The psychological assumption behind multi enterprise bargaining

In our previous blog, Chris Gardner and I explained why in our view, if the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill was made law, it would spell the end of single-enterprise bargaining. We said this would happen because many employers would be roped-in or otherwise pressured to join multi-enterprise deals, resulting in industry-level enterprise agreements much like industry awards.

More fundamentally, we made observations on the impact on competition, which have since been echoed in numerous forums.

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