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| Union security agreement where the employer may hire union and non-union workers |
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| American Federation of Labor |
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| Federation of North American trade unions |
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| Working out a deal through an independent third-party body as an alternative to judges or courts |
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| A list of people or items to be boycotted |
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| Withdraw from commercial or social relation with someone or something as a punishment or protest |
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| Place of work where membership in a union is a condition for being hired and for continued employment |
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| Cost-of-living adjustment, an increase made to wages or Social Security benefits to keep them in line with inflation |
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| Negotiation of wages and other conditions of employment by an organized body of employees |
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| Congress of Industrial Organizations |
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| Federation of North American trade unions, organized largely by industry rather than craft |
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| Written or spoken agreement |
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| A party is required to do, or refrain from doing, certain things |
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| A labor union of people of the same skiled craft |
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| When a majority of members of union members vote to disband it |
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| Making a company or organization smaller by eliminating staff positions |
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| Keeping jobs that aren't necessary |
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| An extra benefit supplementing an employee's salary |
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| First president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Oraganizations |
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| A real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest |
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| Made up of a union whose members all work in various capacities |
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| Picketing by a labor union for the purpose of informing the public about a matter of concern to the union |
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| First president of United Mine Workers of America |
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| President of the AFL-CIO until 2009 |
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| Persons recruited for the purpose of gathering intelligence, committing sabotage, sowing dissent, or engaging in similar activities |
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| Grants certain rights to union members and protects their interests by promoting democratic procedures within labor organizations |
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