Labor

Labor

The body of persons, or the human physical and mental effort, engaged in the production of goods and services.

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speed up

Labor; Labor relations

A word used by workers to describe employer attempts to increase their output without increasing their wages.

slowdown

Labor; Labor relations

A form of protest where workers deliberately lessen the amount of work for a particular purpose.

sit down strike

Labor; Labor relations

In June, 1934, Rex Murray, president of the General Tire local in Akron, Ohio, discussed a pending strike with fellow unionists. If they hit the bricks, the police would beat them ...

prohibited practices

Labor; Labor relations

Generally used in public employment to describe unfair labor practices on the part of employer and employee organizations.

National Labor Relations Act of 1935

Labor; Labor relations

Also known as the "Wagner Act" after the law's chief sponsor, Senator Robert Wagner of New York. It represented a fundamental turnaround in government's attitudes toward labor ...