Business unionism: the theory and practice of trade unionism esp. associated with Samuel Gompers that is directed toward the attainment of practical limited material advantages (as better wages, hours, and working conditions) through collective bargaining within the framework of capitalism rather than toward the achievement of extensive social changes or reforms. *Focus on earnings rather than struggles. Emphasis improvement in wage, hours, and working conditions.

Closed shop: which requires union membership as a condition of employment (you must be a member to get a job), is confined for the most part to situations in which unions perform a hiring hall function such as in construction and on the docks. *A form of Union Security Agreement that employer agrees to hire union members only. They employees must remain members of the union at all times in order to remain employed.

Collective bargaining : a process of formal negotiations between a union and employer to establish a collective agreement *Consist of the process of negotiation between representatives of a union and employers in respect of the terms and conditions of employment of employees such as wage, hours, conditions, rights, and responsibilities of the trade unions.

Craft unionism refers to organizing a labor union in a manner that seeks to unify workers in a particular industry along the lines of the particular craft or trade that they work in by class or skill level.

Deskilling low/unskilled worker -> reducing training/ turnover cost-> mass production/consumption

Dues check-off: a clause in a collective agreement authorizing the employer to deduct union dues from the pay packet of employees and to submit those dues directly to the union. (financial security)

Essential services: work deemed vital to the public interest (ex: air traffic control)

General strike: which a substantial proportion of the total labour force in a city, region, or country participates. General strikes are characterized by the participation of workers in a multitude of workplaces, and tend to involve entire communities.
Grievance ( or grievance-arbitration): prescribe a mechanism for the resolution of grievances without resort to strike action, to resolve worker and union grievances over the life of a collective agreement. *These represented important, indeed historic. Gains for Canadian workers. They were the product of decades of the ten prolonged and bitter struggles.

Industrial Unionism: the establishment of unions representing all workers in a workplace, irrespective of craft or task. (which all workers in the same industry are organized into the same union—regardless of skill or trade) *giving workers in one industry, or in all industries more leverage in bargaining and in strike situations.

Industrial workers of the World: contends that all workers should be united as a social class and that capitalism and wage labor should be abolished * “One Big Union” formed in 1905

Knights of labor: promote a working-class culture as an alternative to the acquisitive and individualistic norms of capitalism. (first industrial unionism) *Promoted the social and cultural uplift of the workers. Rejected Socialism and Radicalism. Demanded 8 hours day and promoted the producers ethic of republicanism.

Lean production: Lean production should mean less use of labour, materials, space and time (JIT)

Meritocracy: that holds power should be vested in individuals according to merit. Advancement in such a system is based on intellectual talent measured through examination and/or demonstrated achievement in the field where it is implemented.

PC1003: establish a process to allow worker to certify a union, providing a legal and exclusive right for their union to represent them in the work place, if 50 % of employees in that workplace vote for unionization. *War Time Labour Relation Act. First time Canada to legally recognize the existence of unions and force