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| strike | a refusal fy a group of workers to work for their employer. |
| collective bargaining | bargaining between an employer and a union over wages and other terms of employment |
| injunction | equitable remedy by which a court orders one party to refrain from certain conduct |
| secondary boycott | situation in which other companies refuse to deal with another company in order to get that company to stop doing business with whom the union has a dispute |
| closed shop | a company where employees must belong to a union before they can be hired. Made illegal by the Taft-Hartley act |
| union shop | company where employees are required to join a union after a short time on the job. Still a legal form of union activity |
| right to work law | a state law that provides that an employee cannot be required to join a union to get or keep a job |
| hot cargo contracts | an agreement in which an employer agrees with a union not to handle, use or deal with goods of other employers who do not use union workers |
| employment at will doctrine | a doctrine by which historically an employer was free to fire an employee at any time without notice. Today the right to fire is subject to several federal and state restrictions. |
| just cause | requirement that an employer have a legitimate provable reason before terminating employment |
| whistleblower | an employee who tells the public about illegal or other wrongful activite in his or her organization |
| employment discrimination | treating employees or job applicants unequally on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, or religion |
| protected class | a group of persons specifically protected by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, from discriminatory treatment on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, or religion |
| disparate-treatment discrimination | employment practices that show intentional bias against a certain group of persons |
| disparate impact discrimination | discrimination that results from certain employer practices or procedures that although not obviously biased, have a discriminatory effect |
| affirmative action | job hiring policies that give special consideration or compensatory treatment to protected groups in an effort to overcome the effects of past discrimination |
| vesting | the legal event signifying that a possible right to something has become an absolute right to something |
