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The labour movement[a] is the collective organisation of working people to further their shared political and economic interests. It consists of the trade union or labour union movement, as well as political parties of labour. It can be considered an instance of class conflict. In trade unions, workers campaign for higher wages, better working ...
The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. [ 13 ][ 14 ][ 15 ] In a broader sense, the party has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. [ 16 ] It is the governing party of the United Kingdom, having ...
The National Labor Union (NLU), founded in 1866, was the first national labor federation in the United States. It was dissolved in 1872. The regional Order of the Knights of St. Crispin was founded in the northeast in 1867 and claimed 50,000 members by 1870, by far the largest union in the country.
March 1886 (United States) The Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886 was a labor union strike against the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads involving more than 200,000 workers. [ 20 ] 1 May 1886 (United States) Workers protested in the streets to demand the universal adoption of the eight-hour day.
e. Labor rights or workers' rights are both legal rights and human rights relating to labor relations between workers and employers. These rights are codified in national and international labor and employment law. In general, these rights influence working conditions in the relations of employment.
New Labour. New Labour is the political philosophy that dominated the history of the British Labour Party from the mid- to late 1990s until 2010 under the leadership of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. The term originated in a conference slogan first used by the party in 1994, later seen in a draft manifesto which was published in 1996 and titled ...
International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some countries [1] and often referred to as May Day, [2][3] is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement and occurs every year on 1 May, [4][5] or the first Monday in May. [6][7] Traditionally, 1 May is the date of the European ...
Labour Day in Australia is a public holiday on dates which vary between states and territories. In some states the date commemorates the Eight Hours Day march (see below). It is the first Monday in October in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and South Australia. In Victoria and Tasmania, it is the second Monday in March (though ...