Thesaurus

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Thesaurus: 1501 entries.

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES (Search for related entries in the library)

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UNEMPLOYMENT

UNFREE LABOUR 

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SLAVE LABOUR

UNIFIED SYSTEMS THEORY (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A strand of socialist feminism that views patriarchy and capitalism, and the social relations that flow from them, as intimately intertwined such that they constitute a single system of oppression.

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SOCIALIST FEMINISM

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DUAL SYSTEMS THEORY

PATRIARCHY

UNION 

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UNIONS

UNION ADVANTAGE (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Broadly defined set of benefits and protections for workers who are covered by a union. This may include better/greater: wages, benefits, job security, equity provisions, promotion opportunities, working conditions, etc.

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EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

UNION COVERAGE

UNION DENSITY

UNIONS

UNION AMALGAMATION (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A consolidation or merger of two or more unions, union locals, or bargaining units. This may be at the initiative of the union or a result of restructuring at the behest of the employer which requires a labour board representation vote.

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UNION RESTRUCTURING

UNIONS

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UNION MERGERS

UNION ARTICULATION 

Scope Note: Relation between different levels of union organization. For Waddington (1999:3), "an articulated union is established around cohesive and coherent interrelations between workplace, regional and national levels of organization."

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UNION STRUCTURE

UNION CENTRAL 

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LABOUR ORGANIZATIONS

UNIONS

UNION CENTRALIZATION 

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UNION RESTRUCTURING

UNION CONSTITUTIONS 

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UNION STRUCTURE