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Rattering

Rattering, means the practice of taking away tools, destroying machinery, and the like in an attempt either to compel a worker to join a union or to enforce a company's compliance with union rules. Rattering was formerly a common labour-union tactic in England, and it was a criminal offence, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1270....


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 ...


informational picketing

informational picketing : picketing by a labor union for the purpose of informing the public about a matter of concern to the union ...


Job-targeting program

Job-targeting program, means an initiative by a labour union to maintain or improve its share of the labour in a particular market by financing or backing contractor who bid on targeted projects. Also termed market-recovery program, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 840....


Benefit society

A society or association formed for mutual insurance as among tradesmen or in labor unions to provide for relief in sickness old age and for the expenses of burial Usually called friendly society in Great Britain...


C G T

An abbreviation for Confeacutedeacuteration Geacuteneacuterale du Travail the French syndicalist labor union...


primary boycott

primary boycott : an organized effort of a labor union and its members to discourage consumers from buying the products of a particular employer compare secondary boycott ...


trade

trade 1 a : the business or work in which one engages regularly b : an occupation requiring manual or mechanical skill c : the persons engaged in an occupation 2 : the business of buying and selling or bartering commodities 3 : an act or instance of trading ;also : an exchange of property usually without use of money vb trad·ed trad·ing vi 1 : to engage in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods 2 : to give one thing in exchange for another 3 : to engage in selling vt 1 : to give in exchange for another commodity ;also : to make an exchange of 2 : to engage in frequent buying and selling of (as stocks or commodities) usually in search of quick profits trad·able also trade·able adj adj 1 : of, relating to, or used in trade or in a particular trade or business 2 also: trades : of, composed of, or representing the trades or labor unions ...


organizational picketing

organizational picketing : picketing by a labor union for recognition as the organization representing employees ...


legal entity

legal entity : an entity (as a corporation or labor union) having under the law rights and responsibilities and esp. the capacity to sue and be sued ...



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