Sentence examples similar to operative movements from inspiring English sources

Fisher was very much a product of the working class-based old Labour and Co-operative movements, rising up their ladders by dedication rather than ambition.

After the war he worked as a bus driver and in the furniture trade, but it was from 1968 as secretary of the London Co-op political committee that his talents shone, as he mobilised his extensive contacts in the local government, labour, trade union and co-operative movements.

The explanation, as those who know the history of the school reform and co-operative movements will realise, is that Owen's enlightened management principles at his mill at New Lanark on the Clyde made it both a milestone in British social reform and an enduring embodiment of how workplaces and businesses could still, even today, be more progressively organised.

The Chartist and Co-operative movements had strong support in the town, whilst many Oldhamers protested against the emancipation of slaves.

Rejuvenating the co-operative movement is another.

The co-operative movement has a longstanding relationship with film.

And co-operative councils should have links with the wider co-operative movement.

The values that formed both the co-operative movement and the fair trade movement.

The Co-operative Bank's troubles represent a moment of serious concern for the British co-operative movement.

The current leadership of the group should reconnect with the wider co-operative movement.

As he put it: There's no point having a Co-operative movement that goes bust.