labor relations
noun
: the way in which workers and managers of a company talk to, behave toward, and deal with each other
The company has a history of poor labor relations.
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Fitzsimmons has worked in labor relations and employment law for more than two decades.
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Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Although the Taylor Law—New York's 1967 statute governing public sector labor relations—prohibits strikes by public employees, the action temporarily shut down staffing across most of the state's 42 prisons.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Sep. 2025
In recent years, fewer than 10% of strikes in the U.S. have lasted a month or more, according to data from the Labor Action Tracker, a project of Cornell and the University of Illinois’ labor relations schools.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Each party would think carefully over how to reach a deal, especially after St. Louis workers rejected two previous management offers, said Leon Grunberg, a sociology professor who’s studied Boeing’s labor relations since the 1990s.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 25 Aug. 2025
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Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Although the Taylor Law—New York's 1967 statute governing public sector labor relations—prohibits strikes by public employees, the action temporarily shut down staffing across most of the state's 42 prisons.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Sep. 2025
In recent years, fewer than 10% of strikes in the U.S. have lasted a month or more, according to data from the Labor Action Tracker, a project of Cornell and the University of Illinois’ labor relations schools.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Each party would think carefully over how to reach a deal, especially after St. Louis workers rejected two previous management offers, said Leon Grunberg, a sociology professor who’s studied Boeing’s labor relations since the 1990s.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Labor relations.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20relations. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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