Chapter 4 & 5

March 31, 2017

Chapter 4 Key Terms

1. Affiliation- the state or process of affiliating or being affiliated.
2. Craft unions- a labor union of people of the same skilled craft.
3. Industrial unions- a labor union composed of workers in various trades and crafts within one industry.
4. General unions- the union is composed of members from multiple industries and multiple crafts.
5. Business agent- full-time administrator of the local craft union, provides many of the same services as the local union president of a large industrial union.
6. Shop steward- a person elected by workers to represent them in dealings with management.
7. international union representative- a staff member of the international union, who assists local officers in negotiations and in administering the labor agreement.
8. Constitution- a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
9. Convention- a large meeting or conference, especially of members of a political party or a particular profession.
10. Master labor agreement- an entire industry obligated to this type of labor contract.
11. Dues check off system- applies to the deduction of union dues from a person's wages that are collected and then given to the union concerned.
12. Absorption- the process or action by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another.
13. Amalgamation- the action, process, or result of combining or uniting.
14. Conference Board- A not-for-profit research organization for businesses that distributes information about management and the marketplace.
15. Joint councils- involves groupings of local unions that have common goals, employers, and interests.
16. Associate membership program- an affiliation that a doctor or allied health personnel in the UK has with professional bodies or other organisations of which the person is a member.
17. Union security clause- a provision in a union contract requiring employees, as a condition of employment, to maintain union membership or pay union dues.
18. Closed shop- a place of work where membership in a union is a condition for being hired and for continued employment.
19. Union shop- a place of work where employers may hire nonunion workers who must join a labor union within an agreed time.
20. Agency shop- workplace in which a union represents both the union and nonunion workers and requires payments from nonunion workers.
21. Financial core union member- an individual who meets the minimum core union membership requirement of paying regular union dues and initiation fees.
22. Full union membership- a person must be willing to abide by with the union’s constitution and bylaws.
23. Union hiring hall- 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.
24. Preferential treatment clause- job or employment preference given to someone who is of the right race, ethnicity, or gender" as defined in the government's approved list of minorities.
25. Dues checkoff- A freely authorized and regular deduction of an employee's wages by an employer to pay off the union dues by deductions in earnings instead of separate individual payments.

Chapter 5

1. Cannot take pride in their work,lost involvement in their work when machine dominated, and they have become estranged from their fellow employees.
2. 5. ?

7. The union is not responsible for the employees, management are.