Exam 2 Flashcards
Labor Union
A group of workers who band together to meet common goals, such as better pay, benefits, or promotion rules.
Union Steward
An elected person with the organization who represents the interests of union members.
Railway Labor Act
Passed in 1926, the act applies to railroads and airlines. The goal of the act is to ensure no disruption of interstate commerce
Norris-LaGuardia Act
Passed in 1932 (also known as the anti-injunction bill), this act barred federal courts from issuing injunctions against nonviolent labor disputes and barred employers from interfering against workers joining a union
Yellow -Dog Contracts
Before the Norris-LaGuardia Act, in which a worker agreed to not join a union before accepting a job.
Wagner Act
A law passed in 1935 that changed the way employers can react to several aspects of unions and unionization
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
The organization that oversees and enforces the Wagner and Taft-Hartley acts. They handle unfair labor practice complaints and facilitate unionization efforts.
Taft-Hartley Act
An act passed in 1947 that put several restrictions on unions. It amended the Wagner Act.
Wildcat Strikes
Strikes not authorized by the union and considered illegal according to the Taft-Hartley Act.
secondary actions
- Made illegal by the Taft-Hartley Act, which disallowed a union from going
on strike in sympathy for another union.
Landrum Griffin Act -
An act passed in 1959 that is supposed to limit corruption in unions by
requiring secret elections and reporting of financial information.
union salting
A union strategy that encourages union supporters to apply for jobs in nonunion
environments to actively work to unionize other employees when they are hired
collective bargaining -
The process of negotiations between the company and representatives
of the union
checkoff provision
The employer, on behalf of the union, automatically deducts dues from
union members’ paychecks
union shop -
Requires a person to join the union within a certain time period of joining the
organization.
right-to-work states -
Laws passed in twenty-two states that prohibit requirements to join a
union or pay dues and fees to a union
agency shop -
Similar to a union shop, except that workers do not have to join the union but
still must pay union dues
right-to-work states - .
Laws passed in twenty-two states that prohibit requirements to join a union or pay dues and fees to a union
agency shop
Similar to a union shop, except that workers do not have to join the union but still must pay union dues.
agency fees -
The fees charged by an agency shop. May be illegal in right-to-work states
closed shop -
A type of union agreement in which a person must be a union member to be hired, but was made illegal under the Taft-Hartley Act.
mandatory category -
A collective bargaining topic, such as wages, that must be discussed in
the agreement
permissive topic
Topics in collective bargaining that are not mandatory but still topics of discussion, such as drug testing
illegal topic -
A bargaining topic that is illegal in both the bargaining agreement and within society, such as plans to discriminate against a specific group in employment
bargaining impasse
Inability to agree on a contract.
economic strike -
A strike based on unhappiness of economic conditions
unfair labor practices strike
The goal is to get the organization to cease committing what the union believes to be an unfair labor practice; this kind of strike does not need to occur during negotiations
Lockout -
When organizations do not allow workers to go to work.
Strike -
Workers protest and do not go to work as a result of contract disagreement.
