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2. Salting (union organizing) - Wikipedia

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   Salting is a labor union tactic involving the act of getting a job at a specific workplace with the intent of organizing a union. [1] A person so employed is called a "salt". The tactic is often discussed in the United States because under US law unions may be prohibited from talking with workers in the workplace and salting is one of the few ...

3. Hiring hall - Wikipedia

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   Seamen in hiring hall, National Maritime Union banner, New York City, December 1941. Photograph: Arthur Rothstein. In organized labor, a hiring hall is an organization, usually under the auspices of a labor union, which has the responsibility of furnishing new recruits for employers who have a collective bargaining agreement with the union.

4. Labor unions in the United States - Wikipedia

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   There is a substantial wage gap between union and nonunion workers in the U.S.; unionized workers average higher pay than comparable nonunion workers (when controlling for individual, job, and labor market characteristics); research shows that the union wage gaps are higher in the private sector than in the public sector, and higher for men ...

5. Business agent (labor) - Wikipedia

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   A business agent is a title, used in some labor unions, for a leading representative of a local union.It is commonly a paid, full-time position. [1] It can be abbreviated B.A. [1] The duties of a business agent may vary greatly from union to union, but in general, a business agent can be expected to safeguard workers' rights under a collective bargaining agreement and act as a liaison to other ...

6. Card check - Wikipedia

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   The current method for workers to form a union in a particular workplace in the United States is a sign-up, and then an election process. In that, a petition or an authorization card with the signatures of at least 30% of the employees requesting a union is submitted to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), who then verifies and orders a secret ballot election.

7. Trade union - Wikipedia

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   A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, [1] such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of ...

8. Right-to-work law - Wikipedia

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   The 1947 federal Taft–Hartley Act governing private sector employment prohibits the "closed shop" in which employees are required to be members of a union as a condition of employment, but allows the union shop or "agency shop" in which employees pay a fee for the cost of representation without joining the union. [1]

9. United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America

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   When union leaders live in the same income bracket as rank-and-file workers, it helps them to stay in touch with the outlook and needs of workers. In UE's view, salaries for union officers and staff that are comparable to those of corporate executives tend to undermine a union's commitment to its fundamental purpose. [citation needed]