Chapter 13 Understadning Employees management Issues and Relations Flashcards
Craft Union
An organization of skilled specialists in a particular craft or trade
Industrial Union
Consists of unskilled an semi-skilled workers in mass-production industries such as automobile manufacturing and mining
Union Density
A measure of the percentage of workers who belong to unions
Collective Bargining
The process whereby union and management representative negotiate a contract for workers
Certification
Formal process whereby a union is recognized by the LRB as the bargaining agent for a group of employees
Decertification
Process by which workers can take away a unions right to represent them
Union Security Clause
Provision in a Labour-management agreement that stipulates that employees who benefit from a union must either officially join or pay dues to the union
Closed Shop
A workshop in which all new hires must already be union members
Union Shop
A workplace in which the employer is free to hire anybody, but the recruit must join the union within a short period, perhaps a month
Agency Shop( Rand Formula)
A workplace in which an employee is not required to join a union but must still pay union dues
Open Shop
A workplace in which employees are free to join or not join the union and to pay or not pay dues
Shop Stewards
Union Officials who work permanently in an organization and represent employee interests on a daily basis
Bargaining Zone
Range of options between the initial and final offer that each party will consider before negotiations dissolve or reach an impasse
Mediation
The use of a third party, called a mediator, who encourages both sides in a dispute to continue negotiating and often gives suggestions
Arbitration
Agreement to bring in an impartial third party to render a binding decision in a labour dispute
Strike
An union strategy in which workers refuse to go to work
Wildcat Strike
An unauthorized work stoppage while a labour contract is still in effect
Primary Boycott
When a union encourages both its members and the general public not to buy the products of a firm involved in a labour boycott
Secondary Boycott
An attempt by labour to convince others to stop doing business with a firm that is the subject of a primary boycott
Lockout
An attempt by management to put pressure on unions by temporarily closing the business
Injunction
A court order directing someone to do something or to refrain from doing something
Strikebreakers
Replacement workers hired to do the jobs of striking employees until the labour dispute is resolved
Union
An employee organization that has the main goal of representing members in employee-management bargaining over job-related issues; also known as a Labour Union
