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(Encyclopedia) eight-hour day: see labor law.

(Encyclopedia) Fillon, François Charles Amand fräNswäˈ shärl ämäNˈ fēyôNˈ [key], 1954–, French political leader, b. Le Mans. A conservative, he served as an assembly deputy (1981–2002, 2007–17) and ...

(Encyclopedia) Sweeney, John Joseph, 1934–2021, U.S. labor leader, b. New York City. An official of the Service Employees Internation...

(Encyclopedia) Wages and Hours Act: see Fair Labor Standards Act. ...

(Encyclopedia) Lewis, John Llewellyn, 1880–1969, American labor leader, b. Lucas co., Iowa; son of a Welsh immigrant coal miner. He became a miner and after 1906 rose through the union ranks to become president (1...

(Encyclopedia) National Recovery Administration (NRA), in U.S. history, administrative bureau established under the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933. In response to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's cong...

(Encyclopedia) Fine Gael fēˈnə gāl [key], Irish political party. Formed in 1933, it was the successor of the party founded by William Cosgrave that held power from the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922 un...

(Encyclopedia) AFL: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. ...

(Encyclopedia) CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. ...

(Encyclopedia) AFL-CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. ...