8 Terms
Contributors in Labor relations
Labor relations
Dual unionism
Labor; Labor relations
The AFL expelled most CIO unions in 1937 for dual unionism because industrial unions were encroaching on the jurisdiction of craft unions within factories.
Employment act
Labor; Labor relations
Passed in 1946 by a Congress which intended to establish machinery to maintain full employment. A Council of Economic Advisers was created to survey the status of the American economy and to advise ...
Escalator clause
Labor; Labor relations
A clause in the union contract which provides for a cost of living increase in wages by relating wages to changes in consumer prices. Usually the Consumer Price Index is used as the measure of price ...
Craft unions
Labor; Labor relations
Trade unions organised along lines of their skilled crafts. They formed the base of the American Federation of Labor.
Criminal syndicalism
Labor; Labor relations
Syndicalism comes from the French word for union "syndicat. " Syndicalists believe unions should run the economy. The term is associated with the Industrial Workers of the World. Half the states just ...
Executive Order 10988
Labor; Labor relations
President John F. Kennedy issued this Executive Order which recognised the right of federal employees to bargain with management.
Cost of living index
Labor; Labor relations
The Consumer Price Index prepared by the U. S. Bureau of labour Statistics. The Index measures changes in the cost of living month by month, year by year.
