1 Terms
Contributors in Labor relations
Labor relations
Cooperative store
Labor; Labor relations
A nonprofit store that is collectively owned and operated for the benefit of both the seller and the shopper.
Contract labour
Labor; Labor relations
Workers signed a contract in Colonial times making them indentured servants for the life of the agreement. The system was later used to import Orientals into California and Hawaii and Italians and ...
Consultation
Labor; Labor relations
Clauses in union contracts or in some state laws applicable to public employees stating that management must consult the union before making any major personnel changes.
Central labour council
Labor; Labor relations
A city or county federation of local unions which are affiliated with different national or international unions.
Automation
Labor; Labor relations
Self correcting feedback and computer electronics. Also, dramatic technological innovation of any sort at the workplace. Often regarded by unions as a cause of unemployment, job alienation, and ...
Service fee
Labor; Labor relations
Money, usually the equivalent of union dues, which members of an agency shop bargaining unit pay the union for negotiating and administering the collective bargaining agreement.
Separation pay
Labor; Labor relations
Payment to a worker who is permanently laid off his job through no fault of his own.
