- Industrie: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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Working more than one job withe the second job usually done in the evenings or at night.
Industry:Labor
Developed by James Rand, president of Remington Rand, in 1936 to break strikes. The formula included discrediting union leaders by calling them "agitators," threatening to move the plant, raising the banner of "law and order" to mobilize the community against the union, and actively engaging police in strike breaking activity, then organizing a back to work movement of pro company employees. While the National Association of Manufacturers enthusiastically published the plan, the National Labor Relations Board called it a battle plan for industrial war.
Industry:Labor
A provision in the union contract requiring all new employees to join the union and requiring all workers already in the union to remain as union members.
Industry:Labor
The lowest rate of pay an employer is allowed to pay under the law or a union contract.
Industry:Labor
A workers' education movement for self improvement in the1830s and '40s.
Industry:Labor
Attempts by an impartial third party to get labor and management to find agreement during a dispute.
Industry:Labor
The major grievance of public employees was the indignity and insecurity fostered by the political patronage system which ruled government employment. They wanted a system where they would be hired and promoted on their merit. The merit system was introduced by passage of the Civil Service Act of 1883.
Industry:Labor
In 1889 the International Socialist Congress meeting in Paris fixed May 1 as the day to publicize the eight hour day because America's AFL was going to hold an eight hour day demonstration on May 1, 1890. Since that time May Day has become a major celebration in communist countries. President Eisenhower in 1955 proclaimed May 1 as "Loyalty Day. "
Industry:Labor
The World War II War Labor Board introduced the "Little Steel Formula"' which tied the cost of living to wage increases "as a stabilization factor. "
Industry:Labor
When an employer closes down the factory in order to coerce workers into meeting his demands or modifying their demands.
Industry:Labor
