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Featured Article: Industrial relations

Industrial relations involves dealings between employees and their employers. See more »

Affirmative action

Affirmative action refers to policies aimed at increasing the numbers of people from certain social groups in employment, education, business, government, and other areas.

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Blacklist

Blacklist is a list of people or organizations believed to deserve suspicion, disapproval, and punishment.

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Closed shop

Closed shop is a workshop or an industry in which only members of a labor union may be hired.

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Industrial relations

Industrial relations involves dealings between employees and their employers.

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Lockout

Lockout occurs when an employer closes a plant in order to keep employees from working.

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National Labor Relations Act

National Labor Relations Act, usually called the Wagner Act, is a law that guarantees the right of workers in the United States to form unions.

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Open shop

Open shop is a business that employs both union and nonunion workers.

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Personnel management

Personnel management is a field of management that involves using workers' skills effectively and making their jobs rewarding.

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Strike

Strike, in business and industry, is a stopping of work by a group of employees.

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Taft-Hartley Act

Taft-Hartley Act is the popular name for the federal Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947.

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Union shop

Union shop is a form of security given to a union in a collective-bargaining agreement.

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