Hot Cargo Agreements under the National Labor Relations Act

In 1935, Congress passed the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to encourage collective bargaining and to strengthen the rights of workers. Hot cargo agreements, also known as "hot goods" agreements, are agreements between employers and labor unions.

Labor Unions

Once a union has been selected as the bargaining unit by a group of employees, has been voluntarily recognized by the employer, or has been certified by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the union has the right to bargain with the employer for one year. If no agreement is reached within one year, the employer must continue to bargain with the union unless it withdraws its recognition of the labor union in good faith or until the union is decertified. An employer must bargain with a union that it voluntarily recognizes as its employees' representative for a reasonable amount of time.

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