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	National Labor Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The National Labor Union sought instead to bring together all of the national labor organizations in existence, as well as the "eight hour leagues" established to press for the eight-hour workday, to create a national federation that could press for labor reforms and help found national unions in those areas where none existed.
		The National Labor Union was the first national labor federation in the United States.
		The National Labor Union followed the unsuccessful efforts of labor activists to form a national coalition of local trade unions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Labor_Union (472 words)

	National Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		National Union (Hebrew: Ha'ihud Ha'Leumi האיחוד הלאומי) is a right-wing Israeli political party formed from the merger of three parties: Moledet ("homeland"), Yisrael Beytenu ("Israel is our home"), and Tkuma ("resurrection").
		Its leader, Avigdor Lieberman, former secretary to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (1996-1999) and himself a Russian immigrant in the early 1980s, became leader of the National Union in 2001 following the assassination of Zeevi (at the time the Israeli tourism minister).
		For the party of Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar, see National Union (Portugal)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Union (462 words)

	Trade union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Labor unions in the United States today function as legally recognized representatives of workers in numerous industries, but in recent years have seen their greatest growth among service sector and public sector workers.
		Unions may organise a particular section of skilled workers (craft unionism), a cross-section of workers from various trades (general unionism), or attempt to organise all workers within a particular industry (industrial unionism).
		The legal status of trade unions in the United Kingdom was established by a Royal Commission in 1867, which agreed that the establishment of the organizations was to the advantage of both employers and employees.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Labor_union (3550 words)

	Encyclopedia: National Union Party
		The Israeli political party, the National Union Party (Ha ihud Haleumi) was formed in 1999 by Rehavam Zeevi, the leader of the Rightwing Moledet (Homeland party) in alliance with the Tekuma and Yisrael Beitenu parties.
		The National Union party sees it objective to "become a ruling party in association with other parties that share the values and ideology of the national camp, i.e.
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	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/National-Union-Party (872 words)

	Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
		Over three weeks ago, National Union Party leader MK Benny Elon (pictured, left) said that his party and the NRP must unite on one political list for the upcoming elections, and that the entire right-wing camp must work together to prevent the same mistakes as were made in the past.
		Three weeks after National Union leader Benny Elon called for an election merger between his party and the NRP, NRP leader Zevulun Orlev asks for cooperation among all religious/right-wing parties.
		I didn't address the letter to the other National Union factions either, such as Tekumah."
	www.israelnationalnews.com /news.php3?id=90167 (675 words)

	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Cooperation between the USSR and the Western powers—already shaky during the war—ceased soon after the armistice, and relations between the Soviet Union and the United States (which emerged from the war as the two chief powers in the world) became increasingly strained, leading to the international tension of the cold war.
		In the technological race between the Soviet Union and the West (principally the United States), the USSR exploded (1953) a hydrogen bomb; announced (1957) the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles; orbited (1957) the first artificial earth satellite (called Sputnik); and in 1961 sent Yuri Gagarin in the first manned orbital flight.
		The NEP ushered in a period of relative stability and prosperity, and in 1922 the treaty of union formally joined Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, and Transcaucasia (divided in 1936 into the Georgian, Armenian, and Azerbaijan republics).
	www.bartleby.com /65/un/UnionSov.html (5286 words)

	Rugby Union - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch
		Rugby union is a team sport that was (according to legend) developed from the rules used to play football at Rugby School in England.
		This is awarded if the attacking side is responsible for sending the ball into in-goal, but instead of their player grounding the ball and scoring a try it is first grounded by a defender.
		If the attacking team loses possession by legal means, either because of the attacking player dropping the ball or a defending player stealing it, then the ball is said to have been "turned over".
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /rugby_union.htm (3206 words)

	MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Events in U.S. Labor History
		The Knights of Labor forms in Philadelphia as a secret society; it becomes a national labor union in 1878.
		The National Labor Union is organized in Baltimore to push for an 8-hour workday.
		Congress exempts labor unions from antitrust laws and affirms their right to strike by passing the Clayton Antitrust Act.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461544531/Events_in_U_S_Labor_History.html (849 words)

