Blaw Ch 22

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appropriate bargaining unit

Back 1

A designation based on job duties, skill levels, etc., of the proper entity that should be covered by collective bargaining agreement.

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authorization card

Back 2

A card signed by an employee that gives a union permission to act on his or her behalf in negotiations with management. Unions typically use authorization cards as evidence of employee support during union organization.

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cease-and-desist order

Back 3

An administrative or judicial order prohibiting a person or business firm from conducting activities that an agency or court has deemed illegal.

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closed shop

Back 4

A firm that requires union membership by its workers as a condition of employment. The closed shop was made illegal by the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947.

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collective bargaining

Back 5

The process by which labor and management negotiate the terms and conditions of employment, including working hours and workplace conditions.

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common situs picketing

Back 6

The illegal picketing of an entire construction site by workers who are involved in a labor dispute with a particular subcontractor.

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concerted action

Back 7

Action by employees, such as a strike or picketing, with the purpose of furthering their bargaining demands or other mutual interests.

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eighty-day cooling-off period

Back 8

A provision of the Taft-Hartley Act that allows federal courts to issue injunctions against strikes that might create a national emergency.

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employee committee

Back 9

A committee created by an employer and composed of representatives of management and nonunion employees to act together to improve workplace conditions.

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featherbedding

Back 10

A requirement that more workers be employed to do a particular job than are actually needed.

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hot-cargo agreement

Back 11

An agreement in which employers voluntarily agree with unions not to handle, use, or deal in nonunion-produced goods of other employers; a type of secondary boycott explicitly prohibited by the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959.

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I-551 Alien Registration Receipt

Back 12

Commonly referred to as a green card, the I-551 Alien Registration Receipt is proof that a foreign-born individual is lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States. Persons seeking employment can prove to prospective employers that they are legally within the U.S. by showing this receipt.

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I-9 verification

Back 13

All employers must verify the employment eligibility and identity of any worker hired in the U.S. To comply with the law, employers must complete an I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form for all new hires within three business days.

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lockout

Back 14

The closing of a plant to employees by an employer to gain leverage in collective bargaining negotiations.

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no-strike clause

Back 15

Provision in a collective bargaining agreement that states the employees will not strike for any reason and labor disputes will be resolved by arbitration.

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right-to-work law

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A state law providing that employees are not to be required to join a union as a condition of obtaining or retaining employment.

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secondary boycott

Back 17

A union's refusal to work for, purchase from, or handle the products of a secondary employer, with whom the union has no dispute, for the purpose of forcing that employer to stop doing business with the primary employer, with whom the union has a labor dispute.

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severance pay

Back 18

A payment by an employer to an employee that exceeds the employee's wages due on termination.

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strike

Back 19

An extreme action undertaken by unionized workers when collective bargaining fails; the workers leave their jobs, refuse to work, and (typically) picket the employer's workplace.

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union shop

Back 20

A place of employment in which all workers, once employed, must become union members within a specified period of time as a condition of their continued employment.

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wildcat strike

Back 21

A strike that is not authorized by the union that ordinarily represents the striking employees.