was repealed by the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] after their victory in the [[2007 Australian federal election|2007 election]], but Labor&#039;s Fair Work Act, which came into force on 1 July 2010, still outlaws pattern bargaining.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> * Marshall, Robert, and Antonio Merlo. 1996. Pattern bargaining. [http://research.mpls.frb.fed.us/research/sr/sr220.pdf &#039;&#039;Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Research Department Staff Report&#039;&#039;] &#039;&#039;220&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> {{Organized labor|sp=ox}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Trade unions]]<br /> [[Category:Negotiation]]<br /> [[Category:Industrial agreements]]</div>

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