8 Terms
Contributors in Labor relations
Labor relations
Industrial democracy
Labor; Labor relations
A phrase once used to describe unions as a humanising force at the workplace. In the 1970s it is corning to mean worker participation in management decisionmaking.
Indentured servant
Labor; Labor relations
A person bound through a contract to the service of another for a specified amount of time.
Improvement factor
Labor; Labor relations
An annual wage increase negotiated by the union and management which recognises that the rising productivity of workers contributes to the company's profitability.
Incentive pay
Labor; Labor relations
A system based on the amount of production turned out by workers.
Impressment
Labor; Labor relations
The act of forcing American seamen into the service of the British Navy.
Hot cargo
Labor; Labor relations
A clause in a union contract which says that workers cannot be compelled to handle goods from an employer involved in a strike.
Handicraft system
Labor; Labor relations
A pre industrial system where the skilled artisan found identity, pride, and self worth in his work.
