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Labor Unions

Definition: Organizations comprising wage and salary workers in health-related fields for the purpose of improving their status and conditions. The concept includes labor union activities toward providing health services to members.
Also Called: Trade Unions

Labor Unions Categories.
Collective Bargaining - The process of negotiation between representatives of an employee organization, association or union, and representatives of the employer.
Strikes, Employee - Work-related situations in which the employees as a group refuse to work until certain conditions of employment are granted by the employer.

Labor Unions Definitions and Terms

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