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The relationship between organized labor and management (in its role as the representative of company ownership).

Organizations that represent employees in negotiations with management.

The length of time someone has worked for his or her current employer.

A common element of labor contracts that specifies such things as the tasks certain employees are required to do or are forbidden to do.

Legislation passed in 1935 that established labor relations policies and procedures for most sectors of private industry; commonly known as the Wagner Act.

Legislation passed in 1947 that addressed many concerns raised by business owners and shifted the balance of power again; commonly known ass the Taft-Harley Act.

Legislation passed in 1959 designed to ensure democratic processes and financial accountability within unions; commonly known as the Landrum-Griffith Act.

Measures that protect a union's right to represent workers.

A unionized workplace in which employees are required to maintain union membership.

State laws that prohibit union and agency shops.

Local unions that represent employees in a specific geographic area or facility.

A nationwide organization composed of many local unions that represent employees in specific locations.

Cards signed by employees to indicate interest in having a union represent them.

A secret-ballot election overseen by the NLRB to determine whether a union gains the right to represent a group of employees.

An employee vote to take away a union's right to represent them.

A negotiation between union and management negotiators to forge  the human resources policies that will apply to all employees covered by a contract.

Contracts that result from collective bargaining.

Use of an impartial third party to help resolve bargaining impasses.

A decision process in which an impartial referee listens to both sides and then makes a judgment by accepting one side's view.

A temporary work stoppage aimed at forcing management to accept union demands.

A pressure action by union members and sympathizers who refuse to buy or handle the product of a target company.

A court order that requires one side in a dispute to refrain from or engage in a particular action.

Nonunion workers hired to do the jobs of striking workers.

A decision by management to prevent union employees from entering the workplace; used to pressure the union to accept a contract proposal.

Unlawful acts made by either unions or management.

A formal complaint against an employer.

An escalating process of discipline that gives employees several opportunities to correct performance problems before being terminated.

Proposed legislation that would significantly alter the union election provisions of the Wagner Act, making it easier for unions to organize groups of workers; the EFCA has been introduced in Congress several times in recent years but has so far failed to pass.