An organization or workers acting together to negotiate their wages and
working conditions with employers.
The dealings between labor unions and business management, both in the
bargaining process and beyond it.
An organization of skilled workers in a single craft or trade.
A temporary work stoppage by employees, calculated to add force to their
demands.
An organization of both skilled and unskilled workers in a single
industry.
The federal agency that enforces the provisions of the Wagner Act.
A court order requiring a person or group either to perform some act or
to refrain from performing some act.
The specific group of employees represented by a union.
The right of a particular union to organize particular workers.
The process of negotiating a labor contract with management.
Approval of a labor contract by a vote
of the union membership.
The length of time an employee has worked for the organization.
Time worked in excess of forty hours in one week; under some union
contracts, it can be time worked in excess of eight hours in a
single day.
Protection against the loss of employment.
Protection of the union's position as the employees' bargaining agent.
A workplace in which workers must join the union before they are hired,
outlawed by the Taft&-Hartley Act.
A workplace in which new employees must join the union after a specified
probationary period.
A workplace in which employees can choose not to join the union but must
pay dues to the union anyway.
A workplace in which an employee who joins the union must remain a union
member as long as he or she is employed by the firm.
A formally establish course of action for resolving employee complaints
against management.
An employee who is elected by union members to serve as their
representative.
The procedure by which a neutral third party hears the two sides of a
dispute and "renders a decision; the decision is binding
when arbitration is part of the grievance procedure, but may not
be binding when arbitration is used to settle labor&-contract disputes.
Marching back and forth in front of one's place of employment with signs
informing the public that a strike is in progress.
A strike that has not been approved by the strikers' union.
A technique whereby workers report to their jobs but work at a slower
pace than normal.
A refusal to do business with a particular firm.
A firm's refusal to allow employees to enter the workplace.
A nonunion employee who performs the job of a striking union member
The use of a neutral third party to assist management and the union
during their negotiations.
