union representation
Worker advocacy group
Union representation is the system by which a labor union acts on behalf of workers in dealings with employers—negotiating wages, benefits, and working conditions, and advocating for employees in disputes or disciplinary matters.
The factory workers voted for union representation.
An employee may request union representation during investigative interviews that could lead to discipline.
- shop stewardsElected workplace union officials
- rank and fileOrdinary members collectively
- labor movementOrganized effort for worker rights
- local chapterArea-based organizational division
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
contract negotiations · arbitration · workers' rights · fair wages · seniority rights · industrial action · negotiation · workplace policies · collective bargaining rights · right to work · worker empowerment · unfair labor practices · strike action · labor disputes · labor organizing · walkout · labor rights · workplace democracy
- Labor Movementlabor leaders, labor activists, labor movement, trade unionists, labor organizing
- labor relationslabor relations, labor disputes, collective agreement, bargaining, labor negotiations
- labor unionsAFL-CIO, local unions, police unions, Teamsters, locals
- unionslabor unions, local unions, organized labor, trade unionists, unionization
- maritime laborseafarers, seamen, merchant mariners, working hours, working conditions
- labor disputesstrikes, strike, labor strike, walkout, walkouts
union representationat-will employment
Job without guaranteed duration
union representationtop-down management
Leadership from the hierarchy's apex