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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These federal agencies regulate critical areas of the U.S. economy and society, including the stock market, product safety, fraud and corruption, the money supply, labor relations, monopolies, nuclear power, the media and elections.
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Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
Last week, Johnson’s deputy mayor for labor relations, Bridget Early, began disseminating a plan for the school district to accept the obligation of the $175 million Municipal Employees’ Annuity and Benefit Fund, which covers non-teaching CPS personnel, by March 30.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
The judge, appointed by former President Barack Obama, said the unions must pursue their legal challenges through the scheme established by Congress in the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, which governs labor relations in the federal workforce.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2025
If the state’s attorney’s office challenges the Teamsters’ union petition, the case could proceed to a hearing before an administrative law judge, said Kimberly Stevens, the executive director of the state’s labor relations board.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
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Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
Last week, Johnson’s deputy mayor for labor relations, Bridget Early, began disseminating a plan for the school district to accept the obligation of the $175 million Municipal Employees’ Annuity and Benefit Fund, which covers non-teaching CPS personnel, by March 30.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
The judge, appointed by former President Barack Obama, said the unions must pursue their legal challenges through the scheme established by Congress in the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, which governs labor relations in the federal workforce.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2025
If the state’s attorney’s office challenges the Teamsters’ union petition, the case could proceed to a hearing before an administrative law judge, said Kimberly Stevens, the executive director of the state’s labor relations board.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for labor relations
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“Labor relations.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20relations. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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