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Also, the first strike was a result of the problem between wage earners and union officials, not employers and unions or employers and wage-earners, which was the main conflict of this time. [3] Since the problem was within unions and not between unions and employers, the Labor Problem had not yet become an issue.
The All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) was officially founded. With 134 million members it is the largest trade union in the world. However many, such as the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, maintain the position that the ACFTU is not an independent trade union organization.
The Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employers' Associations (also known as the Donovan Commission) was an inquiry into the system of collective UK labour law, chaired by Lord Donovan and heavily influenced by the opinions of Hugh Clegg. Its report, known as the "Donovan Report", was issued in 1968 (Cmnd 3623).
In 1977, following the fatal attack by members of the CFT on a CGT member, the CFT rebranded itself as the Confederation of Free Trade Unions (CSL). [5] The name change marked an attempt to distance itself from its violent past. The CSL's influence waned in the 1980s and 1990s as public funding and employer support declined.
The Global Rights Index is a world-wide assessment of trade union and human rights by country. Updated annually in a report issued by the International Trade Union Confederation, the index rates countries on a scale from 1 (best) through to 5+ (worst).
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After the end of World War II, Shope began work as a dry cleaner at a steam laundry company, where he first became involved in organised trade unionism.After he participated in a laundry strike in 1946, he was elected as a shop steward in 1947, and in 1952 he was elected as chairman of the African Laundry Workers' Union, a position he held until he left the country in 1963. [1]
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