Easy
Dispute between employers and employees
Conflict
Negotiation process between management and workers
Bargaining
Process of resolving disputes without legal proceedings
Mediation
Legal framework governing industrial disputes
Legislation
Process of reducing labor force to cut costs
Retrenchment
Formal stoppage of work by employees
Strike
Method to resolve disputes through a third party’s decision
Arbitration
Written warning of possible industrial action
Notice
Court specializing in labor disputes
Tribunal
Process of legally ending a collective agreement
Termination
When workers stop work without notice
Walkout
Settlement process where third party suggests, not decides
Conciliation
Illegal strike under labor laws
Wildcat
Organized withdrawal of labor to enforce demand
Boycott
Organized workplace sabotage to reduce productivity
Ca’canny
Temporary closure of a workplace by employer
Lockout
Protest involving slowing down work
Go-slow
Agreement binding both employer and employees
Contract
Employee representative body in workplace
Union
Informal dispute settlement within workplace
Grievance
Agreement reached between employer and union
Settlement
Refusal to work overtime as protest
Work-to-rule
Strike by workers in sympathy with others
Picketing
Coordinated withdrawal of labor by employees in different companies
Solidarity
Temporary suspension of work without terminating employment
Furlough