Meanings
nounwork rule (plural work rules)
plural work rules · alternative workrule
- A stipulation in a contract that limits how managers may direct workers.
Although Rigoglioso paints the union as an outside third party which can arbitrarily impose workrules, the ultimate power of any union is with the people in the workplace.
1994 October, Harneen Chernow, Andrea Demajewski, Herbst, “Understanding Unions, Class and Power”, in Gay Community News, page 3
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