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  1931 Labour Party Manifesto -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Labour Party emphasises its insistence that the condition of the farm-worker must be improved, especially by provision for Unemployment Insurance, a National Wages Board to control county wage machinery, and the abolition of the tied cottage.
The Labour Party offers to the people of this country planned reconstruction, national and international, instead of the chaos and anarchy which are the parents of disaster.
Given a majority, the Labour Party pledges itself to unsparing efforts to remove the spectres of want and insecurity from the homes of the people, that this and succeeding generations may be assured of a fuller and richer life.
www.labour-party.org.uk /manifestos/1931/1931-labour-manifesto.shtml   (2090 words)

  
  Labour movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The labour movement (or labor movement) is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign in their own interest for better treatment from their employers and political governments, in particular through the implementation of specific laws governing labor relations.
Labour unions and trade unions are common names for the specific collective organizations within societies, organized for the purpose of representing the interests of workers and the working class.
Throughout the world, action by the labour movement has led to reforms and workers' rights, such as the 2-day weekend, minimum wage, paid holidays, and the achievement of the eight-hour day for many workers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Labor_movement   (593 words)

  
 List of political parties in Costa Rica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Costa Rica used to have a two-party system, which meant that there were two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.
After the 2002 elections and the strong showing a few third parties had, the two-party system is considered to be in its last breath.
There are several important political parties now, and the 2006 elections will eventually decide how the Costa Rican political landscape will look like.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Costa_Rica   (332 words)

  
 Malaysia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Malayan Union, established in 1946 and consisting of all the British possessions in Malaya with the exception of Singapore, was dissolved in 1948 and replaced by the Federation of Malaya, which restored the autonomy of the rulers of the Malay states under British protection.
In terms of agriculture, Malaysia is the world's primary exporter of natural rubber and palm oil, which together with saw logs and sawn timber, cocoa, pepper, pineapple and tobacco dominate the growth of the sector.
Due to the rise in labour intensive industries, Malaysia has 10 to 20 percent foreign workers with the uncertainty due in part to the large number of illegal workers; there are a million legal foreign workers and perhaps another million unauthorized foreigners.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malaysia   (7119 words)

  
 Taking Action Chapter 14
Sustainable agriculture depends on the daily actions of millions of farmers and their families.
One form of sustainable agriculture that is being pursued in many regions of the world incorporates some of the principles of organic farming.
Natural fertilizer is produced from materials found on the farm, and in combination with various agricultural methods, healthy crops are produced which have natural resistance to pests and diseases.
www.nyo.unep.org /action/14.htm   (3420 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Politics | European elections: The manifestos
Labour backs the proposed European constitution, and says Tory demands for it to be re-negotiated would lead to withdrawal from the EU, wrecking the economic gains the single market has brought.
Labour is also committed to a referendum on entry to the single currency, once five economic tests have been met.
Party president, Dafydd Iwan, claims the 10 June election will be seen by many voters as a referendum on the UK government's handling the Iraq war.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/3726803.stm   (2505 words)

  
 British Labour Party election manifesto, 1945
The Labour Party's programme is a practical expression of that spirit applied to the tasks of peace.
The Labour Party intends to keep going as much of the work of the Ministry of Food as will be useful in peace conditions, including the bulk purchase of food from abroad and a well organised system of distribution at home, with no vested interests imposing unnecessary costs.
Labour will put that Act not merely into legal force but into practical effect, including the raising of the school leaving age to 16 at the earliest possible moment, "further" or adult education, and free secondary education for all.
www.psr.keele.ac.uk /area/uk/man/lab45.htm   (4605 words)

  
 Collective Interest - History of the Labour Movement
The labour movement (or labor movement) is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign in their own interest for better treatment from their employers and political governments, in particular through the implementation of specific laws governing labor relations.
Labour unions and trade unions are common names for the specific collective organizations within societies, organized for the purpose of representing the interests of workers and the working class.
Throughout the world, action by the labour movement has led to reforms and workers' rights, such as the 2-day weekend, minimum wage, paid holidays, and the achievement of the eight-hour day for many workers.
www.collectiveinterest.net   (949 words)

  
 Modern History Sourcebook: Let Us Face The Future: A Declaration of Labour Policy for the Consideration of the Nation, ...
Only the Labour Party is ready to take the necessary steps-a full programme of land planning and drastic action to ensure an efficient building industry that will neither burden the community with a crippling financial load nor impose bad conditions and heavy- unemployment on its workpeople.
Labour will work specially- for the care of Britain's mothers and their children-children's allowances and school medical and feeding services, better maternity and child welfare services.
The Labour Party has played a leading part in the long campaign for proper social security for all-social provision against rainy days, coupled with economic policies calculated to reduce rainy days to a minimum.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/1945labour-letsusface.html   (1972 words)

