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Labor

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

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employment act

Labor; Labor relations

Passed in 1946 by a Congress which intended to establish machinery to maintain full employment. A Council of Economic Advisers was created to survey the status of the American ...

escalator clause

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A clause in the union contract which provides for a cost of living increase in wages by relating wages to changes in consumer prices. Usually the Consumer Price Index is used as ...

craft unions

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Trade unions organized along lines of their skilled crafts. They formed the base of the American Federation of Labor.

criminal syndicalism

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Syndicalism comes from the French word for union "syndicat. " Syndicalists believe unions should run the economy. The term is associated with the Industrial Workers of the World. ...

Executive Order 10988

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President John F. Kennedy issued this Executive Order which recognized the right of federal employees to bargain with management.

cost of living index

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The Consumer Price Index prepared by the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Index measures changes in the cost of living month by month, year by year.