The "Stuck On Stupid" Toledo Dictionary #15

It is time once again to add another word to our "Stuck On Stupid" Dictionary. For those of you unaware of the existence of this reference book, it is a guide to words or phrases that are nominally part of the English language, but which appear to have special meaning here in Toledo, Ohio.




Closed Bargaining:

 1. The process of negotiation between a union and its employer, held in closed and secret meeting, in order to reach a new collective bargaining agreement or contract.  
2. A process of contract negotiation which the city of Toledo is legally obliged to follow with its unions, but which the Mayor violates at his own discretion. Such violation usually resulting in bad blood, bad press, and bad contracts from the city's point of view and unfair labor practice charges from the unions involved.