11) coolie labor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...With the discontinuance of slavery, the use of Chinese and Indian contract labor in British and French colonies increased. Indenture of Indian coolies was usually... 12) Farmer-Labor party. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Formed in 1919 as the National Labor party, it changed its name at its 1920 presidential nominating convention in order to appeal to farmers. The party's platform... 13) Fair Labor Standards Act. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Fair Labor Standards Act, or Wages and Hours Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1938 to establish minimum living standards for workers engaged directly or indirectly... 14) International Labor Organization. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001 ...International Labor Organization, (ILO), specialized agency of the United Nations, with headquarters in Geneva. It was created in 1919 by the Versailles Treaty and... 15) Labor Relations Act. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Labor Relations Act, see National Labor Relations Board; Taft-Hartley Labor Act.... 16) division of labor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Division of labor is closely tied with the standardization of production, the introduction and perfection of machinery, and the development of large-scale industry.... 17) Knights of Labor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Knights of Labor, American labor organization, started by Philadelphia tailors in 1869, led by Uriah S. Stephens. It became a body of national scope and importance... 18) Socialist Labor party. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Socialist Labor party, in the United States, begun in 1877 by New York City socialists. Its membership came largely from German-American workingmen. During the 1880s... 19) Brookwood Labor College. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Brookwood Labor College, at Katonah, N.Y.; founded in 1921 in association with the American Federation of Labor as an experimental college. Brookwood was an attempt... 20) American Labor party. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...American Labor party, organized in New York by labor leaders and liberals in 1936, primarily to support Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal and the men favoring... |