By working in a collective, members say, they keep each other on their toes creatively and ensure that they are not waiting years between projects.
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When the workers of a particular plant want a union it is because they can have collective bargaining power, better working conditions among other things in their own plant.
Unions and their supporters counter that collective bargaining has helped ensure safe working conditions, fair treatment and wages and adequate health care.
That led to a contract in 2009 with the Def Jam label, but not much came of it initially, and Mr. Ocean turned his attention to working with an underground rap collective known as Odd Future.
Working for the benefit of a collective means giving up some of your personal freedoms but gaining new kinds of stability.
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The collective grief was heart wrenching, but I kept working.
Meanwhile, some private-sector groups are working on their own sets of (weak) collective-action clauses.
Mr. PEPE MOGT (Nortec Collective): Here on the sidewalk there are some Norteno working, because they usually play on the streets or play in the restaurants around here.
Here in the cradle of liberty, the first state with child labor laws, and such a rich tradition of supporting working families, 111 representatives voted to take away collective bargaining rights because the Speaker of the House made them.
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There are many organizations working in this space, including MobileActive and Tactical Technology Collective.
An assumption of this discussion is that this market for wages and working conditions is relatively well functioning, but there is a simple collective action problem that suggests it may not always be.
As I looked down Broadway at the last working traffic light in Manhattan on 27th Street, I heard a pop, then a collective gasp.
There are no facilities in the plaza, suggesting the movement would have had to keep its collective legs crossed for the past few weeks were it not for the burger profits that keep the restrooms working.
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Note: Be sure not to infringe on employees rights under Section 7 of the NLRA. Section 7 is about employee rights to self-organization and collective bargaining and also allows for employees to discuss things with each other, such as wages or other working conditions.
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Shortly after assuming office, however, he caused outrage when he announced he would strip public-sector unions of most of their collective-bargaining rights so that it would be much harder for them to haggle over benefits or working conditions.
With had worked in non-profit management for four years when Groupon CEO Andrew Mason launched ThePoint the collective action website that provided the framework for Mason to create Groupon and With spent about a year working at ThePoint before it s to transform into Groupon.
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