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| 6399548883 | agency shop agreement | clause in labor-management agreement that says employers may hire nonunion workers; employees are not required to join the unit but must pay a union fee | 0 | |
| 6399550016 | American Federation of Labor (AFL) | an organization of craft unions that championed fundamental labor issues; founded in 1886 | 1 | |
| 6399550017 | arbitration | the agreement to bring in an impartial third party (a single arbitrator or a panel of arbitrators) to render a binding decision in a labor dispute | 2 | |
| 6399551209 | bargaining zone | the range of options between the initial and final offer that each part will consider before negotiations dissolve or reach an impasse | 3 | |
| 6399551210 | certification | formal process whereby a union is recognized by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) as the bargaining agent for a group of employees | 4 | |
| 6399551211 | closed shop agreement | clause in a labor- management agreement that specified workers had to be members of a union before being hired (was outlawed by the Taft-Harley Act in 1947) | 5 | |
| 6399552250 | collective bargaining | the process whereby union and management representatives from a labor-management agreement, or contract, for workers | 6 | |
| 6399554857 | Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) | union organization of unskilled workers; broke away from the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in 1935 and rejoined it in 1955 | 7 | |
| 6399561222 | cooling-off period | when workers in a critical industry return to their jobs while the union and management continue negotiations | 8 | |
| 6399561223 | craft union | an organization of skilled specialists in a particular craft or trade | 9 | |
| 6399561224 | decertification | the process by which workers take away a union's right to represent them | 10 | |
| 6399562178 | givebacks | concessions made by union members to management; gains from labor negotiations are given back to management to help employers remain competitive and thereby save jobs | 11 | |
| 6399562179 | industrial unions | labor organizations of unskilled and semiskilled workers in mass-production industries such as automobiles and mining | 12 | |
| 6399563872 | injunction | a court order directing someone to do something or to refrain from doing something | 13 | |
| 6399563873 | Knights of Labor | the first national labor union; formed in 1869 | 14 | |
| 6399564674 | lockout | an attempt by management to put pressure on unions by temporarily closing the business | 15 | |
| 6399564675 | mediation | the use of a third party, called a mediator, who encourages both sides in a dispute to continue negotiating and often makes suggestions for resolving the dispute | 16 | |
| 6399567538 | negotiated labor-management agreement (labor contract) | agreement that sets the tone and clarifies the terms under which management and labor agree to function over a period of time | 17 | |
| 6399567539 | open shop agreement | agrement in right-to-work states that gives workers the option to join or not join a union, if one exists in their workplace | 18 | |
| 6399569065 | primary boycott | when a union encourages both its members and the general public not to buy the products of a firm involved in a labor dispute | 19 | |
| 6399569066 | right-to-work laws | legislation that gives workers the right, under an open shop, to join or not join a union if it is present | 20 | |
| 6399571568 | secondary boycott | an attempt by labor to convince others to stop doing business with a firm that is the subject of primary boycott; prohibited by the Taft-Hartley Act | 21 | |
| 6399571569 | sexual harassment | unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other conduct (verbal or physical) of asexual nature that creates a hostile work environment | 22 | |
| 6399571574 | shop stewards | union officials who work permanently in an organization and represent employee interests on a daily basis | 23 | |
| 6399572103 | strike | a union strategy in which workers refuse to go to work; the purpose is to further workers' objectives after an impasse in collective bargaining | 24 | |
| 6399572947 | strikebreakers | workers hired to do the jobs of striking workers until the labor dispute is resolved | 25 | |
| 6399572948 | union | an employee organization that has the main goal of representing members in employee-management bargaining over job-related issues | 26 | |
| 6399572949 | union security clause | provision in negotiated labor-management agreement that stipulates that employees who benefit from a union must either officially join or at least pay dues to the union | 27 | |
| 6399573896 | union shop agreement | clause in labor-management agreement that says workers do not have to be members of a union to be hired, but must agree to join the union within a prescribed period | 28 | |
| 6399574480 | yellow-dog contract | a type of contract that required employees to agree as a condition of employment not to join a union; prohibited by the Norris-LaGuardia Act is 1932 | 29 |