  
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Unions may therefore be so exercised as to obtain for the labouring classes collectively, both a larger share and a larger positive amount of the produce of labour; increasing, therefore, one of the two factors on which the remuneration of the individual labourer depends.
According to the author, however inadequate the remuneration of labour may be, the labourer has no grievance against society, because society is not the cause of the insufficiency, nor did society ever bargain with him, or bind itself to him by any engagement, guaranteeing a particular amount of' remuneration.
As if a great demand for labour were of any other use to the labouter than that of raising the price of labour, or as if an end were to be sacrificed to means whose whole merit consists in their leading to that same end.
socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca /~econ/ugcm/3ll3/mill/thorn.html   (13633 words)

  
 Welcome To Katihar
Agricultural workers have also been given the right of unionisation through an amendment in the Act in early 1999.
An association of 5000 agricultural workers, covering at least 20 districts out of a total of 75 districts with a minimum of 100 members in each of the district, is necessary to form a national federation in agricultural sector.
Just after the establishment of multiparty democracy, almost a dozen of unions associated to different political parties declared themselves as confederation, but when this Act was enacted, most of them could not fulfil the requirements and thus, couldn't have any legal existence.
katihar.biharzoom.org   (4265 words)

  
 The Labour Party Manifesto for the 1997 " UK " General Election
Labour will set new goals for improving the overall health of the nation which recognise the impact that poverty, poor housing, unemployment and a polluted environment have on health.
Labour has already proposed a new millennium commission to commence after the closure of the Millennium Exhibition, to provide direct support for a range of education, environment and public health projects, including those directed at children's play, a project currently excluded from lottery benefit.
Labour recognises that the option of a united Ireland does not command the consent of the Unionist tradition, nor does the existing status of Northern Ireland command the consent of the Nationalist tradition.
www.forscotland.com /tracklab/manifesto.html   (16059 words)

  
 Iraqi political groupings and individuals
ICP was now a radical reformist rather than a revolutionary party, focusing under the leadership of Husayn al-Radi on working conditions and better service provision, and campaigning for democratic constitutional government; but it was strongly distrusted by the Iraqi political elite, and by Qasim himself.
It opposed the UAR's formation (especially given how its Syrian counterpart party had been dissolved on Syria's incorporation; it stood in opposition to Deputy PM 'Abd al-Salam 'Arif), holding a rally on 7 Aug 1958 for federalism rather than unity; and its support was drawn upon by Qasim in deposing 'Arif and vying with Nasir.
As communist parties were persecuted, a number of leftists joined the party; in response, Chadirchi urged the party to model itself on the British Labour Party, to distinguish itself from Marxists and radical nationalists.
middleeastreference.org.uk /iraqiopposition.html   (11453 words)

  
 100 Euro Achievements - Amber Valley Labour Party - Working for Amber Valley
This means that agricultural spending will no longer be ring-fenced, but will be brought under full democratic control.
Labour MEPs have helped thousands of constituents with problems in other EU countries, from planespotters arrested in Greece to people who have had accidents abroad or been victims of crime while on holiday.
Labour MEPs have worked to report back to their constituents through regular reports, websites, meetings and newsletters, and have welcomed over 10,000 UK visitors to the European Parliament
www.ambervalley.labour.co.uk /ViewPage.cfm?Page=10781   (2246 words)

  
 Henry Wallace
In 1948 Wallace became the new party's candidate in the presidential election.
He was one of the few people with an agricultural background who had begun to make himself comprehensible to the industrial working people of the country.
I was not greatly surprised by the Secretary's action.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USARwallace.htm   (2780 words)

  
 What is Labour doing forÂ… people in developing countries?: The Labour Party: securing Britain's future
Labour believes that it is wrong that somebody's chances in life depend not on their talents or ambitions, but on where they are born.
In our manifesto we pledged to press for a phase out of all agricultural export subsidies by 2010 and, despite the date of 2013 set for this phase out, we will continue to push for an early an end as possible to these subsidies.
Our approach is to ensure that aid is targeted in a way that promotes good governance, encourages economic development and enables countries to deliver public services, such as health and education, for their people and in 2005-6, we will be spending 90 per cent of bilateral aid in the poorest countries.
www.labour.org.uk /peopleindevelopingcountries04   (1151 words)

