Search
Search results
Displaying 91 - 100
Citrine, Walter McLennan Citrine, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia) Citrine, Walter McLennan Citrine, 1st BaronCitrine, Walter McLennan Citrine, 1st Baronsĭtrēnˈ [key], 1887–1983, English trade union leader. An electrician, he became district secretary…Patiala and East Punjab States Union
(Encyclopedia) Patiala and East Punjab States UnionPatiala and East Punjab States Unionpətēäˈlə, pənjäbˈ [key], former union of states, 10,099 sq mi (26,156 sq km), NW India. The capital was Patiala…Solidarity
(Encyclopedia) Solidarity, Polish independent trade union federation formed in Sept., 1980. Led by Lech Wałęsa, it grew rapidly in size and political power and soon posed a threat to Poland's…Danbury Hatters' Case
(Encyclopedia) Danbury Hatters' Case, decided in 1908 by the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1902 the hatters' union instituted a nationwide boycott of the products of a nonunion hat manufacturer in Danbury,…Woodcock, Leonard Freel
(Encyclopedia) Woodcock, Leonard Freel, 1911–2000, American labor leader, b. Providence, R.I. In 1933 he went to work as a machine assembler at the Detroit Gear and Machine Co., where he joined a…Plenković, Andrej
(Encyclopedia) Plenković, Andrej, 1970–, Croatian political leader. He studied law then joined (1994) the Croatian ministry of foreign affairs in the department for European integration, heading the…American Federation of Teachers
(Encyclopedia) American Federation of Teachers (AFT), an affiliate of the AFL-CIO. It was formed (1916) out of the belief that the organizing of teachers should follow the model of a labor union,…Bevin, Ernest
(Encyclopedia) Bevin, ErnestBevin, Ernestbĕvˈən [key], 1881–1951, British labor leader and statesman. An orphan who earned his own living from childhood, he began a long career as a trade union…United Arab Republic
(Encyclopedia) United Arab Republic, political union (1958–61) of Egypt and Syria. The capital was Cairo. The two countries were merged (1958) into a single unit comprising the Southern (Egypt) and…Pullman strike
(Encyclopedia) Pullman strike, in U.S. history, an important labor dispute. On May 11, 1894, workers of the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago struck to protest wage cuts and the firing of union…Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
