labor union
Bargaining employee organization
A labor union is an organization of workers formed to protect their collective interests—negotiating wages, benefits, and working conditions with employers.
Unions bargain as a group, giving workers leverage they wouldn't have individually.
The labor union threatened to strike if management didn't meet their demands.
Members typically pay dues to fund union activities.
Also called a trade union, especially in British English.
Forceful impact or stoppage
- picketPointed fence stake
- walkoutProtest by leaving
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
- industrial actionCollective employee pressure tactic
boycott · demonstration · picketing · lockout · slowdown · wildcat strike · sympathy strike · sit-in
Professional mutual-aid society
- syndicateCombined group pursuing shared interest
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
confederation · coalition · chapter · local · international · AFL-CIO · Teamsters · UAW
Joint worker-employer talks
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- talksSpeaks with others
concessions · compromise · dialogue · dispute resolution · agreement · ratification · proposal · counteroffer
Reasonable compensation for labor
- workplace safetyHarm prevention at jobs
- overtime payCompensation for excess hours
- minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
healthcare · pension · maternity leave · paternity leave · sick leave · job security · workers' compensation · anti-discrimination
Wholeness through cohesion
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- camaraderieGoodwill among companions
- comradeshipMutual loyalty among companions
strike
Forceful impact or stoppage
- picketPointed fence stake
- walkoutProtest by leaving
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
industrial action · boycott · demonstration · picketing · lockout · slowdown · wildcat strike · sympathy strike · sit-in · blue flu
guild
Professional mutual-aid society
- syndicateCombined group pursuing shared interest
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- brotherhoodKinship among men
sisterhood · confederation · coalition · chapter · local · international · AFL-CIO · Teamsters · UAW · shop steward
collective bargaining
Joint worker-employer talks
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
talks · concessions · compromise · dialogue · dispute resolution · agreement · ratification · proposal · counteroffer · terms
fair wages
Reasonable compensation for labor
- workplace safetyHarm prevention at jobs
- overtime payCompensation for excess hours
- minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
benefits · healthcare · pension · maternity leave · paternity leave · sick leave · job security · workers' compensation · anti-discrimination · employment law
unity
Wholeness through cohesion
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- camaraderieGoodwill among companions
comradeship · mutual aid · class consciousness · common cause
- Gilded AgeGilded Age, robber baron, robber barons, Carnegie, Rockefeller
- Nordic Politicssocial democracy, welfare state, coalition talks, proportional representation, multi-party system
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- laborwork, workers, hard work, employment, effort
- blue collarhard hat, blue collar, blue-collar jobs, factory work, work boots
- blue-collarblue collar, blue-collar, factory worker, construction worker, hard hat
labor unionmanagement
Organizing and directing resources
corporate management · employers · ownership · capital · business owners
labor unionindependent contractors
Self-employed service providers
scabs · gig workers · freelancers · strikebreakers · right-to-work
union, labor, laborer, labored, laboring, labour, laborers, labouring, labourer