closed shops
Mandatory union employment
A closed shop is a workplace where employers can only hire union members.
The arrangement, once common in labor agreements, gave unions significant power over hiring.
Most closed shops are now illegal in the United States, though the term persists in discussions of labor history and union politics: The factory operated as a closed shop for decades.
Joint worker-employer talks
- duesRegular membership payments
- exclusivityState of being limited
- organized laborWorkers acting collectively
- trade unionismOrganized worker advocacy system
labor movement · unionized · card check · representation · affiliation · guild · brotherhood · sisterhood
Jointly organized group
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- mutual aidCooperative community support
- labor unionCollective bargaining group
picketing · strike · walkout · scab · blackleg · union card · rank and file
Not about winning
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- protectionismShielding local producers
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- barrier to entryCompetitive impediment for newcomers
hiring hall · seniority · preference · credential · apprenticeship · gatekeeping · exclusion · prerequisite
collective bargaining
Joint worker-employer talks
- duesRegular membership payments
- exclusivityState of being limited
- organized laborWorkers acting collectively
trade unionism · labor movement · unionized · card check · representation · affiliation · guild · brotherhood · sisterhood · craft union
collective
Jointly organized group
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- mutual aidCooperative community support
labor union · picketing · strike · walkout · scab · blackleg · union card · rank and file
non-competitive
Not about winning
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- protectionismShielding local producers
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
barrier to entry · hiring hall · seniority · preference · credential · apprenticeship · gatekeeping · exclusion · prerequisite
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- labor historyAFL-CIO, workers, labor movement, CIO, laborers
- labor movementsgeneral strike, general strikes, labor strikes, picket lines, unionization
- Labor Politicslabor laws, labor movement, labor policy, unionization, labor disputes
- labor relationslabor relations, labor disputes, collective agreement, union elections, bargaining
- labor rightsworker rights, labor laws, union rights, employee rights, right to strike