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A good or service that is sold to a U. S. Resident from a foreign resident. Imports include government and nongovernment goods and services; however they exclude goods and services to the U. S. Military, diplomatic, and consular institutions abroad. Imports do include goods and services that were previously exported.
Industry:Labor
A family of indexes that measure the average change over time in selling prices received by domestic producers of goods and services. PPIs measure price change from the perspective of the seller. This contrasts with other measures that measure price change from the purchaser's perspective, such as the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Sellers' and purchasers' prices may differ due to government subsidies, sales and excise taxes, and distribution costs.
Industry:Labor
A domestic good or service that is sold to a foreign resident from a U. S. Resident. Exports include government and nongovernment goods and services; however they exclude goods and services sold to the U. S. Military and diplomatic and consular institutions abroad. Exports do include goods and services that were previously imported.
Industry:Labor
A cost-of-living index measures differences in the price of goods and services, and allows for substitutions to other items as prices change. A consumer price index measures a price change for a constant market basket of goods and services from one period to the next within the same city (or in the Nation). The CPIs are not true cost-of-living indexes and should not be used for place-to-place comparisons.
Industry:Labor
A consumer unit is defined as either (1) all members of a particular household who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or other legal arrangements; (2) a person living alone or sharing a household with others or living as a roomer in a private home or lodging house or in permanent living quarters in a hotel or motel, but who is financially independent; or (3) two or more persons living together who pool their income to make joint expenditure decisions. Financial independence is determined by the three major expense categories: housing, food, and other living expenses. To be considered financially independent, a respondent must provide at least two of the three major expense categories.
Industry:Labor
A conflict between employees, typically represented by a union, and management or the employer. This general term covers all types of conflicts from a grievance to a strike or a lockout. Labor management disputes are more common during collective bargaining or union contract negotiations.
Industry:Labor
A temporary work stoppage by workers to support their demands on an employer. Also called a "turn out" early in the nineteenth century.
Industry:Labor
Generally used in public employment to describe unfair labor practices on the part of employer and employee organizations.
Industry:Labor
From the French word "sabot" or wooden shoe which workers threw into the machines to keep them from working. Workers have been perpetually fearful that new machines would take their jobs away from them and sabotage was one of their early answers to the Industrial Revolution. It was also a part of strike violence where strikers incapacitated machines or buildings in order to shut down production.
Industry:Labor
Wages expressed in terms of what today's dollar will buy. A common method of determining buying power is through the Consumer Price Index.
Industry:Labor
