labor organization
employees' collective bargaining
A labor organization is a group formed to represent workers' interests, typically in negotiations with employers over wages, benefits, and working conditions.
The term covers unions, trade associations, and similar bodies that engage in collective bargaining.
The labor organization threatened a strike if demands weren't met.
In legal contexts, the phrase often appears in statutes governing workplace rights.
- workplace democracyCollective worker control of business
- trade unionWorkers' collective for negotiations
- unionJoining into one
- AFL-CIOCombined federation of unions
- Haymarket affair1886 Chicago labor riot
collective bargaining · bargaining table · fair wages · living wage · strike · guild · right-to-work laws · collective agreement · occupational health and safety · shop steward · industrial union · professional association · card check · union dues · rank and file · craft union · wildcat strike · arbitration
- League of NationsGeneva, mandates, member states, Secretariat, Secretary General
labor organizationbusiness lobby
Commercial building's entrance area
management · corporate interests · business association · chamber of commerce · trade association
labor organizationat-will employment
Job without guaranteed duration
right-to-work · open shop · independent contractor · gig worker · gig economy
labor organizationunion busting
Disrupting worker organizing efforts
strikebreaker · scab · Pinkerton · open shop
labor, labour, organization, organize, organise, laborer, labourer, laboring, labouring