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Organized Labor

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Organized Labor
Boulwarism
a form of labor-management negotiation in which management opens with a generous offer that is subject to little or no bargaining.
laborite
a member of a political party or other group allied with the interests of labor.
Luddism
the beliefs of bands of early 19th-century English workmen that attempted to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by destroying it. Also Ludditism. — Luddite, n.
unionism
the practices and policies of a labor union. — unionist, n., adj.
Whitleyism
a system of permanent voluntary boards in English industries in which both management and workers settle matters of wages, hours, etc.
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Noun1.organized labor - employees who are represented by a labor union
labor, labour, proletariat, working class - a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
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(appeals for assistance, for sanctions from the organized labor groups, requests for square news deals to the editors of newspapers, protests against the high-handed treatment of revolutionists by the United States courts), lay unmailed, awaiting postage.
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