unfair labour practices
11Manual labour — Detail from Labor, Charles Sprague Pearce (1896). Manual labour (British English), manual labor (American English) or manual work is physical work done by people, most especially in contrast to that done by machines, and also to that done by… …
12Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
13Wagner Act — /wag neuhr/. See National Labor Relations Act. [named after the legislation s sponsor, Robert F. WAGNER] * * * or National Labor Relations Act (1935) Labour legislation passed by the U.S. Congress. Sponsored by Sen. Robert F. Wagner, the act… …
14National Labor Relations Board — U.S. Govt. a board consisting of five members, originally set up under the National Labor Relations Act to guarantee workers rights to organize and to prevent unfair labor practices. Abbr.: NLRB * * * ▪ United States government organization… …
15Taft-Hartley Act — /taft hahrt lee/ an act of the U.S. Congress (1947) that supersedes but continues most of the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act and that, in addition, provides for an eighty day injunction against strikes that endanger public health… …
16Taft–Hartley Act — ▪ United States [1947] formally Labor–Management Relations Act (1947), in U.S. history, law enacted over the veto of Pres. Harry S. Truman amending much of the pro union Wagner Act of 1935. A variety of factors, including the fear of… …
17baseball — /bays bawl /, n. 1. a game of ball between two nine player teams played usually for nine innings on a field that has as a focal point a diamond shaped infield with a home plate and three other bases, 90 ft. (27 m) apart, forming a circuit that… …
18strike — strikeless, adj. /struyk/, v., struck or (Obs.) strook; struck or (esp. for 31 34) stricken or (Obs.) strook; striking; n., adj. v.t. 1. to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit …
19Industrial Disputes Act — The Industrial Disputes Act extends to the whole of India. It came into force April 1, 1947.Objectives:The objective of the Industrial Disputes Act is to secure industrial peace and harmony by providing machinery and procedure for the… …
20Wagner, Robert F. — ▪ United States senator in full Robert Ferdinand Wagner born June 8, 1877, Nastätten, Hesse Nassau, Ger. died May 4, 1953, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. senator and leading architect of the modern welfare state. Wagner arrived in the… …
