1 Terms
Contributors in Labor relations
Labor relations
injunction
Labor; Labor relations
A court order which prohibits a party from taking a particular course of action, such as picketing in the case of a union on strike.
International Union
Labor; Labor relations
A union with members in both the United States and Canada.
journeyman
Labor; Labor relations
A worker who has completed his apprenticeship in a trade or craft and is therefore considered a qualified skilled worker.
jurisdictional disputes
Labor; Labor relations
Arguments among unions over which union represents workers at a job site.
Landrum Griffin Act
Labor; Labor relations
The Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959. The law contains regulations for union election procedures and supervision of their financial affairs by the U. S. Department of Labor.
industrial union
Labor; Labor relations
A union which includes all the workers in an industry regardless of their craft. Industrial unions formed the base of the CIO.
industrial revolution
Labor; Labor relations
The great advances in technology beginning in the late eighteenth century turned America from a handicraft economy into one of technological mass production.
