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Thesaurus search results for 'UNION': 36 results found.


UNION 

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.

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.

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."

UNION CENTRAL 

UNION CENTRALIZATION 

UNION CONSTITUTIONS 

UNION COURSES 

UNION COVERAGE (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Refers to employees who are members of a union, as well as employees who are not union members but who are covered by a collective agreement on a union contract.

UNION DECENTRALIZATION (Search for related entries in the library)

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