- Industria: Government; Labor
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A phrase once used to describe unions as a humanizing force at the workplace. In the 1970s it is corning to mean worker participation in management decisionmaking.
Industry:Labor
A person bound through a contract to the service of another for a specified amount of time.
Industry:Labor
An annual wage increase negotiated by the union and management which recognizes that the rising productivity of workers contributes to the company's profitability.
Industry:Labor
A clause in a union contract which says that workers cannot be compelled to handle goods from an employer involved in a strike.
Industry:Labor
A pre industrial system where the skilled artisan found identity, pride, and self worth in his work.
Industry:Labor
The practice of allowing laborers to stop work and have an afternoon drink.
Industry:Labor
A committee within the local union which processes grievances arising from the violation of the contract, state or federal law, or an abuse of a shop's past practice.
Industry:Labor
