A closed shop is an organization where workers are required to be members of a union before they can be hired. Due to legislation, closed shops are largely illegal.
The Labor-Management Relations Act, commonly known as the Taft-Hartley Act, is a significant U.S. labor law passed in 1947 that amended the Wagner Act of 1935. It includes provisions that regulate labor unions and employer practices, aiming to balance the power between employers and unions.
Right-to-Work Laws are statutes that prohibit agreements between labor unions and employers that make union membership, dues, or fees a condition of employment, as permitted by Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act.
A secondary boycott refers to a union's effort to exert pressure on an employer by preventing the usage, purchase, or transportation of products, goods, or services related indirectly to a primary employer involved in a labor dispute.
The Taft-Hartley Act, formally known as the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947, aims to protect employers' rights to resist unionization and restrict union activities, imposing on unions many of the conditions for good faith bargaining previously imposed on management by earlier laws.
Illegal union or management labor practices. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) determines whether a particular labor practice is an unfair labor practice subject to court appeal.
Unfair labor practices by unions are specific actions prohibited by the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, designed to protect workers and employers from coercive or discriminatory actions by unions.
