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International Workers' Day
celebration in the international labour movement on May Day
labor union
organization of workers with common goals
nonprofit organization
organization operated for a collective benefit
Workers' Memorial Day
world day
moralism
upright=1.35|thumb|''The Drunkard's Progress'': by [[Nathaniel Currier 1846, warns that moderate drinking leads, step-by-step, to total disaster.]] Moralism is a philosophy that arose in the 19th century that concerns itself with imbuing society with a certain set of morals, usually traditional behaviour, but also "justice, freedom, and equality". It has strongly affected North American and British culture, concerning private issues such as the family unit and sexuality, as well as issues that carry over into the public square, such as the temperance movement.
International Labour and Amateurs in Sports Confederation
The CSIT – International Workers and Amateurs in Sports Confederation (also known as International Labor and Amateur Sports Confederation) (French: CSIT - Confédération Sportive Internationale Travailliste et Amateur, CSIT) is an international multi-sports organization. It was established as the successor to the Socialist Workers' Sport International and, as such, celebrated its centenary in 2013. The core principles of contributing to physical activity and sports have stayed in its action policy; upholding the right of men and women to do sports no matter what their professionalism levels are
Workers' compensation insurance
insurance for injuries during employment, in exchange for relinquishing the right to sue the employer
union busting
efforts to prevent or hinder unionization among workers
Wages for housework
global feminist movement
Ghent system
type of socio-economic model
LabourStart
LabourStart is the news and campaigning website of the international trade union movement. It distributes news both via its own website and also through a news syndication service (in both RSS and JavaScript formats) which is used by trade union websites around the world. There are newswires for specific languages, countries, regions, and some US states and every Canadian province. There are special newswires for online campaigns, women's labour news, and even a Health and Safety NewsWire run jointly with Hazards. The site has 638,000 unique visits per month as of February 2012.
General union
all-sector bargaining entity
Scope clause
Part of contracts between pilots' unions and airlines
Agency shop
A form of union security agreement where employees need not join the union in order to remain employed