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	union - definition by dict.die.net
		Note: Union differs from connection, as it implies that the bodies are in contact, without an inter?ening body; whereas things may be connected by the in???vention of a third body, as by a cord or chain.
		A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly.
		Note: The union of the United States ensign is a cluster of white stars, denoting the union of the States, and, properly, equal in number to that of the States, displayed on a blue field; the fly being composed of alternate stripes of red and white.
	dict.die.net /union (782 words)

	For Latham, a union of convenience - Michelle Grattan - www.theage.com.au
		The unions might have lost much of their muscle but they remain a core in Labor's structure, the source of millions of dollars in campaign funds, and a channel to part of its electoral heartland - albeit a small and diminishing part.
		Combet stresses the union movement still adheres to the economic stance it adopted when Keating and Kelty were running the economics and politics.
		For the union leaders, a Latham government would come with many uncertainties; the one certainty in their minds, though, is that they couldn't be worse off than under another Howard government followed by one led by Peter Costello, the barrister from the union-busting Dollar Sweets case all those years ago.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/05/08/1083911456121.html?from=storylhs (1538 words)

	Easily Distracted » Blog Archive » The Union Label
		Near the end of his life, he was sometimes bothered, in fact, by the waning of the union movement: my sense was that he preferred arbitration with many union leaders to some of the kinds of workplace litigation he was increasingly involved in.
		Unions are necessary, and their absence has been a huge factor in the median wage stagnation, the failure to raise the minimum wage, and the ballooning number of uninsured Americans.
		I think historically that the union movement in the United States is responsible for the general postwar prosperity of the 1950s, and for the foundational assumptions about American social mobility and fairness that helped to secure.
	weblogs.swarthmore.edu /burke/?p=115 (3533 words)

	Hoover Institution - Hoover Digest - Labour’s Labor Problem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		This idea was agreed on jointly by the Labour Party and the union movement during their years in the political wilderness during the depression of the 1930s and the war years.
		Thatcher appeared on the scene, the unions often found that so-called hated Conservative governments were easier to live with because they were afraid of union power and, lacking influence with unions, asked less of the union movement than Labour governments.
		Unions understood from the beginning of the Blair government that they needed to keep a low profile and not be seen as too influential.
	www.hoover.org /publications/digest/2939346.html (2228 words)

	Union Labor Movement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The role of the unions is defined mainly by larger economic union labor movement and political agendas.
		While never underestimating the obstacles in the way of the union movement, she makes a powerful union labor movement and passionate case for organizing the disorganized union labor movement and empowering the powerless.
		Looking at the cities of Los Angeles union labor movement and Las Vegas they point to new practices that are being developed by innovative unions to fight corporate domination, practices that may well signal a revival of unionism union labor movement and the emergence of a new social imagination in the United States.
	www.hoffa96.com /unionlabormovement.html (1004 words)

	The Labor Movement and Socialism by Anton Pannekoek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The relation of labor unions to the Socialist movement is in many countries the subject of sharp differences of opinion, even of bitter strife.
		The object of the labor movement is to increase the strength of the proletariat to the point at which it can conquer the organized force of the bourgeoisie and thus establish its own supremacy.
		The relation between political party and union is often represented as though the political movement were to bring about the destruction of capitalism, and the union to effect the improvement of the laborer’s condition within the capitalist system; as though the political party were naturally revolutionary and the union naturally reformatory.
	www.marxists.org /archive/pannekoe/1908/labor-movement.htm (3347 words)

	County News Online
		The union movement gave workers a sense of strength, of solidarity, and of power and ability to influence the American political and economic agenda.
		In government, without opposition and with the organizing and lobbying capability of unions, especially those representing teachers, firefighters and police officers, the result can very definitely affect a local city or county commission election, where the margin of victory may be tipped by having union support.
		Elected officials have a role in resisting the end run efforts of some unions to work around the organization’s negotiators and appeal directly to the elected officials, who owe their constituents a long range vision of what could be.
	www.naco.org /cnews/2002/02-10-28/Section-HR.html (1171 words)

	International Conference of Trade Unions
		Given the high quality of the organization and the results obtained, this international conference of union solidarity has become a great step towards the cause of the consolidation of the workers movement internationally, and without a doubt should be considered an event of historic importance.
		This points out the need for the trade union movement to unite on an international level, even to the extent of forming an international center to consolidate forces, for mutual aid and the coordination of actions.
		If there is a lack of participation of the union masses in the internal dynamics of the union, the union leaders will inevitably degenerate to the extent of betraying in an opportunist manner the interests of the proletariat.
	www.northstarcompass.org /nsc9909/tuconf.htm (1129 words)

	British workers unions try to overcome crisis
		Some unions have begun to recruit “organisers”, whose job is to encourage and win new members on the basis of the principles of the second model.
		In the second case, organisers are considered as union officials, who are responsible for increasing the number of members in existing union branches.
		On the basis of union data, they note the places where there are branches, those where there are none, those where there were attempts to create a branch, etc. On the basis of the information they find, companies are classified into four categories:””cold”, “cool”, “warm”and “hot”.
	www.eefi.org /0702/070213.htm (2154 words)

