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definitions of terms used in thesaurus entries

• SCOPE NOTE: explains HOW the term has been used to index items in the library database; defines the term
• USE: denotes a preferred term or phrase
• USED FOR: indicates terms or phrases that are NOT used to index items in the library database; these terms or phrases are considered synonymous with the indicated preferred term (only use "preferred terms" when searching the library database)
• BROADER TERM: broader or more general terms or phrases
• NARROWER TERM: narrower or more specific terms or phrases; a subset of the indicated broader term
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Thesaurus: 1501 entries.

UNION RESTRUCTURING (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: In response to declining membership, unions are restructuring through a variety of strategies which include union amalgamations and mergers, and union revitalization and renewal initiatives.

• NARROWER TERM(S)

UNION AMALGAMATION

UNION CENTRALIZATION

UNION DECENTRALIZATION

• RELATED TERM(S)

UNION RENEWAL

UNIONS

• USED FOR

UNION TRANSFORMATION

UNION STRUCTURE (Search for related entries in the library)

• BROADER TERM(S)

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

• NARROWER TERM(S)

UNION CONSTITUTIONS

• RELATED TERM(S)

UNION ARTICULATION

UNION TRANSFORMATION 

• USE

UNION RESTRUCTURING

UNION-EMPLOYER NEGOTIATIONS 

• USE

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

UNION-MANAGEMENT NEGOTIATIONS 

• USE

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

UNIONISM (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A commitment to the collective organization of workers into unions and to the defence of union protection. Minimally seeks to improve working conditions and pay (e.g., business unionism or social unionism).

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UNION ORGANIZING

UNIONIZATION

UNIONIZATION (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: The process of certifying workplaces into unions. Canadian workers have the formal right to be in a union, but access to union representation depends upon an adversarial certification process because of employer resistance.

• BROADER TERM(S)

UNION COVERAGE

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ORGANIZING THE UNORGANIZED

UNION ORGANIZING

UNIONISM

UNIONIZATION RATES

UNIONIZATION RATES 

• RELATED TERM(S)

UNIONIZATION

UNIONS (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Organizations of workers that exist to protect workers' rights and seek to regulate the employment relationship primarily through collective bargaining with an employer.

• BROADER TERM(S)

LABOUR MOVEMENT

LABOUR ORGANIZATIONS

• NARROWER TERM(S)

UNION AMALGAMATION

• RELATED TERM(S)

INFORMAL LEADERSHIP

UNION RESTRUCTURING

UNION RENEWAL

UNION ORGANIZING

UNION EDUCATION

UNION DENSITY

UNION COVERAGE

UNION ADVANTAGE

STANDARD EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP

LABOUR RELATIONS

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ACTIVITIES

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS

ACTIVISM

• USED FOR

LABOUR UNIONS

UNION CENTRAL

UNION

TRADE UNIONS

ORGANIZED LABOUR

UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS OF CANADA 

• USED FOR

UFCW