Examples of personal union in the following topics:
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- Credit unions are substitutes and competitors of banks, owned by members as a financial cooperative.
- Credit unions usually offer better rates on deposits and lower costs for loans
- Credit unions offer access to borrowing options not always available at traditional banks
- Credit unions increase competition (big banks tend to be oligopolies, while credit unions are intrinsically smaller in scale, thus high in quantity)
- Credit unions are smaller, and therefore more likely to go out of business
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- Since the early labor movement was largely industrial, union organizers had a limited pool of potential recruits.
- Sometimes they signed workers to what were known as yellow-dog contracts, prohibiting them from joining unions.
- Violent strikes during this era resulted in numerous deaths, as persons hired by management and unions fought.
- The principle of the "open shop," the right of a worker not to be forced to join a union, also caused great conflict.
- Workers felt secure without unions and were often receptive to management claims that generous personnel policies provided a good alternative to unionism.
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- Declare that every union officer must act as a fiduciary in handling the assets and conducting the affairs of the union.
- Limit the power of unions to put subordinate bodies in trusteeship, a temporary suspension of democratic processes within a union.
- Provide certain minimum standards before a union may expel or take other disciplinary action against a member of the union.
- On the other hand, it cannot be said that union corruption and abuses of union power have disappeared.
- Ultimately, the act's technical failures were exploited by both the courts and union officials—most famously the Teamsters, whose president, Jimmy Hoffa, among others, notably raided the union pension coffers for his own personal investments.
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- During Stalin's totalitarian rule of the Soviet Union, he transformed the state through aggressive economic planning, the development of a cult of personality around himself, and the violent repression of so-called "enemies of the working class," overseeing the murder of millions of Soviet citizens.
- A cult of personality developed in the Soviet Union around both Stalin and Lenin.
- Many personality cults in history have been frequently measured and compared to his.
- From 1932 to 1934, the Soviet Union participated in the World Disarmament Conference.
- In September 1934, the Soviet Union joined the League of Nations.
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- Most strikes are undertaken by labor unions during collective bargaining.
- This is either because the union refuses to endorse the tactic, or because the workers concerned are not unionized.
- In many countries, wildcat strikes do not enjoy the same legal protections as recognized union strikes, and may result in penalties for the union members who participate.
- Crossing a picket line can result in passive and/or active retaliation against that working person.
- Companies that hire strikebreakers typically play upon these fears when they attempt to convince union members to abandon the strike and cross the union's picket line.
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- If you work in the public sector, you will deal with unions.
- Teacher unions, like other labor unions, are legally recognized as representatives of educators in cities throughout the United States.
- It is not required to belong to a union in any state, although some do make teachers pay a fee to the union (called "fair share") that reimburses the union for their work in contract bargaining.
- It is important to note that while utilizing online resources is a good way to look for work, nothing beats networking and speaking to potential employees on the phone and/or in person.
- Do not be afraid to contact a principle or hiring manager directly or drop off a resume in person.
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- However, the movement came into its own after the Civil War, when the short-lived National Labor Union (NLU) became the first federation of American unions.
- Through the efforts of middle-class reformers and activists, often of the Women's Trade Union League, these unions joined the AFL.
- Molly Maguire history is sometimes presented as the persecution of an underground movement that was motivated by personal vendettas, and sometimes as a struggle between organized labor and powerful industrial forces.
- The Homestead plant completely barred unions until 1937.
- The strike collapsed, as did the American Railway Union.
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- The European Union (EU) was established in November 1993 and is an economic and political union of 27 member states.
- The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 member states which are located primarily in Europe.
- The free movement of persons means that EU citizens can move freely between member states to live, work, study, or retire.
- The free movement of services and of establishment allows self-employed persons to move between member states to provide services on a temporary or permanent basis.
- Describe the economic, political and legal methodology of the European Union
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- Frances Willard founded the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1874 in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Willard became the national president of the World Woman's Christian Temperance Union in 1879, and remained president for 19 years.
- Local chapters, known as "unions", were largely autonomous, though linked to state and national headquarters.
- The WCTU's work extended across a range of efforts to bring about personal and social moral reform.
- Summarize the origins and achievements of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
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- The SEIU, or service employees international union, is the fastest growing union in North America.
- Other forms of unionism include minority unionism, solidarity unionism, and the practices of organizations such as the Industrial Workers of the World, which do not always follow traditional organizational models.
- Union membership had been declining in the US since 1954.
- Most of the recent gains in union membership have been in the service sector while the number of unionized employees in the manufacturing sector has declined.
- Although most industrialized countries have seen a drop in unionization rates, the drop in union density (the unionized proportion of the working population) has been more significant in the United States than elsewhere.