	MSN Encarta - National Labor Relations Act
		It required labor unions desiring to use the facilities of the NLRB to file certain organizational and financial data with the NLRB, and it required the officers of such unions to file affidavits certifying that they are not members of the Communist Party.
		The Taft-Hartley Act also prohibited the checkoff of union dues without the written consent of employees; contributions by employers to union health and welfare funds not under joint labor-management administration; and contributions and expenditures by unions in connection with federal elections, primaries, and conventions.
		National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), federal law enacted by the United States Congress in July 1935 to govern the labor-management relations of business firms engaged in interstate commerce.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761573039/National_Labor_Relations_Act.html (604 words)

	MD Labor History 1865-1930
		In 1872, the National Labor Union transformed itself into the National Labor Reform Party.
		Their doctrine of class struggle was not to become a principle of the labor movement as a whole, but the efforts of the Wobblies called attention to the desperate needs of vast numbers of workers, many of them immigrants, to whom the trade union movement was not relevant.
		Forty-one of the city's unions either rented or owned their own meeting rooms in 1899, and many kept their own libraries or shared reading rooms with other locals.
	oriole.umd.edu /~mddlmddl/791/labor/html/industrial.html (2089 words)

	Socialist Organizer: The Labor Party
		William Sylvis was chosen as national president, and in the eyes of his contemporaries, the National Labor Union appeared to be crossing a threshold to a new era (Grossman: 226).
		In the process of union building, William Sylvis and the National Labor Union were compelled to confront the complications of gender and race and class in the United States.
		Sylvis represented the Iron Molders' Union in 1867 at the Second Convention of the National Labor Union which agreed upon a list of demands entitled the "Second Declaration of Independence." In addition to the eight-hour day and independent political action, monetary reform was added to the NLU's program.
	www.theorganizer.org /LP/USHistory/Sylvis.html (3720 words)

	Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union (in Hungarian : Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség) is a large conservative centre-right political party in Hungary ; as of 2004 the most important one in the opposition.
		The Hungarian youth opposition movement was represented by one of its leaders, Dr Péter Molnár, who became a Member of Parliament in Hungary.
		It was the most successful party in the 2004 European Parliamentary Elections, gaining 47.4% of the vote and electing 12 MEPs including Lívia Járóka, the second Roma MEP.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hungarian_Civic_Union (3720 words)

	weaselteeth.com
		National Security Blog (which I linked to from the start) is now Blogs of War, and far better than before.
		If you think this is a wartime fluke, a national moment of prayer fueled by fear of terrorism and Iraq, consider the words of the Rev. Edgar Vann, a Kerry supporter whose 5,000-member congregation in the heart of Detroit supported Bush's moral ideals, but not him.
		The question waiting to be answered is whether it will continue to serve the nation, or whether the American left will finally be able to unleash its own version of Kristallnacht.
	www.weaselteeth.com (3720 words)

	National Taxpayers Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		National Taxpayers Union (NTU) is an anti- tax organization in the United States, founded in 1969.
		It is closely affiliated with a non-profit foundation, the National Taxpayers Union Foundation (NTUF).
		According to the 990 forms of NTUF, the NTU and NTUF share staff, facilities, website and board members.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Taxpayers_Union (3720 words)

	UNI : UNI Global Organising Report 2002 - Evaluation of replies to Question 6 -
		All the additional support he can get to help move the key European unions, in security and sharing information on multinationals with us, to focus their recruitment strategically and through greater resource use on organizing new members will be the most helpful.
		It is absolutely essential to convince the parent company of multinationals to open the doors of their branches abroad to UNI unions.
		Unions need to organise meetings, seminars and cultural and sports activities, to which potential members are invited but that requires sufficient finance, the lack of which is often the main cause of union setbacks.
	www.union-network.org /uniindep.nsf/51520e5cabae0089c12569b4004fe4c2/d85e6c2f828c1e66c1256cbe0033532b (2778 words)

	Portugal
		Among the first actions to be undertaken were the nationalization of certain types of heavy industry and banking, and the expropriation and redistribution of large agricultural holdings.
		Portugal was recognized as independent by the pope in 1179.
		In 1826 Pedro I of Brazil succeeded to the throne of Portugal as Pedro IV.
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/GeogHist/histories/history/hiscountries/P/portugal.html (3417 words)

	Portugal Essay
		After Salazar's death, however, the National Union's grip over the country and in particular the military steadily weakened.
		The National Union continued to hold power very firmly, and there was little if any meaningful opposition.
		Throughout the 1960s, despite anticolonial movements in Portugal's colonies, Salazar was still firmly in power until his death in 1968.
	www.janda.org /ICPP/ICPP2000/Countries/1-WestCentralEurope/17-Portugal/Portugal63-00.htm (1575 words)

