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| closed shop |
a factory or business that agrees, through a contract with a labor union, to employ only members of that union. [1/2 definitions] |
| craft union |
a labor union whose members are workers in the same craft or trade. |
| industrial union |
a labor union that represents the workers in an entire industry rather than only those engaged in one craft or a related group of crafts. |
| laborite |
(sometimes cap.) a member or supporter of a labor union, a labor movement, or apro-labor group or political party. |
| labor party |
(sometimes cap.) a political party that advances the causes of labor or is controlled by labor unions. |
| minimum wage |
the lowest wage that an employer can pay an employee according to law or labor union agreement. |
| nonunion |
not belonging to, following the rules of, or recognizing a labor union. [2/3 definitions] |
| organize |
to enlist the workers of (a business) into a labor union. [1/6 definitions] |
| organized |
joined together into an effective group or movement, esp. a labor union. [1/3 definitions] |
| scab |
someone who works in place of a striking employee or refuses to join or support the actions of a labor union. [1/6 definitions] |
| syndicalism |
a radical political movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries supporting labor union control of all industry and the dissolving of governmental authority. |
| trade union |
a labor union consisting of workers who are skilled in a particular craft or trade, esp. as distinguished from a union for workers in a given company or industry. |
| union card |
a card that identifies a person as a member of a specific labor union. |
| unorganized |
of workers, not belonging to a labor union. [1/2 definitions] |
| yellow-dog contract |
an employment contract, now illegal, in which an employee agrees not to remain in or join a labor union. |
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