Labor Law Chapter 6 - Economic Weapons

collective bargaining

the

process by which employers

and the representatives of

employees meet and confer in

good faith about employees’

wages, hours, and other terms

and conditions of employ-

ment with a sincere desire

to reach an agreement if

possible.

strike

a concerted refusal

to work by employees in

furtherance of a labor dispute

with an employer.

economic strike

a

strike about wages, hours, and

other terms and conditions of

employment.

unfair labor practice strike

a strike in protest of

an employer’s unfair labor

practices.

wildcat strikes

strikes

that have not been authorized

by the employees’ collective

bargaining representative.

sympathy strike

a

concerted refusal to work by

employees in support of a

labor dispute by another

group of employees.

picketing

consists of walking

or patrolling with signs or

placards advertising a labor

dispute with an employer.

common situs picketing

picketing that is conducted at

a location where both primary

employers and secondary

employers are present.

Moore Dry Dock Standards

the guidelines

established by the NLRB to

minimize the incidental

secondary effects of common

situs picketing.

reserved gate doctrine

the rule of law that an

employer on a common situs

may minimize the secondary

effects of otherwise lawful

primary picketing by establishing a reserved gate for the

exclusive use of the employees of the picketed employer,

which the picketing union

must respect by confining its

picketing to the reserved gate

unless it becomes contaminated.

area standards picketing

picketing for the purpose of

advising the public that an

employer pays its employees

wages and benefits below the

standards established by the

picketing union in the geographic area by collective

bargaining.

consumer picketing

picketing at the business location of a distributor of a

product of an employer with

whom the union has a lawful

primary labor dispute for the

purpose of appealing to consumers not to purchase the

primary employer’s product.

Such picketing is lawful so

long as it does not have the

unlawful purpose or effect of

causing consumers to cease

patronizing or dealing with

the distributor.

strangers’ picket lines

picket lines established by a

union other than the union

that represents the employees

who are presented with the

opportunity to respect or

cross the picket line.

handbiling

consists of

the distribution of printed

material advertising a labor

dispute.

lockout

an employer’s

refusal to permit employees

engaged in a labor dispute to

work.

whipsaw strikes

involve the

use by unions of selective

strikes against some employers but not others in a multi-

employer labor dispute.

bargaining impasse

stalemate occurs in bargaining after the parties have

thoroughly discussed the bargaining issues to the point

where further progress in

reaching an agreement is unlikely.