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The body of persons, or the human physical and mental effort, engaged in the production of goods and services.
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Molly Maguires
Labor; Labor relations
A group of Irish miners who in the 1860s and '70s vandalized the mines and terrorized the bosses. Ten were hanged as the leaders of the conspiracy after Pinkerton agent, James ...
moonlighting
Labor; Labor relations
Working more than one job withe the second job usually done in the evenings or at night.
Mohawk Valley Formula
Labor; Labor relations
Developed by James Rand, president of Remington Rand, in 1936 to break strikes. The formula included discrediting union leaders by calling them "agitators," threatening to move ...
modified union shop
Labor; Labor relations
A provision in the union contract requiring all new employees to join the union and requiring all workers already in the union to remain as union members.
minimum wage
Labor; Labor relations
The lowest rate of pay an employer is allowed to pay under the law or a union contract.
Mechanics Institutes
Labor; Labor relations
A workers' education movement for self improvement in the1830s and '40s.
mediation
Labor; Labor relations
Attempts by an impartial third party to get labor and management to find agreement during a dispute.
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