union rights
Collective bargaining entitlements
Union rights are the legal protections allowing workers to organize, form labor unions, and bargain collectively with employers.
These rights typically include freedom to join or refuse to join a union, protection from retaliation for union activity, and the ability to strike.
The scope varies by country and jurisdiction: The new legislation threatened to roll back union rights.
In the United States, union rights are primarily governed by the National Labor Relations Act.
- right to organizeWorkers' union-forming freedom
- labor lawRules governing work conditions
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
- bargaining powerAdvantage in negotiations
- workplace safetyHarm prevention at jobs
contract negotiation · closed shop · labor disputes · shop steward · card check · rank and file · collective action · arbitration · unfair labor practices · on strike · at the table · job security · walkout · benefits packages · overtime · brotherhood · living wage · mediation
- Depression EraGreat Depression, Hooverville, breadline, dust storms, soup kitchen
- left-wingprogressive, liberal, social democracy, social democrat, democratic socialism
- laborlabor, work, labor force, laborers, labor movement
- rightscivil liberties, right, immunity, liberty, constitutional guarantees
- labor lawlabor code, labor law, labor laws, labor standards, labour law
- employer dutiespayroll, payroll taxes, tax withholding, W-2 forms, 1099 forms
union rightsemployer rights
Business owner's legal authorities
shareholder interests · corporate power · executive power · executive privilege · ownership rights
union rightsat-will employment
Job without guaranteed duration
union rightsright-to-work laws
Laws banning mandatory union dues
union busting · Taft-Hartley · corporate welfare · decertification · blacklisting