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  2. Philip Ahn - Wikipedia

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    Philip Ahn. Philip Ahn (born Pillip Ahn ( 안필립 ), March 29, 1905 – February 28, 1978) was an American actor and activist of Korean descent. With over 180 film and television credits between 1935 and 1978, he was one of the most recognizable and prolific Asian-American character actors of his time. He is widely regarded as the first ...

  3. Allegheny Textile Strikes of 1845 and 1848 - Wikipedia

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    The 1848 strike was a response to relaxed laws following the 1845 strike despite agreements made in 1845. Both were led by women and children because they made up the majority of the textile workforce. An initial concession to institute a ten-hour workday. The abolition of child labor in the factories. The subsequent defeat of strikers, a major ...

  4. List of largest employers - Wikipedia

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    Employees (mn) State-owned 1 Walmart United States: 2.1 2 Amazon United States: 1.54 3 China National Petroleum China: 1.08 4 State Grid China: 0.87 5 Foxconn Taiwan: 0.76 6 China Post Group China: 0.75 7 Accenture United States: 0.72 8 Volkswagen Germany: 0.68 9 United States Postal Service United States: 0.57 10 BYD Company China: 0.57

  5. Human resource management - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Human resource management ( HRM or HR) is the strategic and coherent approach to the effective and efficient management of people in a company or organization such that they help their business gain a competitive advantage. It is designed to maximize employee performance in service of an employer's strategic objectives.

  6. International Workers' Day - Wikipedia

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    The 1st of May, or first Monday in May, is a national public holiday in many countries, in most cases known as "International Workers' Day" or a similar name. Some countries celebrate a Labour Day on other dates significant to them, such as the United States and Canada, which celebrate Labor Day on the first Monday of September. [9]

  7. Executive Order 10988 - Wikipedia

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    Executive Order 10988. Executive Order 10988 is a United States presidential executive order issued by President John F. Kennedy on January 17, 1962 that granted federal employees the right to collective bargaining. This executive order was a breakthrough for public sector workers, who were not protected under the 1935 Wagner Act .

  8. Therefore sign - Wikipedia

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    The inverted form, ∵, known as the because sign, is sometimes used as a shorthand form of "because". The character ஃ (visarga) in the Tamil script represents the āytam, a special sound of the Tamil language. An asterism, ⁂, is a typographic symbol consisting of three asterisks placed in a triangle. Its purpose is to "indicate minor ...

  9. Lochner v. New York - Wikipedia

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    Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court holding that a New York State statute that prescribed maximum working hours for bakers violated the bakers' right to freedom of contract under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. [1] The decision has been effectively overturned. [2] [3] [4]