industrial union- a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft vertical union labor union,trade union,trades union,union,brotherhood- an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job" ...
Although there were associations of journeymen under the medieval system ofguilds, labor unions were essentially the product of the Industrial Revolution. In Great Britain after the French Revolution, fear of uprisings by the working classes led to passage of the Combination Acts, declaring unions il...
Gajewski, Karen Ann
The Third Industrial Revolution began in ___ A. the USA B. the UK C. Germany D. the Soviet Union
Soviet Union - Industrialization, 1929–34: On the industrial side the 1930s were to be a period of Sturm und Drang. A planned economy was to be introduced with, as its first task, the direction of all possible resources into intensive industrialization.
Industrial Union Prior to unions, most industries were organized around guilds. These guilds would train and employ workers in fields like cobbling or masonry. Organized similarly to monopolies, the Industrial Revolution broke up the guild system and allowed workers to expand into new careers where ...
Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; U.S.S.R.), former northern Eurasian empire (1917/22–1991) stretching from the Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific Ocean and, in its final years, consisting of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics. The capital
The Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (RSFSR) occupies the eastern part of Europe and the northern part of Asia. It borders Norway and Finland in the northwest, Poland in the west, and China, the Mongolian People’s Republic, and the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea in the ...
There have been previous waves of technological advances since the first Industrial Revolution,when inefficient jobs have been replaced by machines or the number of people required to do work has been reduced.Such advances have not led to a total loss of jobs,but have disturbed the type of work...
This situation led to an increase in production and the rapid satisfaction of human needs. However, the changing forms of production and consumption with the Industrial Revolution accelerated the emergence of environmental problems. Moreover, environmental problems, which were previously perceived at the...