antiunionization
Against collective bargaining
Antiunionization refers to opposition to the formation or spread of labor unions.
The term describes efforts, policies, or attitudes aimed at preventing workers from organizing collectively: The company's antiunionization campaign included mandatory meetings discouraging union membership.
It appears most often in discussions of labor relations and workplace politics.
Voluntary union membership policy
- Taft-HartleyFederal labor management statute
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- billAmount owed, written
- statuteEnacted written rule
injunction · regulation · ordinance · enactment · decree · codification · legislature · NLRB
Workers replacing union laborers
- scabsDried wound coverings
- lockoutEmployer-imposed work stoppage
- blacklistingFormally marking for rejection
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
coercion · captive audience · surveillance · firing · retaliation · propaganda · misinformation · delay tactics
Preference for existing institutions
- neoliberalismPro-market, anti-regulation ideology
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- free marketCommerce without state intervention
deregulation · privatization · right-wing · corporatism · paternalism · individualism · free enterprise · anti-labor
Joint worker-employer talks
- deunionizationRemoval of union representation
- closed shopEmployment requiring union membership
- open shopWorkplace without mandatory union membership
- labor relationsWorker-employer interaction framework
industrial action · picket line · labor dispute · shop floor · organizing · representation · dues · membership
right-to-work
Voluntary union membership policy
- Taft-HartleyFederal labor management statute
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- billAmount owed, written
statute · injunction · regulation · ordinance · enactment · decree · codification · legislature · NLRB · labor law
strikebreakers
Workers replacing union laborers
- scabsDried wound coverings
- lockoutEmployer-imposed work stoppage
- blacklistingFormally marking for rejection
intimidation · coercion · captive audience · surveillance · firing · retaliation · propaganda · misinformation · delay tactics · decertification
conservatism
Preference for existing institutions
- neoliberalismPro-market, anti-regulation ideology
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
free market · deregulation · privatization · right-wing · corporatism · paternalism · individualism · free enterprise · anti-labor · pro-business
collective bargaining
Joint worker-employer talks
- deunionizationRemoval of union representation
- closed shopEmployment requiring union membership
- open shopWorkplace without mandatory union membership
labor relations · industrial action · picket line · labor dispute · shop floor · organizing · representation · dues · membership · certification
antiunionizationunionization
Forming a labor collective
union organizing · labor organizing · collective bargaining · union solidarity · labor movement
union, unions, unionize, unionized, unionizing, unionization, unionist, unionists, unionism