Sentence examples for labour organizations from inspiring English sources

One of Meany's greatest accomplishments was the merger of two competitive and dissimilar labour organizations: the AFL, which was organized by craft, and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), which was organized by industry.

It should be observed, however, that historically labourers were capable of improving their situations without the help of labour organizations.

The government's tolerance of labour organizations was another source of middle-class resentment.

A number of labour organizations, including the Railway Labor Executives Associationn, filed suit.

By the 1930s the closed shop had become a commonly negotiated agreement meant to protect labour organizations.

By the beginning of the 20th century, railroad workers, dockers, and miners had formed strong labour organizations.

Knights of Labor (KOL), the first important national labour organization in the United States, founded in 1869.

At that time the Knights were the dominant labour organization in the United States.

Sustained labour organization began with the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers (shoemakers) in Philadelphia in 1794.

French commissioners finally created an official labour organization to represent them in 1906.

The Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions, an umbrella organization of several autonomous federations, is the largest labour organization.