the act or process of the taking over of private industry by government. See alsogovernment. See also:Economics -Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved. nationalization The conversion of something, especially an industry, from private ownership to government owner...
That was the one-day national railroad strike in 1948, which was ended even as U.S. President Harry S. Truman was engaged in handing the problem over to the Congress. It is noteworthy that the term "emergency" is not defined in the Railway Labor Act or in the Taft-Hartley Act but ...
A work stoppage could begin early Friday morning just after midnight. That's when a 30-day "cooling-off" period ends under terms of a law called the Railway Labor Act, which governs contract talks in the railroad and airline industries. The Biden administration has been working to avert a ...
the beliefs of bands of early 19th-century English workmen that attempted to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by destroying it. AlsoLudditism.—Luddite,n. unionism the practices and policies of a labor union. —unionist,n., adj. ...
5. Congress could intervene and impose contract terms on railroad workers, which is what Mr. Biden is urging them to do. Thanks to the Railway Labor Act, passed in 1926, Congress can force workers back to their stations with a congressional resolution. "I am calling on Congress to pass ...
How could it not? Buildings like this with a fieldstone facing hearken from a bygone era, from days when intense hands-on labor factored in to construction. Workers hauled 800 tons of fieldstones from the site of the Cuyuna Country Club to buildthe Deerwood Auditoriumbetween 1935-1936. ...
I’ve Been Working on the Railroad… The House voted on legislation to stop a December 9th rail strike. The legislation would enforce the September tentative agreement by the Presidential Emergency Board. Speaker Pelosi held two votes: one on the legislation and the other to “add seven days ...
“Instruction includes how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” That’s the line from the “benchmark clarification” about slave labor the new Florida black history curriculum that has become the latest liberal panty wadding tool to promo...
Edge of the City (1957) -“Edge of the City” features superb performances by John Cassavetes and Sidney Poitier in a psychological drama set among New York City railroad workers. Based on a live television drama written expressly for Poitier by Robert Alan Aurth...
In accordance with Section 20160, additional updates would also be required, pursuant to such regulations, whenever a railroad carrier sells all, or a portion of, a public, private, or pathway crossing. However, until these implementing regulations are issued, Section 20160 provides that the ...