union leadership
Shop stewards' committee
Union leadership refers to the officials and officers who direct a labor union—presidents, vice presidents, stewards, and executive boards.
The term often appears in news coverage of contract negotiations or strikes: Union leadership rejected the company's latest offer.
It can carry either neutral or skeptical connotations depending on context, sometimes implying a gap between leaders and rank-and-file members.
- shop stewardElected worker liaison
- closed shopEmployment requiring union membership
- trade unionsWorker collectives for negotiations
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
- bargaining tableWhere parties negotiate agreements
labor unions · worker solidarity · Hoffa · contract negotiation · labor movements · secretary · treasurer · workers' rights · strike action · labor strikes · executive board · industrial relations · strike vote · strikes · walkout · work stoppage · collective action · picket
- labor historyAFL-CIO, workers, labor movement, CIO, laborers
- labor unionsAFL-CIO, local unions, police unions, Teamsters, locals
- public unionspublic sector unions, municipal unions, government workers, civil servants, teacher unions
- union activismlabor strikes, picket lines, walkouts, work stoppages, strike action
- Sports LaborPFA, labor agreement, labor dispute, labor disputes, labor relations
- labor disputesstrikes, strike, labor strike, walkout, walkouts
union leadershipmanagement
Organizing and directing resources
corporate management · employers · ownership · corporate leadership · business owners