Glossary
Labor Relations Specialist Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential labor relations specialist terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key labor relations specialist vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in labor relations specialist training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Arbitration
- Decision by a neutral third party.
- CBA
- Collective bargaining agreement.
- Collective bargaining
- Negotiating a union contract.
- Grievance
- Formal complaint under a contract.
- Impasse
- Deadlock in bargaining.
- Just cause
- Fair reason for discipline.
- Mediation
- Neutral help reaching agreement.
- NLRA
- National Labor Relations Act.
- NLRB
- National Labor Relations Board.
- Past practice
- Consistent past behavior.
- Ratification
- Members approving a contract.
- Seniority
- Length of service.
- Steward
- Union workplace representative.
- ULP
- Unfair labor practice.
- Weingarten rights
- Right to union representation.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Labor Relations Specialist practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Labor Relations Specialist training.
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