The International Labour Organization has defined collective bargaining as: ‘Negotiations about working conditions and terms of employment between an employer or group of employers on the one hand and one or more representatives of workers’ organizations on the other.’

A multi-party system is therefore a system in which there are several political parties of nearly equal strength. Unlike the two party system in which two of the many parties may be dominant, multipartyism is a party system in which there are several parties, any of which can win a general election.