unionizes
Joins labor movement
Unionizes means to form or join a labor union, or to organize workers into one.
When employees unionize, they band together to negotiate collectively with employers over wages, benefits, and working conditions: The warehouse workers voted to unionize.
Management may resist when staff attempts to unionize a workplace.
Joint worker-employer talks
- organizePut into systematic order
- mobilizeOrganize for action
- membership driveCampaign seeking new enrollees
- card checkSigned union membership tally
certification · NLRB · shop steward · local chapter · federation · AFL-CIO · Teamsters · rank and file
Forceful impact or stoppage
- picketPointed fence stake
- walkoutProtest by leaving
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
picket line · demonstration · rally · lockout · protest · wildcat strike · sympathy strike · sit-down strike
Legal protections for employees
- fair wagesReasonable compensation for labor
- job securityProtected employment status
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- overtime payCompensation for excess hours
working conditions · seniority · representation · collective agreement · workplace safety · healthcare coverage · pension · living wage
Kinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- collectiveJointly organized group
- comradeshipMutual loyalty among companions
fellowship · camaraderie · mutual aid · support · togetherness · cooperation · labor movement · class consciousness
collective bargaining
Joint worker-employer talks
- organizePut into systematic order
- mobilizeOrganize for action
- membership driveCampaign seeking new enrollees
card check · certification · NLRB · shop steward · local chapter · federation · AFL-CIO · Teamsters · rank and file · dues
strike
Forceful impact or stoppage
work stoppage · picket line · demonstration · rally · lockout · protest · wildcat strike · sympathy strike · sit-down strike · slowdown
workers' rights
Legal protections for employees
- fair wagesReasonable compensation for labor
- job securityProtected employment status
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
overtime pay · working conditions · seniority · representation · collective agreement · workplace safety · healthcare coverage · pension · living wage · equal pay
brotherhood
Kinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- collectiveJointly organized group
comradeship · fellowship · camaraderie · mutual aid · support · togetherness · cooperation · labor movement · class consciousness · esprit de corps
unionizesdecertifies
Revokes official certification
disbands · disorganizes · dissolves · breaks up · scabs
- unionized workersEmployees in collective bargaining
- unionized laborWorkforce with collective representation
- unionized employeesWorkers with collective bargaining
- unionized workforceEmployees represented by collective bargaining
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