Givebacks

Givebacks is a trade union term for the reduction or elimination of previously won benefits.^[1]

History

1978: The first known publication of the term giveback in relation to organized labor negotiations was in The New York Times.^[2]

^ "Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
^ Flint, Jerry (26 March 1978). "BIGGER CONCESSIONS FROM UNIONS SOUGHT; Management Seeking 'Givebacks' in New Bargaining Trend BIGGER CONCESSIONS FROM UNIONS SOUGHT Demands of the Future". New York Times. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

Organized labor

Formation

Structure	Labor council Union organizer National trade union center Global union federation Unionization Union representative Clerk of the chapel Father of the chapel Local union Union dues Vigilance committee Union label Salt Trades hall Duty of fair representation Worker center
Models	Organizing model Service model Social movement unionism Community unionism Members-only unionism One Big Union Open-source unionism Business unionism Dual unionism Solidarity unionism Syndicalism
Types	Company union Independent union General union Craft unionism Industrial unionism Police union

Industrial
relations

Shops and hiring

Actions

Strike actions	Hartal General strike Bandh newspapers Green bans Overtime bans Pen-down strikes Recognition Sitdown strike Solidarity actions Walkout Whipsaw Wildcat strikes