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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Under Calhoun, labor relations at Boeing have been badly frayed.
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Allison Morrow, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
The dozens of workers at the SRW recycling center say their strike has become the longest in postwar German history — a dubious honor in a nation with a history of harmonious labor relations.
—Erika Solomon, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Reddit said in its investor prospectus that its labor relations are good.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
Calhoun, who previously worked at the Blackstone Group, Nielsen and GE, was cut from the same cloth as Jim McNerney, who ran Boeing as CEO from 2005-2015, a tumultuous era marked by strained labor relations and cost-cutting.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
The expiration of that agreement in 1987 marked a dramatic and litigious turning point in NFL labor relations.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
But under the law that controls labor relations in the airline industries, union members don’t have the opportunity to simply go on strike, the way the autoworkers did at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis this past year when those contracts expired.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
This includes financial planning, public information activities, oversight of labor relations, and the coordination of city programs and activities, among other duties.
—Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
His debut, Thief, about a freelance crook extorted by crime bosses, has gained pride of place in the personal canons of admirers who respond to its withering view of capitalist labor relations.
—John Semley, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2023
Allison Morrow, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
The dozens of workers at the SRW recycling center say their strike has become the longest in postwar German history — a dubious honor in a nation with a history of harmonious labor relations.
—Erika Solomon, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Reddit said in its investor prospectus that its labor relations are good.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
Calhoun, who previously worked at the Blackstone Group, Nielsen and GE, was cut from the same cloth as Jim McNerney, who ran Boeing as CEO from 2005-2015, a tumultuous era marked by strained labor relations and cost-cutting.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
The expiration of that agreement in 1987 marked a dramatic and litigious turning point in NFL labor relations.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
But under the law that controls labor relations in the airline industries, union members don’t have the opportunity to simply go on strike, the way the autoworkers did at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis this past year when those contracts expired.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
This includes financial planning, public information activities, oversight of labor relations, and the coordination of city programs and activities, among other duties.
—Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
His debut, Thief, about a freelance crook extorted by crime bosses, has gained pride of place in the personal canons of admirers who respond to its withering view of capitalist labor relations.
—John Semley, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2023
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“Labor relations.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20relations. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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