  
 NewsHog: Dinosaur Democrats
Finally, having exhausted all the usual scare tactics and untruths against third parties, Kenneth proceeds to a lengthy apologia for the Democratic Party based around the central thesis that you go to the elections with the Party you have, not the Party you want.
The third party is a transitional device for Americans to playout this conflict of visions.
They are aware that, should an effective party representing the working class, the poor and those currently without a party to support be allowed to grow then they will naturally become the party of the "middle class with a conscience" as the Liberals have become in the UK after the rise of the Labour Party.
cernigsnewshog.blogspot.com /2005/10/dinosaur-democrats.html   (2730 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Opinions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
First, the Labour party leaders’ overconfidence is likely to affect the rank and file and may prove to be their undoing.
Normally party managers try to persuade their flock to dissuade from voting for the LD by telling them that in so doing they would be helping the Tories to get into Parliament through back door.
The Labour party, however, is rattled by the squabbles among its top leaders and worried about the fall out for the party’s prospects in the next elections.
www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20050202/edit.htm   (4580 words)

  
 HISTORY - Online Information article about HISTORY
action of Congress to validate his suspension action.
agriculture in the North and West, the in- manufaccreased demand for labour was shaded off into See also:
Free labour was soon to show itself far superior to slave labour in the South; and the South was to reap the largest material gain from the destruction of the Civil War.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /HIG_HOR/HISTORY.html   (5564 words)

  
 Paddy Trench: International Notes - Ireland (1942)
The practical effect of this is negatived by the decision of the government to operate the county management bill, by which a government nominee is given full powers of administration in each district, leaving the elected councillors the right only to collect rates.
The Labour Party fought the campaign on a very small war chest and with a tiny party apparatus, especially in Dublin.
In practice the tendency of this theory is to provide a substitute for militant labour action and reduces the party to calling for a Dáil majority to carry out this financial change.
www.marxists.org /history/etol/document/ireland-fi/international.htm   (1911 words)

  
 Israel/Occupied Territories: Immediate action needed to avert humanitarian crisis in Gaza
Amnesty International calls on all High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions to urge Israel to respect its obligations as an Occupying Power and to take immediate measures to address the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.
The free movement of persons and goods is an essential element of any functioning economy, particularly so for a new economy trying to develop and establish itself against the backdrop of dependency arising from four decades of occupation.
In the Gaza Strip unemployment runs at half the labour force and some two thirds of the population live in poverty and rely on international aid.
www.amnestyusa.org /news/document.do?id=ENGMDE150252006   (1483 words)

  
 history
The spatial distribution of remaining native prairie is critical as a generic and physical resource for agricultural development, environmental protection and management, research, and social well-being.
CPRC administered the four-year, $212,000 study of prairie biodiversity and agricultural activity in southern Saskatchewan.
CPRC was a founding member of the Saskatchewan Prairie Conservation Action Plan which is a consortium of over 20 industry, government, non-government, and academic organizations focused on the conservation of remaining native prairie in Saskatchewan.
www.cprc.ca /history.htm   (5258 words)

  
 Telegraph | News | Bush heading for showdown over immigration
The Republican Party is split between the business lobby, which backs Mr Bush's call to let millions of illegal immigrants stay and work in America for up to six years, and the law-and-order lobby, which is pushing for tough action.
On the other side of the debate, there are growing signs of a popular upheaval, with increasingly emotive calls for action over the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States.
At the end of the week he flies to Mexico - which provides a large proportion of America's agricultural labour force - for a summit where immigration will be at the top of the agenda.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/27/wimm27.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/03/27/ixworld.html   (413 words)

  
 Trade Justice - Hugh Bayley - City of York Constituency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Doha round will collapse if we do not make significant concessions to developing countries - by cutting EU agricultural subsidies and the cost of medicines, for instance — because developing countries hold the majority of votes in the WTO.
Forty-eight of the world’s poorest countries generate only 0.4% of world trade, and in the last 25 years these countries have seen their share of world trade halved.
All-Party groups are beginning to use the new travel arrangements to European capitals for this purpose.
www.hughbayley.labour.co.uk /ViewPage.cfm?Action=LargeText&Page=6006   (788 words)

  
 O’Sullivan on British Politics on National Review Online
Voters are increasingly fed up with New Labour; the media want the story of a real political contest; and the Tories, desperate for power, are prepared to give their new leader considerable leeway on policy.
Until the mid-Eighties, the Tory faithful felt themselves to be the natural party of the British, especially the English, middle class.
This gradual divorce between the Tories and the middle class is a global as well as a local phenomenon, as parties across the English-speaking world change their class composition, with blue-collar workers moving right and others left.
www.nationalreview.com /jos/osullivan200601181520.asp   (1013 words)

  
 DAWN - Editorial; February 15, 2006
One party or another in Bangladesh was known for its strong leanings towards New Delhi and when in office its foreign policy tilt was pronounced and affected South Asian equations.
In fact, he made the political parties and civil society so powerless that some of the worst features of our society today — the arms and drug culture, religious fanaticism and senseless violence —which began during his rule are still with us.
Pakistan has legislation on child labour and is a party to several international conventions on the subject.
www.dawn.com /2006/02/15/ed.htm   (2629 words)

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