	Australian labour movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Craft unions in Australia began in the early 19th century as craft associations of highly skilled urban workers who sought to combine (form a labour union), to increase their wages and lower their hours.
		In return the IWW ran a 'free speech movement' campaign in which over 80 members in Sydney were sentenced to 6 months hard labour (the maximum) for simply proclaiming their membership, which was enough to scare many others away from open defiance.
		The Australian Council of Trade Unions condemned the sacking as a gross act of collusion between Patrick, the Government, and the National Farmers Federation, and with the threat of legal action against the Government and Patrick Corporation, a settlement was negotiated to allow some reform with the MUA retaining its effective closed shop.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_labour_movement (2770 words)

	The Republic :: Workers of the world, unite, already
		Another example of the essential split in the union movement was laid bare last week at the close of the union action against the hospital employers and the provincial government's action against the unions.
		The social development side of the provincial union movement felt now was the time to stop the overall government drive toward a rash and extreme plan to privatize as much of the public sector as can be done before the next election.
		One might be inclined to suggest that representatives of the social development tradition in the union movement withdraw their support, in turn, from the labour cartel tradition.
	www.republic-news.org /archive/88-repub/88_potvin_workers.htm (1129 words)

	The Daily, Tuesday, August 31, 2004. Study: The union movement in transition
		Canada's labour movement has undergone dramatic shifts during the past several decades, the result of changes in the nation's workforce demographics, labour laws and economic structure, according to a new report.
		These shifts include the increasing feminization of the movement, the growing prominence of unions in the public service and services sectors, and the declining influence of international unions.
		Rather, the movement has managed to maintain its overall presence by offsetting losses in the goods sector with successes among employees in small workplaces and among part-time and non-permanent employees.
	www.statcan.ca /Daily/English/040831/d040831b.htm (537 words)

	TP: Unions and a new social contract (1-98) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Relations between the unions and the Democratic Party were becoming strained, but the straw that broke the camel's back was the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
		There was a view of the union movement - temporary, full-time, old, young, employed and unemployed workers - united on a class basis unprecedented in history (as well as spreading to other countries).
		Many leaders are quite conscious of what is happening and what their goals are in the union movement and others are being bandied about by events, and still others want to relive the '50s.
	www.lrna.org /league/TP/!TP.98.01/9801.union.eng.html (1166 words)

	DPE: Professionals: Union Stories
		Her union helps her thrive in a career she began working toward as a teenager growing up with nine brothers and sisters in Harlem.
		Thurau is pleased that the latest contract negotiated by the union includes improved wages and health benefits and a procedure to remove disruptive students from the classroom.
		He knows a strong union movement in Texas means better service for low-income people who rely on him and his co-workers for food stamps, Medicaid and other government assistance.
	www.dpeaflcio.org /pros/unionstories.htm (2063 words)

	The Black Commentator - The Future of Organized Labor in the US - Issue 126
		The union movement must stand for the expansion of democracy: Organized labor must stand AND fight for an expansion of democracy beyond the limits of formal legality. It must be the champion of the fight against racism, sexism, hetero-sexism, xenophobia, religious bias, and other forms of intolerance.
		The future of the right to join or form trade unions is integrally linked to the future of democracy in the USA. In its own obvious interests, the union movement must unite the demand for the right to form or join unions — the right to organize — with the overall battle for democracy.
		Unions should only enter into new industrial sectors, occupations or regions if and when they are prepared to make the long-term commitment to that sector and have demonstrated a willingness to work with other unions in that same sector or region.
	www.blackcommentator.com /126/126_labor.html (839 words)

	Tasks for a Revitalized Union Movement
		Thus, when we think about the reawakening of the trade union movement, it is impossible, or I should say, it is fool-hardy to think of it in isolation from other social movements and other domestic and international events.
		Transform the local union; transform the union movement: All of what I am talking about here is concerns the transformation of the union movement.
		We need a tenants movement which demands a limitation on rents so that homelessness is ended and everyone has a right to a place to live, free from the forces of nature.
	www.kclabor.org /fletchertalk.htm (2821 words)

	Union Life Cycle
		Once the union gains respectability and acts as a bargaining agent for the workers, a second stage emerges where the labor leaders begin to lose their missionary zeal and begin to take on the trappings of management.
		In stage two, when the labor movement is at its zenith, there is centralization of control, expanded political activity and community integration, greater employer acceptance and cooperation, increased living standards for union workers, and more moderation and middle-of-the-road attitudes.
		It is well recognized that there is little democracy in labor unions, and labor leaders continue to be reelected to office in either the union or as spokespersons for organized labor.
	www.westga.edu /~bquest/2000/lcycle.html (3335 words)

