Glossary of Labor & Legal Terminology

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Ad hoc

Administrative law judge

Alter ego

Amicus curiae

Animus, Anti-union

Arbitrary

Arbitration

Arraign

At-will

Bargaining Unit

Blacklist

Bona fide

Boycott

Bumping

Broadbanding

Capricious

Checkoff

Class action

Coercion

Color of law

Common law

Concerted activity

Consent agreement

Consent decree

Conspiracy

Constructive discharge

Contingency fee

Contract-bar rules

Damages

De minimis

De novo

Decertification

Defamation

Double-breasted

Double jeopardy

Due process

Excelsior list

Executive order

Featherbedding

Fiduciary obligation

Free Riders

Front pay

Garnishment

Good Faith bargaining

Grandfather

Grievance

Hot cargo

Hostile Environment

Indictment

Injunction

Interest Arbitration

Judicial review

Jurisdiction

Just Cause

Liquidated damages

Lockout

Mediation

Norris-Thermadore

Open Shop

Past practice

Pie card members

Plaintiff

Precedent

Preemption

Preponderance

Presumption

Pretext

Prima facie case

Pro bono

Pro se

Protected Class

Punitive damages

Quid pro quo

Racketeering

Rank and File

Recognition

Rights arbitration

Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Scab

Secondary boycott

Sexual Harassment

Solicitation

Statute of limitations

Stipulation

Stipulation for Certification

Subpoena

Substantial evidence

Tort

Twenty-Four Hour Rule

Union Shop

Verbal

Vesting

Waiver

Whistleblower

Wildcat strike

Without prejudice

Writ

Wrongful Termination