big labor
Collective bargaining powerhouse
Big labor refers to organized labor unions collectively, especially when emphasizing their political influence or economic power.
The term parallels big business and often carries critical connotations, suggesting unions wield excessive clout: Big labor donated millions to the campaign.
Used primarily in American political discourse.
Combined federation of unions
- TeamstersTransportation workers' labor organization
- UAWVehicle manufacturing union
- NEACultural grant agency
- AFTTeachers' labor union
NLRB · union leadership · trade unionism · union membership · national union
Organized protest outside workplace
- walkoutProtest by leaving
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
industrial action · solidarity · demonstration · picket line · lockout · protest · overtime ban · wildcat strike
Voluntary union membership policy
- union shopEmployer requiring organized membership
- closed shopEmployment requiring union membership
- political influencePower in governmental affairs
- Democratic PartyLiberal American political organization
endorsements · campaign contributions · voting bloc · legislative agenda · minimum wage · OSHA
AFL-CIO
Combined federation of unions
- TeamstersTransportation workers' labor organization
- UAWVehicle manufacturing union
- NEACultural grant agency
AFT · NLRB · union leadership · trade unionism · union membership · national union
picketing
Organized protest outside workplace
work stoppage · industrial action · solidarity · demonstration · picket line · lockout · protest · overtime ban · wildcat strike · general strike
right-to-work
Voluntary union membership policy
- union shopEmployer requiring organized membership
- closed shopEmployment requiring union membership
- political influencePower in governmental affairs
Democratic Party · endorsements · campaign contributions · voting bloc · legislative agenda · minimum wage · OSHA
big laborbig business
Large companies collectively
management · capital · employers · Wall Street · corporate interests
big laborfree enterprise
Privately owned, competitive economy
right-to-work · laissez-faire · free market · open shop · business lobby
big, bigger, biggest, labor, labour, laborer, labourer, laborers, labourers