Word: membership
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Russia, trade unionism was first permitted as a concession after the abortive revolution of 1905, and enrolled members grew to exceed 200,000 under Nicholas II. During the War most unions in Russia were extinguished, but with the revolution of 1917, membership in a trade union was made compulsory by Lenin and 1,500,000 Russians were soon enrolled, with the State deducting union dues from their pay. In 1921 this policy was reversed, and Lenin made trade union membership voluntary. In the early Five-Year Plan period, Russian trade union officials were still attempting to bargain collectively with...
...example of such claims, he gave those set forth by the worker for protection against discrimination because of his membership in a union. The previously existing common-law machinery could not cope with this case arising in equity. Therefore a special board had to be set up--the NI.RH...
...photographers represented, ten have membership in the Zoological Photographic Club, while others come from all parts of the world. Of the pictures displayed, 21 are of birds, 14 of mammals and five show both birds and mammals...
Another woman pointed out to enthusiasts the desirability of a 30-hour week. "Why not?" she said. "If there is anything you want the union will give it to you." Advantages gained by membership in the group may well provide opportunities for a trip to the Cape, "or perhaps to England or Ireland where your ancestors came from...
...drastic injunction forbidding every form of picketing and any attempt to influence other employes. But in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. the Guild won a notable victory as it ended a strike against the Record: effective Jan. 1 all editorial employes of all four Wilkes-Barre papers must hold Guild membership. The Wilkes-Barre settlement strongly contrasted with the Guild's turbulent campaign against the Brooklyn Eagle, where 300 employes out of 2,300 have been noisily on strike nine weeks. The Eagle, first major New York City paper to be struck by the Guild, has been attacked not only frontally...