Eli5 How a union collectively bargains over redundancy?

Question

I often hear of trade unions collectively bargain over redundancy packages but I don’t know how that works. How can a redundant employee bargain with an employer when they have nothing to bargain with if their job is already gone or in the process of being made redundant?

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Answer 1

> How can a redundant employee bargain

The key word is “collective” bargaining. All employees engage in the bargaining not just the one (or ones) being let go. The threat being, treat the people who are being let go this way, or we will all walk off the job.

It’s a collective bargain, not an individual one.