Labor - Power and Control

Match:

• Picket

• Organized work stoppage in order to win better working conditions

• Sit-In

• When people refuse to buy certain goods or services from a specific company

• Boycott

• A group of workers march holding signs that tell what they want

• Strike

• Workers slow their work so company orders cannot be met

• Slowdown

• Show for work and sit and do nothing

Match:

• Scabs

• Term for replacement workers hired to cross the picket line

• Blacklist

• Names of problem workers are put on a list and given to owners of other companies

• Lock Out

• Workers are permanently removed from their positions

• Fire Workers

• Workers are locked out of the company and are not allowed back in

Labor Unions

• An organized group of workers that wanted to bring change to their workplace

• Tactics used by workers to get better working conditions, hours, and wages

• Tactics used by owners to control workers

• A process whereby a union negotiates with management for a contract

Weapons of Labor

• An organized group of workers that wanted to bring change to their workplace

• Tactics used by workers to get better working conditions, hours, and wages

• Tactics used by owners to control workers

• A process whereby a union negotiates with management for a contract

Weapons of Management

• An organized group of workers that wanted to bring change to their workplace

• Tactics used by workers to get better working conditions, hours, and wages

• Tactics used by owners to control workers

• A process whereby a union negotiates with management for a contract

Collective Bargaining

• An organized group of workers that wanted to bring change to their workplace

• Tactics used by workers to get better working conditions, hours, and wages

• Tactics used by owners to control workers

• A process whereby a union negotiates with management for a contract