Labor Union Concepts

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Arrangement under which workers must join a union before they are hired

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Closed shop

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Unions administered by employers

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Company unions

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Unions not affiliated with the AFL-CIO or the Change to Win Coalition

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Independent unions

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Protest at a company to demonstrate disagreement with their actions or policies

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Picket

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Prohibits requiring a worker to join a union

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Right-to-work law

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Prevailing pay scale for an occupation in a given area or region

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Wage rate

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Group whose members all perform the same kind of work

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Craft union

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Length of time a person has been on a job

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Seniority

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Use of a neutral third party to resolve a dispute through compromise

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Mediation

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Pay scale in which newer workers make less than others already on the job

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Two-tier wage system