Describe the features of collective bargaining.

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. In the United States, management and unions engage in a periodic ritual (typically every three years) of negotiating an agreement over wages, benefits, hours, and working conditions. Two types of disputes can arise during this process. First, before an agreement is reached, the workers may go on strike to compel agreement on their terms. This is an economic strike and is permitted by law. Once an agreement is signed, management and the union sometimes disagree over interpretation of the agreement. Usually they settle their disputes through arbitration. Arbitration is the use of a neutral third party, typically jointly selected, to resolve the dispute. U.S. companies use arbitration while an agreement is in effect to avoid wildcat strikes (in which workers walk off the job in violation of the contract) or unannounced work stoppages. In a union shop, a union security clause specifies that workers after a while must join the union. Right-to-work states, through restrictive legislation, do not permit union shops; that is, workers have the right to work without being forced to join a union. The southern United States has many right-to-work states.