Recognition strike

A recognition strike is an industrial strike implemented in order to force a particular employer or industry to recognize a trade union as the legitimate collective bargaining agent for a company's workers. They were more common in North America prior to the advent of modern labor law which usually has a process which legally compels an employer to recognize a union that has been properly certified and thus shown that it has the support of the workers in a specific bargaining unit.

See U.S. Steel Recognition Strike of 1901

Trade unions and organized labor

Formation

Structure	Labor council Union organizer National trade union center Global union federation 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

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

Industrial relations

Shops and hiring	Closed shop Open shop Agency shop Union shop Hiring hall Bump Scope clause

Actions	Unfair list Strike action recognition secondary action Strike notice Occupation of factories Precarious work Precarity General strike Sitdown strike Slowdown Bossnapping Stay away Labor unrest Grievance Organizational dissent Overtime ban Industrial action Walkout Contingent work Contingent workforce Whipsaw strike Wildcat strike action Work-to-rule Green ban Picketing

Bargaining	Collective bargaining Collaborative bargaining Mutual gains bargaining Pattern bargaining Bargaining unit Union security agreement Master contract Enterprise bargaining agreement

Compensation	Strike pay Union wage premium Workers' compensation

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