NLRB
Collective bargaining agency
The NLRB is the National Labor Relations Board, a U.S. federal agency that enforces labor law and oversees union elections.
It investigates unfair labor practices by employers and unions, and adjudicates disputes over collective bargaining rights: The workers filed a complaint with the NLRB.
Ballots for worker representatives
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
- organizing campaignsStructured activism coordination
- card checkSigned union membership tally
- certificationAttestation of qualification
decertification · secret ballot · union drive · union representation · voting · recognition · petition · campaign
Expression of discontent
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
- back payOverdue salary owed
- reinstatementReturn to previous position
cease and desist · injunction · violation · retaliation · interference · discrimination · coercion · settlement
National-level administrative body
- Washington DCAmerican seat of government
- administrative agencyGovernment body implementing laws
- New DealDepression-era reform agenda
- 1935Twentieth-century year
regulatory body · bureaucracy · commissioners · general counsel · regional offices · headquarters · federal government · executive branch
Perceiving sound waves
- decisionSettled course of action
- appealFormal review request
- federal courtTribunal for national matters
- circuit courtRegional appellate tribunal
precedent · ruling · case law · testimony · evidence · briefs · oral argument · review
union elections
Ballots for worker representatives
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
- organizing campaignsStructured activism coordination
- card checkSigned union membership tally
certification · decertification · secret ballot · union drive · union representation · voting · recognition · petition · campaign · employee rights
complaint
Expression of discontent
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
- back payOverdue salary owed
reinstatement · cease and desist · injunction · violation · retaliation · interference · discrimination · coercion · settlement · hearing
federal agency
National-level administrative body
- Washington DCAmerican seat of government
- administrative agencyGovernment body implementing laws
- New DealDepression-era reform agenda
1935 · regulatory body · bureaucracy · commissioners · general counsel · regional offices · headquarters · federal government · executive branch · Roosevelt
hearing
Perceiving sound waves
- decisionSettled course of action
- appealFormal review request
- federal courtTribunal for national matters
circuit court · precedent · ruling · case law · testimony · evidence · briefs · oral argument · review · contempt
- laborwork, laborers, workers, hard work, employment
- labor lawlabour law, worker rights, bargaining rights, employment law, work contracts
- Depression EraGreat Depression, Hooverville, breadline, dust storms, soup kitchen
- federal agenciesFBI, CIA, EPA, IRS, CDC
- government agenciesFBI, CIA, NASA, IRS, EPA
- Labor AgenciesEEOC, ILO, arbitration board, employment standards, OSHA