	Portugal - Political Parties
		In the national elections of 1985, the PRD received 17.9 percent of the vote and seemed poised to emerge as a major electoral contender.
		As Portugal became democratic after 1974, it also developed a political party system with a full spectrum of parties that ranged from the far left to the far right.
		But during the 1980s, as Portugal moved away from the radical politics of the mid-1970s and began to prosper economically, the PCP's popularity declined to less than 10 percent of the vote.
	countrystudies.us /portugal/88.htm (2024 words)

	The EU's relations with Peru - Political context
		Peru participates in the high level dialogue on Drugs between the EU and the Andean Community and signed in 1995 a precursor agreement with the EU which entered into force in 1996.
		Peru is already one of the largest recipients of Commission aid to Latin America.
		Peru is a member of the Andean Community, along with Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia.
	europa.eu.int /comm/external_relations/peru/intro (2024 words)

	National Union Fire Ins. v. Belco Petroleum Corp.
		In November 1994, on National Union's motion to dismiss or transfer the Texas action, that action was consolidated with National Union's petition to compel arbitration in the Southern District of New York.
		National Union also seeks to recover a portion of the value of assets that were returned to Belco by the Peruvian government.
		Petitioners National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., New Hampshire Insurance Company and American Home Assurance Company (collectively referred to as National Union) were among the underwriters of a confiscation, expropriation and deprivation insurance policy (referred to by the parties as the AIG Policy) issued to Belco in 1983.
	www.tourolaw.edu /2ndcircuit/july96/95-90960.html (2024 words)

	HarpWeek Elections 1864 Overview
		The nominating convention of the National Union Party, dominated by Republicans with a scattering of War Democrats, met in Baltimore on June 7-8, 1864.
		With 78 percent of the Union electorate casting ballots, Lincoln was reelected in an Electoral College landslide, 212 to McClellan’s 21.
		The Republican campaign warned the Union: “Don’t swap horses in the middle of the stream.” They went beyond that innocuous slogan, however, to equate opposition to Lincoln and the Republicans with disloyalty to the Union.
	elections.harpweek.com /1864/Overview-1864-2.htm (1567 words)

	A Tribute to (For dummies)
		Party leaders saw the opportunity to broaden the base of the party and adopted the name National Union Party.
		At the 1860 Republican National Convention, Abraham Lincoln became the Presidential nominee.
		The Democratic Party and the Republican Party are 2 parties which represent the "left" side and the "right" side of the political spectrum, respectively.
	www.geocities.com /mst84/shelbyt.html (264 words)

	Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
		The National Union is the only party whose leaders have acted upon the realization that smaller splinter parties undermine the ability of a national camp to form a government.
		Fourth, the National Union represents what was defined by the late Rechavam Ze'evi as the three quintessential Zionist values: defending the Homeland (moledet), Aliyah, and settling the Land of Israel.
		As I began with what I maintain are the four fundamental reasons why one should vote for a political party - any political party - it is only fitting that I proudly indicate the four main reasons why I have chosen to not only vote for, but volunteer on behalf of, the National Union.
	www.israelnationalnews.com /article.php3?id=1883 (1154 words)

	UE News: UE Gears Up for Labor Party Convention
		The convention will mark the final appearance of the traveling exhibit, "What’s Left in Political Cartooning?" Organized by UE Cartoonist Gary Huck with the backing of the National union, the exhibit’s artwork will be auctioned off to raise funds for the Labor Party.
		The National union will be the host for the convention, while more than 100 rank-and-file delegates will represent UE.
		Rank-and-file leaders from around the union are expected to have seats on convention committees.
	www.ranknfile-ue.org /uen_1098_lp.html (1154 words)

	PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION
		National Convention delegates are urged to make studies when the National Convention is in recess." In accord with the address, the Commission and the Work Committee, during the adjourned period conducted thorough studies on a wide array of fields to acquire detailed basic principles for distribution of power in the Executive, Legislative and Judicial sectors.
		The National Convention, with an eye to a higher living standard of the people and the improvement of national economy, has also laid down some fundamental principles relevant to the finance and planning sector.
		Union Fund Account has been opened for the income and expenditure accounts of the organizations at central, state, division, district and township levels; those of departments of ministries; those of State-owned economic organizations; and those of armed forces and city development affairs committees.
	www.ibiblio.org /obl/docs/Proc2004-05-18.htm (1154 words)

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