union activism
Workers demanding change
Union activism is organized effort by workers to form, strengthen, or advance labor unions and their goals.
It includes activities like recruiting members, negotiating contracts, organizing strikes, and advocating for workplace rights: Her union activism began when management cut benefits without warning.
The term can carry positive or negative connotations depending on the speaker's view of organized labor.
- picket linesBarriers formed by strikers
- picket signHandheld demonstration board
- walkoutsOrganized work stoppages
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
- lobbying effortsAttempts to influence policy
sit-ins · collective bargaining · boycotts · civil disobedience · grassroots organizing · public forums · arbitration · strike funds · political endorsements · contract negotiation · marches · campaign contributions · labor movement · workplace fairness · solidarity · public demonstrations · labor agreements · protest chants
- Labor Movementlabor leaders, labor movement, trade unionists, labor organizing, Samuel Gompers
union activismat-will employment
Job without guaranteed duration
free agency · self-representation · going it alone · every man for himself
union activismunion busting
Disrupting worker organizing efforts
strikebreaking · scabbing · company loyalty · worker exploitation · corporate lobbying
union activismacquiescence
Unresisting acceptance
disengagement · non-participation · indifference · resignation
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