- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
- Number of blossaries: 0
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A clause in union contract authorizing the employer to deduct dues or service fees from employees' paychecks and remit them to the union.
Industry:Labor
The hiring and employment of union members only. Illegal under the Taft Hartley Act.
Industry:Labor
The determination of wages and other conditions of employment by direct negotiations between the union and employer.
Industry:Labor
A store operated by a company for its employees. Often prices were higher here than elsewhere. Occasionally, workers were paid in script redeemable only at the company store.
Industry:Labor
An employee association organized, controlled, and financed by the employer. Outlawed by the National Labor Relations Act.
Industry:Labor
Adolph Strasser, president of the Cigar Makers Union and one of the founders of the AFL, once told a Congressional Committee: We have no ultimate ends. We are going from day to day. We fight only for immediate objectives objectives that will be realized in a few years -we are all practical men.
Industry:Labor
A nonprofit store that is collectively owned and operated for the benefit of both the seller and the shopper.
Industry:Labor
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 Greeks for work on the East Coast. It was bitterly fought by organized labor for the contract worker meant low wage competition.
Industry:Labor
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.
Industry:Labor
A city or county federation of local unions which are affiliated with different national or international unions.
Industry:Labor
