labor dispute
Union-management clash
A labor dispute is a conflict between workers and employers over wages, benefits, working conditions, or other employment terms.
The phrase typically describes formal disagreements that may involve unions, collective bargaining breakdowns, strikes, or lockouts: The labor dispute shut down the factory for three weeks.
Courts and government agencies often intervene to resolve labor disputes.
- picket lineProtesting workers' boundary
- crossing the lineExceeding acceptable boundaries
- walkoutProtest by leaving
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- right-to-work lawsLaws banning mandatory union dues
union · industrial action · lockout · unfair dismissal · negotiation · scab · protest march · sit-in · arbitration · cooling off period · settlement agreement · back to work · job insecurity · discrimination · collective bargaining · grievance procedure · work-to-rule · demands
- disputesargument, beef, bicker, clash, conflict
- labor lawlabour law, worker rights, bargaining rights, employment law, work contracts
- business risksmarket risk, competition, data breach, cyberattack, recession
- labor disputesstrikes, strike, walkout, walkouts, strike action
- Labor Issuesstrike, lockout, union, layoff, picket line
- labor relationscollective agreement, union elections, bargaining, union shop, union contract
labor disputenegotiated settlement
Agreement reached through dialogue
labor agreement · labor contract · binding agreement · consensus · accord