Sierra Feldner-Shaw August 16, 2012 11:07 am

English-born U.S. labor leader and a founder of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), in 1886; its president until his death. A Marxist in early days, he turned against socialists … Read More

Sierra Feldner-Shaw August 10, 2012 8:56 am

A strike involving not only the workers of a particular employer or of the representative labor union and its allies against that employer but also of other, unassociated unions and … Read More

Sierra Feldner-Shaw July 31, 2012 2:09 pm

An employee who, in a union shop, shares whatever benefits and salary increases are negotiated in the contract but does not pay dues. Used derogatorily. Some contracts, for example, have … Read More

Sierra Feldner-Shaw July 24, 2012 2:54 pm

Labor leader, social reformer; known as “Joan of Arc of the IWW,” for which she was an organizer; co-founder of American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU); joined Communist Party in 1936; … Read More

Sierra Feldner-Shaw July 17, 2012 3:48 pm

The practice of having more workers on the job than apparently is needed; used derogatorily, in most cases, by management. The term seems to have no earlier history than 1943, … Read More

Sierra Feldner-Shaw July 11, 2012 8:47 am

The first visible evidence of the Industrial Revolution and the biggest overriding influence on work habits, the workplace, and labor unions until automation in the 196os and cybernetics in the … Read More

Sierra Feldner-Shaw July 2, 2012 9:13 am

A method of handling labor-management disputes that prohibits strikes and lockouts until an official agency, usually a fact-finding board, has had opportunity to investigate and report. Changes in the status … Read More