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  2. Arab Union - Wikipedia

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    The Arab Union is a theoretical political union of the Arab states. The term was first used when the British Empire promised the Arabs a united independent state in return for revolting against the Ottoman Empire, with whom Britain was at war. It never came to fruition following the Sykes–Picot Agreement. Despite this, many in the Arab world ...

  3. Kalmar Union - Wikipedia

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    Kalmar Union. • Denmark-Norway was established. The Kalmar Union ( Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish: Kalmarunionen; Finnish: Kalmarin unioni; Icelandic: Kalmarsambandið; Latin: Unio Calmariensis) was a personal union in Scandinavia, agreed at Kalmar in Sweden as designed by widowed Queen Margaret of Norway and Sweden.

  4. Labor unions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The US Bureau of Labor Statistics most recent survey indicates that union membership in the US has risen to 12.4% of all workers, from 12.1% in 2007. For a short period, private sector union membership rebounded, increasing from 7.5% in 2007 to 7.6% in 2008. [1] However, that trend has since reversed.

  5. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Egg – O (the letter O loosely resembles the shape of an egg) Elected – IN. Electricity – AC (alternating current), DC (direct current) Eleven – II (II looks similar to 11), or XI ( Roman numerals) End of war – VE ( Victory in Europe, the end of World War II) Energy – E, J (joule) Engagement - GIG.

  6. Union employees are about $100,000 richer than nonunion ... - AOL

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    The report’s authors wager that union members are making more due to their collective ability to negotiate wages en masse, ensure more stability, and eliminate the sunken cost of job searching ...

  7. Ernest Bevin - Wikipedia

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    Ernest Bevin (9 March 1881 – 14 April 1951) was a British statesman, trade union leader and Labour Party politician. He cofounded and served as General Secretary of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union from 1922 to 1940 and served as Minister of Labour and National Service in the wartime coalition government.

  8. United Auto Workers - Wikipedia

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    United Auto Workers. The United Auto Workers ( UAW ), fully named International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, is an American labor union that represents workers in the United States (including Puerto Rico) and southern Ontario, Canada. It was founded as part of the Congress of Industrial ...

  9. Political union - Wikipedia

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    Political union. A political union is a type of political entity which is composed of, or created from, smaller polities, or the process which achieves this. These smaller polities are usually called federated states and federal territories in a federal government; and prefectures, regions, or provinces in the case of a centralised government.