3 Terms
Contributors in Labor relations
Labor relations
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 ...
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.
