sectoral bargaining is very, very common in a lot of countries with a strong union presence. In fact it's almost the norm. In most places literal union membersh

sectoral bargaining is very, very common in a lot of countries with a strong union presence. In fact it's almost the norm. In most places literal union membership is not high. It's not absurd and not even speculation, it happens all the time. It's also simply logical because if a large employer (read: buyer of labour) raises wages there is immediately increased competition on the labour market. It's the inverse of a large vendor dropping prices https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sectoral_collective_bargaining https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sectoral_collective_bargaining