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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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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 ...
handicraft system
Labor; Labor relations
A pre industrial system where the skilled artisan found identity, pride, and self worth in his work.
grog privileges
Labor; Labor relations
The practice of allowing laborers to stop work and have an afternoon drink.
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