Bloomberg Law Survey: Employers Expecting Tradeoff With Unions

This article is based on data and analysis generated by Bloomberg Law’s Analysis team.

Most employers with union contracts expiring in 2019 expect their workers to have the upper hand in wage negotiations, according to Bloomberg Law’s annual Employer Bargaining Objectives survey. But when the issue of health care hits the bargaining table, most employers are confident that they, not labor, will be the ones gaining concessions.

Now in its 34^th year, the annual survey gauges unionized employers’ confidence levels, describes the terms of their current contracts, and identifies their ‘‘wish lists’’ and priorities as they prepare to renegotiate ...