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Unions
Employee organizations whose main goal is to represent members in employee-management negotiations of job- related issues TERM 2
Labor unions were responsible for:
DEFINITION 2 Minimum wage laws Overtime rules Workers compensation Severance pay Child-labor laws Job-safety regulations TERM 3
Craft Union
DEFINITION 3 An organization of skilled specialists in a particular craft or trade TERM 4
Knights of Labor
DEFINITION 4 First national labor union; formed in 1869 Knights attracted 700,000 members but fell from prominence after a riot in Chicago TERM 5
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
DEFINITION 5 An organization of craft unions that championed fundamental labor issues; formed in 1886
Industrial Unions
Labor unions of unskilled or semiskilled workers in mass production industries TERM 7
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
DEFINITION 7 Union organization of unskilled workers; broke away from the AFL in 1935 and rejoined in 1955 TERM 8
Yellow-Dog Contracts
DEFINITION 8 A type of contract that required employees to agree to NOT join a union TERM 9
Collective Bargaining
DEFINITION 9 he process whereby union and management representatives form an agreement, or contract, for employees TERM 10
Certification
DEFINITION 10 The formal process by which a union is recognized by the NLRB as the bargaining agent for a group of employees
Shop Stewards
Union officials who work permanently in an organization and represent employee interests on a daily basis TERM 17
Bargaining Zone
DEFINITION 17 The range of options labor and management have between initial and final contract offers that each side will consider before an impasse is reached TERM 18
Mediation
DEFINITION 18 The use of a third party to encourage both sides to keep negotiating to resolve key contract issues TERM 19
Arbitration
DEFINITION 19 An agreement to bring in a third party to render a binding agreement TERM 20
Strikes
DEFINITION 20 A strategy in which workers refuse to go to work
Primary Boycott
When a union encourages both its members and the general public to not buy the products of a firm in a labor dispute TERM 22
Secondary Boycott
DEFINITION 22 An attempt by labor to convince others to stop doing business with a firm thats the subject of a primary boycott TERM 23
Lockout
DEFINITION 23 An attempt by management to put pressure on workers by closing the business thus cutting off workers pay TERM 24
Injunction
DEFINITION 24 A court order directing someone to do something or refrain from doing something TERM 25
Strikebreakers
DEFINITION 25 Workers hired to do the work of striking workers until the labor dispute is resolved; called scabs by unions
