Respondent context
Segment without over-collecting.
Ask only for categories the team will compare.
- Worksite, shift, or classification.
- Broad tenure band.
- Optional name or follow-up permission.
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Describe your unit and bargaining topics. Makeform creates an editable survey with rankings, ratings, and comments, organizing member priorities before proposals are developed.
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Sample prompts for your member survey
Choose a prompt, adapt its issue list, or send it to the builder. The structures are examples, not live results.
Prompt ready4 formats
Audience
All members in one bargaining unit
Format
Ranked priorities with issue follow-ups
Prompt size
292 chars
Brief qualitySends to builder
Example survey structure
Ranked priorities with issue follow-ups
Prompt exampleEditable in builder
Worksite, department, and shift
DropdownFirst ask
2
Rank the bargaining topics
Ranking
3
Which issue is your top priority?
Multiple choice
4
What change would matter most?
Long answer
5
What did we miss?
Long answer
Suggested routing tags
Wages & benefits
Scheduling
Working conditions
Ask members to rank a short list, then explain their top choice. This reveals tradeoffs that equal importance ratings can hide.
Step 1
Define
unit, topics, and member segments
Step 2
Collect
rankings, ratings, and comments
Step 3
Compare
priorities by site, shift, or role
Step 4
Prepare
themes for the bargaining team
Before proposals are drafted
Turn broad concerns into choices the team can compare.
A general comment box captures stories but makes priorities hard to weigh. A structured collective bargaining survey combines rankings with enough context to show where an issue is concentrated.
Reveal real tradeoffs
Rankings make members order priorities. One explanation field preserves context.
Compare member groups
Consistent worksite, shift, and classification choices make patterns easier to compare.
Keep comments usable
Conditional follow-ups and topic tags organize examples into useful review queues.
Survey patterns
Use the right question for each bargaining signal.
Ratings measure current experience, rankings expose relative priority, and open responses explain what members want changed. Combining them gives the bargaining committee a more useful brief.
Priority ranking
Order a manageable topic list, then identify one top result.
Working-condition ratings
Use one scale for staffing, safety, equipment, scheduling, and training.
Conditional follow-ups
Show frequency, notice, and preferred-change questions only when relevant.
Open member voice
Request missing issues and examples without unnecessary coworker details.
Build and distribute
Create a member priorities survey in four steps.
Start with the decisions the bargaining team needs to make, then test the question order and sharing plan before inviting the full unit.
01
Describe the unit and decision
Specify respondents, topics, useful comparisons, and optional identifying fields.
02
Edit the topic list and wording
Use familiar labels, consistent scales, and short definitions.
03
Test the member experience
Preview on mobile and test every conditional path with a small group.
04
Share and organize responses
Publish a link, state the deadline, and send responses to a review sheet.
Choose a listening method
Survey, meeting, or unstructured inbox?
Each channel has a role. The survey creates comparable input across the unit, while meetings and follow-up conversations add detail that structured questions cannot capture.
Approach
What it captures
Best use
ApproachOpen email or comment inbox
What it capturesDetailed individual concerns in different formats.
Best useReceiving issues that do not fit a planned topic list.
ApproachWorksite meeting
What it capturesDiscussion, questions, and reactions among attending members.
Best useExploring why an issue matters and testing possible wording.
Approach
Generated online survey
What it capturesConsistent rankings, ratings, member segments, and optional comments.
Best useComparing priorities across the bargaining unit before planning proposals.
Field guide
What a collective bargaining survey should include.
Build each section around a decision the bargaining committee will make. Keep identifying data proportionate to the comparison you actually need.
Issue inventory
Give members a balanced list.
Use familiar topics and include an other option.
- Wages, benefits, retirement, and leave.
- Scheduling, staffing, safety, and training.
- Other issue with explanation.
Priority signal
Separate importance from experience.
Rate current conditions separately from bargaining priority.
- Consistent rating scale.
- Short priority ranking.
- One top-priority choice.
Issue detail
Branch into relevant follow-ups.
Conditional logic keeps the shared path short.
- Issue frequency and impact.
- Preferred change in the member's words.
- Optional example without personal details.
Privacy choices
Explain what is collected.
State whether names are collected and who reviews responses.
- Clear survey introduction.
- Visible required and optional fields.
- Separate steward-contact permission.
Completion & review
Close with expectations.
State the deadline and next review step without promising outcomes.
- Closing date.
- Useful thank-you message.
- Export plan for themes.
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Open toolFAQ
Collective bargaining survey questions
Practical answers for representatives planning member outreach before negotiations.
What is a collective bargaining survey?
It gathers member input during bargaining preparation. Members rank economic and workplace issues, rate current conditions, describe desired changes, and provide limited context. The team uses results as one input when setting priorities.
What questions should the survey include?
Include useful respondent categories, a balanced topic list, current-condition ratings, a priority ranking, conditional issue details, and a missing-concerns prompt. Keep wording neutral and test every option.
Should members rank issues or rate each one?
Use both. Ratings measure current experience; rankings reveal relative priority. Ask members to rate topics, rank a shorter list, select one top priority, and explain their preferred change.
Can the collective bargaining survey be anonymous?
You can omit names and emails, but anonymity also depends on other fields, settings, integrations, and reporting. Explain what is collected. A rare combination of worksite, classification, and shift may identify someone.
How do we compare results by worksite or shift?
Use consistent dropdown labels, then export responses to compare priority counts, ratings, and themes by category. Avoid slices so small that comments become easy to attribute.
Can we ask different follow-ups for different priorities?
Yes. Conditional logic can show topic-specific questions only to members who selected that topic. This shortens the shared path while collecting useful detail.
Is the collective bargaining survey generator free?
Yes. Makeform is unlimited free for generating, editing, publishing, and collecting survey responses. The paid tier removes the Makeform badge; it does not unlock a usage allowance.
How should we share the results with members?
Summarize participation, rankings, group patterns, and comment themes. Explain that results inform preparation without promising a proposal or outcome. Remove identifying detail from quotations.
Listen before the bargaining table.
Generate a collective bargaining survey that turns member concerns into organized priorities.
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