Unions and Strikes terms

Labor unions and strikes: organizing drives, walkouts and contract fights, the teachers unions and the unions' political spending.

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Collective bargaining Negotiation between an employer and a union representing workers over wages, hours, benefits and conditions, resulting in a binding contract. Right-to-work law A state law barring contracts that require workers to join a union or pay union fees as a condition of employment.