union leaders
Collective bargaining representatives
Union leaders are officials who represent and advocate for workers in a labor union.
They negotiate collective bargaining agreements with employers, organize strikes when necessary, and speak publicly on behalf of union members: Union leaders called for a walkout after talks broke down.
The term often appears in news coverage of labor disputes.
- strike actionsOrganized work stoppages
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
- negotiating tableForum for reaching agreement
- workers' rightsLegal protections for employees
fair wages · wage increase · solidarity · shop steward · membership drives · card check · picket lines · contract negotiation · Hoffa · Samuel Gompers · arbitration · labor laws · organizer · rank-and-file · workplace safety · treasurer · rally · spokesperson
- Americanspresidents, senators, governors, generals, authors
- labor leaderslabor activists, trade unionists
- notable peoplepoliticians, artists, writers, scientists, musicians
- Labor Movementlabor activists, labor movement, trade unionists, labor organizing, Samuel Gompers
- Labor Politicslabor laws, labor movement, labor policy, unionization, labor disputes
- labor relationslabor relations, labor disputes, collective agreement, bargaining, labor negotiations
union leaderscorporate executives
Senior company leadership
management · CEOs · employers · business owners · capitalists
union leadersstrikebreakers
Workers replacing union laborers
scabs · Pinkertons · corporate lawyers · management consultants
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Dried wound coverings
strikebreakers · rank and file · independent contractors · gig workers · freelancers