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Noun1.labor movement - an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movementlabor movement - an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
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"
I.W.W., Industrial Workers of the World, IWW - a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I
trade unionism, unionism - the system or principles and theory of labor unions
reform movement - a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms
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Furthermore, Naholo insists that the labour movement policy on the economy should be dictated by the fact that labour is a primary factor for the nation's economic growth and it has a right to spell out it's stand on all economic issues.
The history of this Movement is based on the fact that some labours were killed on the issue of an eight-hour workday in Chicago in 1886, which turned the Labour Movement into strong drive.
While the book covers the period from the birth of the independent labour movement it's no linear history of COSATU.
The NBAC is the largest non-government archives in Australia, and holds an unrivalled collection of trade union and business records, along with the personal papers of many left wing and labour movement activists.
Cook argues that we can understand the different patterns of labour reform in Latin America by considering four interrelated factors: (1) the labour movement's efforts to influence reform; (2) the inherited complex of labour laws, institutions, and political alliances (i.e., the "political legacy") within which labour organizations pursue reform; (3) the level of government resolve to enact reform; and (4) the nature and timing of political and economic transitions (3-4).
He may have won three elections but Tony Blair is just a 'trendy lefty philis-tine' compared with the Labour movement of old, research claimed.
The labour movement in the Indonesian workplace was looking stronger than ever after the resignation of President Suharto in 1998.
British fascism, the labour movement, and the state.
"The labour movement in Canada took a strong stand in favor of this legislation," Sears writes.
ROBIN Cook was one of the giants of the modern Labour movement.
To mention just one such case: The West German labour movement's various economic organisations which owned and managed banks, construction and housing companies, distribution and retail chains, played for many years an important role in the country's post-war development.
This book looks at the possibilities for a sustainable energy future and considers the role of the labour movement in this context.
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