	PSI \| Job quality and the union movement
		Many trade unions have adopted the concept of ‘job quality’ as part of their work, combining the traditional collective bargaining agenda with a new emphasis on job design, work organization, skills and career development. They argue that quality jobs are not an end in themselves, but are vital for the achievement of quality public services.
		The priority of many early trade unions, then, was to establish their capacity to challenge the worst of the factory-, mine- and mill-owners’ excesses.
		Trade unions who were suspicious of employer motives were accused of wanting to prevent change – change that would be of direct benefit both to workers and to their national economy.
	www.world-psi.org /jobquality (3790 words)

	International Human / Workers Rights Day\| 21st Century Labor Union \| IAMAW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		As part of International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, the union movement is mobilizing to demand workers are guaranteed a fundamental human right: The freedom to have a union voice on the job.
		At rallies, town hall meetings, candlelight vigils and teach-ins across the nation, union members and their allies will highlight the obstacles workers face when seeking to join a union at work and showcase strategies for the overcoming those obstacles.
		This year, U.S. unions and their members will be joined by brothers and sisters throughout the international trade union movement, as workers on six continents take action to support the freedom to form unions.
	www.goiam.org /content.cfm?cID=5890 (563 words)

	Resolution on Work in the Mass Movement and the Union Movement: 5th Congress of the PRT (Argentina-1973) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The revolutionary leadership of the party is the only guarantee for a union movement that is at the same time faced with a dictatorship and strategically involved in a revolutionary war.
		In view of the dictatorship’s policy of subjecting the unions to state control, clandestine channels are, or will be, needed for conducting the economic struggle.
		This should not exclude defending the legal rights of unions and fighting to win back for the working class those that have already become half incorporated into the state, although at this stage it will be a secondary objective.
	www.marxists.org /history/etol/document/argentina/prt/04.htm (645 words)

	Renfrey Clarke, Russian labour's restless summer: The union movement looks to politics
		He had just come, he explained, from a conference of union leaders at which a decision had been taken to prepare for an all-Russian strike around political demands, to be held in early October.
		The pressures on the trade union movement to involve itself directly in the political process, helping to decide the question of who exercises power, are mounting steadily.
		In the coal industry, the notion of trade unions as non-political organs limited to seeking the economic well-being of their members already belongs to the past.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/63/310.html (1363 words)

	THE UNION MESSENGER. Information Bulletin on the Union Movement in Russia , February-March 2002, no. 17 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The alternative unions opposed it, but to no effect for now, and the government has refused to negotiate with them despite a low adopted on October 25 that obliged it to negotiate the wage reform with all national unions.
		This federation includes teachers’ unions that are affiliated to Sotprof, Zashchita, the Confederation of Labour of Russia, the All-Russian Confederation of Labour and regional unions in the Urals, Siberia, Voronezh and elsewhere.
		Also, the membership of these unions varies a lot according to the level of mobilization as well as repressions against the alternative unions.
	www.labournet.de /internationales/russland/lmr17-e.html (2505 words)

	union response
		A strong union movement is our last defense to fight this very disturbing trend of the eroding middle class.
		The union feels that if we are successful in improving your wages and benefits, it will help all the workers that we represent in the industry.
		As we have made very clear to all of you that we have met with and spoken to, all the union is asking for is a chance to improve your standard of living and working conditions for you and your family.
	mysite.verizon.net /bizoipnk/gotunion/id8.html (971 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| UK Politics \| Key players in the union movement
		Since then he has begun talks with fellow union leaders from Amicus and the GMB about forming a new super union and, together with Unison, the so-called 'big four' hatched a deal with New Labour on pensions and employment rights, the Warwick Agreement.
		Keates held a number of elected roles within the NASUWT including local negotiating secretary for Birmingham and National Executive Member for the West Midlands, prior to joining the staff of the Union in 1998 when she was appointed an assistant general secretary with responsibility for co-ordinating the development and implementation of union policy.
		Although he is a Labour Party member, as the leader of the largest public sector union, he has been critical of many aspects of the government's policy including the use of private cash to fund schemes in the public sector.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/politics/4197262.stm (1528 words)

	Editorial: Solidarity asunder / The union movement stands at the crossroads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		For the private sector, union membership is closer to 1 in 13.
		The SEIU and Teamsters leaders are correct that for unions to regain some semblance as a major force in American life, there need to be changes.
		Aside from financial firepower, the unions are also likely to lose some of the clout they achieved by acting as a united front.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05213/546871.stm (385 words)

	SSRN-Reclaiming the Union Movement Through Union Dues? A Postmodern Perspective in the Mirror of Public Choice Theory ...
		This article inspects attempts to reclaim the labor movement and to enhance worker solidarity through expansive interpretations of the social and political meaning of union dues.
		By investigating whether the interests and identities of individuals or subgroups of workers are necessarily congruent with those of either the union majority or union leadership and by disputing dominant free-rider assumptions embedded in the Taft-Hartley Act, this approach, delegitimizes coerced transfers from union members and dues payers for political and other purposes.
		Accordingly, the application of union dues to a variety of union efforts that are unrelated to collective bargaining, must inescapably be seen as a form of subservience to authoritarian unionist who seek to submerge both individual, ethnic, and gender identity and ideological diversity in support of hierarchical aims.
	papers.ssrn.com /sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=256732 (432 words)

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