Collective bargaining means a process of negotiations between employers and a group of employees. The purpose is to reach an agreement to regulate the working conditions.

The collective bargaining mainly comprises of 4 types of activities:

i.) Distributive bargaining - Also termed as conjunctive bargaining, this form of bargaining aims at re-distribution of benefits between the management and the group of workers. In this form of bargaining, one group gains while the other looses something.

ii.) Integrative bargaining - Also termed as co-operative bargaining, this form of bargaining is for overall improvement in the working of the organization. No party looses here, so, the level of co-operation is more.

iii.) Attitudinal restructuring - This type of bargaining mainly aims at developing a change in the attitude of the management and the employees. The purpose is to reduce the bitterness and develop a congenial atmosphere.

iv.) Intra-organizational bargaining - This kind of bargaining aims at achieving the consensus within the trade union and management group.