Collective Bargaining
The ERA acknowledges that there is an "inherent inequality of power in employment relationships" and promotes collective bargaining (Section 3) as a way of evening up the power disparity between employers and employees. It also "recognise(s) the role of unions in promoting their members' collective employment interests". (section 12)
Read more about this topic: Employment Relations Act 2000
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“There is no such thing as collective guilt.”
—Kurt Waldheim (b. 1918)