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labor organization : an organization, agency, committee, group, or plan in which employees take part that deals with employers about such matters as wages and grievances ;esp : labor union NOTE: Designation by the court as a labor organization subject to applicable statutes can confer a variety of liabilities and protections, esp. in regard to antitrust issues, unfair labor and management practices, and right-to-work laws. ...
unfair labor practice
unfair labor practice : any of various acts by an employer or labor organization that violate a right or protection under applicable labor laws NOTE: The unfair labor practices that are specified in the National Labor Relations Act are the following: 1) the interference, restraint, or coercion of employees in the exercise of their rights by an employer; 2) domination of a labor organization by an employer; 3) encouragement or discouragement of union membership by discrimination in hiring or conditions of employment by an employer; 4) discrimination against an employee for filing charges of or testifying regarding an unfair labor practice by an employer; 5) refusal of an employer to bargain with the collective bargaining agent; 6) restraint or coercion of employers or employees by a labor organization; 7) coercion of an employer by a labor organization to discriminate against an employee; 8) refusal of a labor organization to bargain collectively with an employer; 9) engaging in ill...
labor union
labor union : a labor organization usually consisting of workers of the same trade that is formed for the purpose of advancing its members' interests (as through collective bargaining) in respect to wages, benefits, and working conditions see also craft union, bargaining unit NOTE: Labor unions and employers are subject to the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Wagner Act), as amended by the Labor Management Relations (Taft-Hartley) Act and the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure (Landrum-Griffin) Act. The NLRA authorized the establishment of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency which administers the provisions of the Act. ...
picket
picket : a person posted by a labor organization at a place of employment affected by a labor dispute ;broadly : a person posted for a demonstration or protest vt : to post pickets in front of : walk or stand in front of as a picket [their tactics have included ing clinics "L. H. Tribe"] vi : to demonstrate by use of pickets [a currently certified union may for recognition] ;also : to serve as a picket see also informational picketing, organizational picketing, secondary picketing compare strike NOTE: While the right to peacefully picket for a lawful purpose is protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, case law has recognized some limitations and the Labor Management Relations Act has placed some restrictions on organizational and secondary picketing. pick··et·er n ...
horizontal unionism
horizontal unionism : a form of labor organization in which unions are made up of workers with the same or similar skills or crafts or having the same status ...
AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organization ...
certification mark
certification mark Any word, name, symbol, device, or any combination, used, or intended to be used, in commerce by someone other than its owner, to certify regional or other origin, material, mode of manufacture, quality, accuracy, or other characteristics of such person's goods or services, or that the work or labor on the goods or services was performed by members of a union or other organization. Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ...
organizational picketing
organizational picketing : picketing by a labor union for recognition as the organization representing employees ...
industrial revolution
The changes in the methods of production as well as the resulting changes in economic and social organization accompanying the replacement of hand labor by power driven machinery It started in England in about 1760 and spread to other countries with very varying time lags The introduction of powered machinery such as the steam engine and power loom led to the concentration of large areas of manufacturing in large companies and made some goods more plentiful and cheaper by mechanical production and economies of scale...
agent
agent 1 : someone or something that acts or exerts power : a moving force in achieving some result 2 : a person guided or instigated by another in some action [where the heads of departments are the political…s of the executive, merely to execute the will of the president "Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803)"] see also innocent agent 3 a : a person or entity (as an employee or independent contractor) authorized to act on behalf of and under the control of another in dealing with third parties see also agency, fiduciary relationship, subagent compare fiduciary, principal, servant apparent agent : an agent acting under an agency by estoppel bar·gain·ing agent : a labor union that represents the employees in a bargaining unit in negotiating with their employer through collective bargaining business agent : an agent that handles business affairs for another person or organization ;esp : a paid official of a union who carries on union business between the employ...
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