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bargaining unit

Labor; Labor relations

A specified group of employees empowered to bargain collectively with their employer.

arbitration

Labor; Labor relations

The referral of collective bargaining or grievance disputes to an impartial third party. Usually the arbitrator's decision is final and binding, although there is "advisory arbitration" in which the ...

apprentice

Labor; Labor relations

An individual in training for a skilled trade.

American Plan

Labor; Labor relations

A post World War I employer movement which stressed freedom of industry to manage its business without union interference.

agency shop

Labor; Labor relations

A union security clause whereby all members of a bargaining unit must pay a service fee, the equivalent of dues, whether or not they are union members.

shop union

Labor; Labor relations

Established by the Knights of Labor in the 1880s. Shop unions in the factory carried out the rule enforcements of the local assemblies.

service fee

Labor; Labor relations

Money, usually the equivalent of union dues, which members of an agency shop bargaining unit pay the union for negotiating and administering the collective bargaining agreement.

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