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92 matches to Trade Unions
Combination Acts. 1799, 1800. Britain outlaws trade unions. Repealed 1824.
ICFTU. International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. 1949. Split from WFTU. Represents 70M workers in 89 countries. IFTU.
IFTU. 1901-40. International Federation of Trade Unions. WFTU 1945.
Trade Unions. Legalized: 1824 Britain. 1834 France. 1869 Germany. 1875 British legalized picketing.
WFTU. Communist World Federation of Trade Unions. Formed 1945 from IFTU. 1949 Non-Communist ICFTU split off. 2002 vs globalization, privatization.
Abel, Rudolf. 1902-71. Russian spy traded for Powers.
Adams, William. 1564-1620. English navigator established Japan trade c1613.
Anti-Corn Law League. 1839-46. Cobden and Bright’s pacifist movement for Free Trade, public education, against social reform and Chartists. Corn Laws.
Antigua. Carib. 1493 Columbus discovers. 1632 English settle. 18C slave trade. 1958-62 West Indies Federation. 1967 Self-government. 1981 Independent +Barbuda.
Apprentices Statute. 1563-1814 England. 7 Years apprenticeship required for all trades.
Ashanti Empire. 17-19C Ghana kingdom. Supplied slaves to traders.
Beaverbrook, Lord. (Maxwell Aitken). 1879-1964. Canadian/British newspaper magnate, politician. Advocated free trade within Commonwealth.
Bennett, Richard B. 1870-1947. Canadian Conservative Prime Minister 1930-5. Advocated Empire Free Trade. Imperial Conference 1932.
Bowring, Treaty. 1855. Opened Siam to British trade.
Bright, John. 1811-89. English Quaker MP: Free Trade Movement. Cobden. Anti-Corn Law.
British East India Company. 1600-1858. For trade with Asia. Took political control.
Cabochiens. 1411-18. Paris tradesmen. Supported Burgundians vs Armagnacs.
Canton System. 1759-1842. All China foreign trade through Canton.
Cobden, Treaty. 1860. Free trade between Britain and France.
Corn Laws. 1804-15. British agricultural price support. Repeal, 1846, marks transformation from agricultural to industrial priorities and free trade.
Cornwallis Code. 1793. For civil servants in India. No private trade. No Indians in important posts.
DGB. 1949-. Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund. Dominant German trade union.
Dutch East India Company. 1602-1798. Trade, colonies in Orient. Controlled Ceylon, Cape Colony, Jakarta.
EFTA. European Free Trade Association. 1960. Free trade with EEC: Austria, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Switzerland. Until joining EEC: Denmark, Portugal, UK.
Etruscans. Asian people in Tuscany 8C BC. Taken by Rome, 4-3C BC. Skilful metal workers. Strong navy, merchant traders. Tarquins.