It signed the Social Chapter of the Treaty on European Union, which sought to harmonize European social policies on issues such as working conditions, equality in the workplace, and worker health and safety; helped to forge an agreement between Republicans and Unionists in Northern Ireland; ...
Singapore has a far greater proportion of trade-union members thanPapua New Guinea. Overall, there emerges a picture of incomplete unionization in the Third World, with only a handful approaching 40 percent, and most countries falling below 20 percent. Suchquantitative analysishas its limits, howeve...
The Nobel and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor was started as a fraternal organization within the Philadelphia Tailors Union (1869), but with the demise of the NLU they shortened their name to Knights of Labor, abandoned their membership rituals, and took on the responsibilities of a real ...
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High 5 - Five Years of Art Labor 2006 - 2011.group.Sep 9, 2011 - 2011.Venue(s):Art Labor Gallery.Artist(s):Per Adolfsen,Chen Hangfeng,Vladimir Dubko,Davida Kidd,Mira Kobayashi,Yuriko Kubota,Heungman Kwan,Eric Leleu,Leroy Brothers,Li Lihong,Monika Lin,Lu
Thousands had stopped work, the government recruited volunteers to break the strike, allowing them to bear arms; unions were deregistered and union leaders charged with conspiracy. It was a time of violent emotions, state violence and individual acts of violence by and against strikers. A striker...
were also cited for pesky electrical issues such as extension cords run over ceiling joists to run PCs, when permanent electrical connections should have been installed. Any restaurant concept or chain could have the same experience, especially if a union or other group were harassing the company....
the efforts made by longshoremen to improve their working conditions also benefitted the life of sailors. During this period, many different maritime workers' unions formed in Detroit; the longshoremen union was one of the most influential among them. This section explores the early history of th...
As of January 1, Poland has assumed the rotating presidency of the European Union for the next six months. With a focus on collective security and defense, Poland has emphasized the importance of strengthening Europe's defense industry, with particular attention to modernizing its technological capab...
(and killed) millions of state slaves of theGulagin theSoviet Unionbetween the 1920s and 1956. Slaves have been used on great construction projects such as military fortifications, roads, irrigation projects, and temples from Babylonian to Soviet times. Timber felling for lumber and firewood was ...