pay dispute
Salary negotiation breakdown
A pay dispute is a disagreement between workers and employers over wages or compensation.
The term typically appears in news coverage of labor negotiations: The strike enters its third week as the pay dispute remains unresolved.
Pay disputes may involve base salary, overtime rates, benefits, or back pay owed.
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
- industrial actionCollective employee pressure tactic
- wagePayment for labor
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
labor rights · fair wages · union · walkout · grievance · arbitration · picket · picket line · contract · salary · standoff · deadlock · workers · shop floor · management · demand · settlement · back to work
- workplace disputesgrievance, complaint, wrongful termination, wrongful dismissal, unfair dismissal
- grievancesinjustice, unfairness, unfair treatment, mistreatment, wrong
- labor disputesstrikes, strike, labor strike, walkout, walkouts
- labor unionsunion dues, trade union, union membership, labor union, union shops
- workplace conflictbullying, harassment, hostile environment, intimidation, mobbing