A workers' council, also called labor council, is a type of council in a workplace or a locality made up of workers or of temporary and instantly revocable...
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(Russian: совет, romanized: sovet, IPA: [sɐˈvʲet] , lit. 'council') is a workers' council that follows a socialist ideology, particularly in the context...
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advocated workers' councils and council democracy. It is regarded as being strongest in Germany and the Netherlands during the 1920s. Council communism...
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The Ulster Workers' Council (UWC) strike was a general strike that took place in Northern Ireland between 15 May and 28 May 1974, during "the Troubles"...
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The German workers' and soldiers' councils of 1918–1919 (German: Arbeiter- und Soldatenräte) were short-lived revolutionary bodies that spread the German...
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The Jewish workers who heard the officer's words informed other workers, and word reached the administration of the Haifa Workers Council, who decided...
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setting up Soviets or workers' councils in all branches of production, distribution and administration, in order that the workers may seize and maintain...
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The Ulster Workers' Council was a loyalist workers' organisation set up in Northern Ireland in 1974 as a more formalised successor to the Loyalist Association...
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The Nigeria Workers' Council (NWC) was a national trade union federation in Nigeria. The federation was founded in 1962 as a split from the United Labour...
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Palestine Workers' council, a council composed of working-class or proletarian members Types of councils encountered in other spheres include: Arts council: a...
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advocated organising workers based on factories, thus forming the AAUD. They were influenced by the industrial unionism of the Industrial Workers of the World...
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Central Workers' Council of Finland (Finnish: Työväen pääneuvosto, Swedish: Arbetarnas centralråd) was the legislature of the Red side of the 1918 Civil...
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Workers' Councils in Poland (Polish: rady robotnicze w Polsce) or councils of workers' delegates (Polish: rady delegatów robotniczych) were representative...
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late 1930s. The magazine was published by the United Workers Party, later known as the Council Communists, which had split from the Proletarian Party...
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A works council is a shop-floor organization representing workers that functions as a local/firm-level complement to trade unions but is independent of...
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The Workers' Council of the United States, commonly known as the "Workers' Council," was a short-lived organized faction of former Socialist Party of America...
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Workerism is a political theory that emphasizes the importance of or glorifies the working class. Workerism, or operaismo, was of particular significance...
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The National Council for the American Worker was an entity within the White House during the Trump administration whose aim was to "ensure that America’s...
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Saxony in the German Revolution (1918–1919) (section Establishment of workers' and soldiers' councils)
(1918–1919) followed a path that went from early control by workers' and soldiers' councils to the adoption of a republican constitution in a series of...
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historically represented by the Communist Workers' Party of Germany, General Workers' Union of Germany, and the Communist Workers' International. Left communism...
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"Factories to the workers'!" parole. According to Boris Kanzleiter, the inspiration for workers' councils came from the People's councils – the revolutionary...
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Labor rights (redirect from Workers' rights)
Labor rights or workers' rights are both legal rights and human rights relating to labor relations between workers and employers. These rights are codified...
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The Petersburg Soviet of Workers' Delegates (later the Petersburg Soviet of Workers' Deputies) was a workers' council, or soviet, in Saint Petersburg in...
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the Council of Workers' and Peasants' Defense became the Council of Labour and Defense. Following the formation of the USSR in 1922 the council was renamed...
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a broad range of workers in the manufacturing sector, as well as associated industries, and is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions....
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the Workers' Opposition demanded that unionized workers (blue and white collar) should elect representatives to a vertical hierarchy of councils that...
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the Workers (Communist) Party and in 1929 the Communist Party, USA. The party's youth affiliate was named the Young Workers League, Young Workers (Communist)...
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Proletariat (redirect from Industrial workers)
bourgeoisie: the workers, who own no means of production, must use the property of others to produce goods and services and to earn their living. Workers cannot...
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The Mainz Workers' and Soldiers' Council (German: Mainzer Arbeiter- und Soldatenrat) was the effective government of Mainz from 9 November until the arrival...
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Workers' councils are a form of workers' control. Council communism, such as in the early Soviet Union, advocates workers' control through workers' councils...
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