Labor Unions

Labor unions represent United States workers in many industries recognized under US labor law since the 1935 enactment of the National Labor Relations Act. Their activity today centers on collective bargaining over wages, benefits, and working conditions for their membership, and on representing their members in disputes with management over violations of contract provisions. Larger labor unions also typically engage in lobbying activities and electioneering at the state and federal level. Most unions in the United States are aligned with one of two larger umbrella organizations: the AFL–CIO created in 1955, and the Change to Win Federation (current Strategic Organizing …

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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 October 2022 English

This report was published jointly by Concern Worldwide, Ireland, and Welthungerhilfe, Germany, – two non-governmental organisations – in October 2022. The first annual Global Hunger Index (GHI) was published in …

whether civil society organizations (such as labor unions, professional associations, women’s groups,


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 29 May 2021 English

Humanity Research Consultancy, a research and consultancy organisation based in the United Kingdom, released this report on May 29, 2021. It was written by Deeksha Sharma, a research fellow at …


LC: Library of Congress · 2021 English

"Focuses on how decades of neoliberal capitalism have eroded the global democratic project and how, in the process, authoritarian politics are gaining ground. Scholars and activists from the political left …

Democracy 22 REFERENCES Ahlquist, J. 2017. ‘Labor unions, political representation, and economic inequality’


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 7 November 2020 English

This report was published by Migrant Workers Solidarity Network (a collective of individuals and organisations in India) on November 7, 2020. It documents the experiences of the Covid-19 lockdown on …

mobilise for protests? Social organizations and labor unions worked in this area and throughout the state


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 March 2020 English

Affordability of Nutritious Diets in Rural India was published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, D.C., in March 2020. IFPRI works to provide research-based policy solutions to …

Kerala – a wealthy state but also one with strong labor unions and high rates of overseas emigration and remittances


LC: Library of Congress · 2019 English

Includes statistical tables. Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-105). Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency, India, www site, viewed on March …

Advance notification and consultation with labor unions and other employee representatives may


LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 2014 English

Includes statistical tables. Includes bibliographical references (pages 40-45). Also available in print. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Address as of 8/2/2018: http://icrier.org/pdf/working_paper_279.pdf Title from …

The Wage-Push view approach believes that the labor unions have the power within the market process and


LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 2014 English

Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

stake- holders as politicians, bureaucrats, labor unions, utility employees, and consumers. Because


LC: Library of Congress · 2013 English

Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-86). Also available online in PDF format from International Labour Organization webstie. Acquired for the Library of Congress only.


LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 2010 English

in fighting Communism through films, through labor unions, through the Voice of America. Very, very exciting


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