Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

stripping

English answer:

convincing nonunion workers to join the union and leave their nonunion employers

Added to glossary by Nick Lingris
Jun 7, 2005 01:17
19 yrs ago
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English term

stripping

English Other Human Resources Union organizing
Organizing tactics include house-calling, job-site visits, salting, stripping, job-actions, top-down pressure tactics, and top-down marketing initiatives

What does stripping mean?

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salting and stripping

convincing nonunion workers to join the union and leave their nonunion employers
http://www.ibew.org/stories/00journal/0009/S00OrgWire.pdf

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Note added at 33 mins (2005-06-07 01:51:05 GMT)
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Salting is a practice in which union members take jobs with nonunion employers in order to organize their employees.
Peer comment(s):

agree Mihaela Brooks
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agree Vicky Papaprodromou : http://louisiana.construction.com/opinions/law/archive/0306.... [...and encouraged workers to leave the employer's employ to work for a union contractor (stripping). ]
12 mins
Thanks, Vicky.
agree jennifer newsome (X)
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agree gtreyger (X)
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agree Oso (X) : ¶:^)
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agree Refugio
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agree jrb
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agree tappi_k
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