_____ ________ Relationship between organized labor and management ( in their role as representative of business owners)
Labor Relations
_____ ______ Organizations that represent employees in negotiations with management
Labor Unions
________ Length of time someone has worked for his or her current employer
Seniority
____ _____ Common element of labor contracts specifying such things as the tasks certain employees are required to do or forbidden to do
Work Rules
________ _____ ________ ___ Legislation passed in 1935 that established labor relations policies and procedures for most sectors of private industry; commonly known as the Wagner Act
National Labor Relations Act
_____-__________ _________ ___ Legislation passed in 1947 that addressed many concerns raised by business owners and shifted the balance of power again; commonly known as the Taft- Hartley Act
Labor-Management Relations Act
_____-_________ ______ ___ ____________Legislation passed in 1959 designed to ensure democratic processes and financial accountability within unions; commonly known as the Landrum- Griffith Act
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
_____ ________ Measures that protect the union's right to represent workers
Union Security
_____ ____ Unionized workplace in which employees are required to maintain union membership
Union Shop
_____-__-____ laws State laws that prohibit union and agency shops
-Right-t-Work laws
______ Local unions that represent employees in a specific geographic area or facility
Locals
________ _____ Nationwide organization composed of many local unions that represent employees in specific locations
National Union
__________ _____ Cards signed by employees to indicate interest in having a union represent them
Authorization Cards
___________ ________ Secret-ballot election overseen by the NLRB to determine whether a union gains the right to represent a group of employees
Certification Election
_____________ Employee vote to take away a union's right to represent them
Decertification
_________ __________ Negotiation between union and management negotiators to forge the human resources policies that will apply to all employees covered by a contract
Collective Bargaining
_________ Use of an impartial third party to help resolve bargaining impasses
Mediation
___________ Decision process in which an impartial referee listens to both sides and then makes a judgment by accepting one side's view
Arbitration
_____ Temporary work stoppage aimed at forcing management to accept union demands
Strike
______ Pressure action by union members and sympathizers who refuse to buy or handle the product of a target company
Buyout
____________ Nonunion workers hired to do the jobs of striking workers
Strikebreakers
_______ Decision by management to prevent union employees from entering the workplace; used to pressure the union to accept a contract proposal
Lockouts
_________ Court order that requires one side in a dispute to refrain from or engage in a particular action
Injunction
______ _____ ________ Unlawful acts made by either unions or management
Unfair Labor Practice
________ Formal complaint against an employer
Grievance
Escalating process of discipline that gives employees several opportunities to correct performance problems before being terminated
Progressive Discipline
_______ ____ _____ ___ Pending legislation that would significantly alter the union election provisions of the Wagner Act, making it easier for unions to organize groups of workers
Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA)