8 Terms
Contributors in Labor relations
Labor relations
State sovereignty
Labor; Labor relations
The idea that the state is king and public employees had no right to make demands on it. In 1949 a New York court said: To tolerate or recognise any combination of civil service employees of the ...
Social unionism
Labor; Labor relations
Unions which look beyond immediate objectives to try to reform social conditions and which also consider unionism as a means of appealing to needs of members which are not strictly economic. In ...
White collar workers
Labor; Labor relations
Workers who have office jobs rather than factory, farm, or construction work.
Walking delegate
Labor; Labor relations
A unionist who policed jobs to see that workers were getting fair treatment.
Unfair labour practises
Labor; Labor relations
Defined by the National labour Relations Act and by the Taft Hartley Act as practises of discrimination, coercion, and intimidation prohibited to labour and management. Management cannot form company ...
Union shop
Labor; Labor relations
A shop where every member; of the bargaining unit must become a member of the union after a specified amount of time.
Union security
Labor; Labor relations
A clause in the contract providing for the union shop, maintenance of membership or the agency shop.
