Working Rights History...
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How The Workers' Rights Movements Began
By the time of the Industrial Revolution, the beginnings of which were seen in the late Eighteenth Century, the feudal system had long gone and...
Protecting Workers' Rights in Developing Countries
Should people in the UK be concerned about the rights of workers abroad? Many consider that it's the exploitation of workers in other countries...
Reigning in the Unions
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s power in the United Kingdom rebounded between Labour and the Conservatives, and the unions got stronger and stronger. Successive...
Teleworking and Your Rights
There's a lot to recommend teleworking, by which we mean working remotely from an office, usually at home, using telephone, email and the internet. There's the...
The Emergence of Socialism
As the Industrial Revolution was getting under way in Great Britain some enlightened factory owners and politicians were seeking to reform conditions for the working...
The European Union
When the European Economic Community began in 1957, the aim was to create a single market and guarantee four freedoms: the free movement of capital, goods, services...
The History of Workers' Rights
The history of workers' attempts to establish their rights in the United Kingdom goes back to the Middle Ages as far as we can tell. There were almost certainly...
The Impact of the Recession on Workers
The recession has certainly taken its toll on employees. Even if you have not been made redundant, the impact of the recession has been...
Trade Union Power
The shift in demographics commerce and economics that resulted from the Industrial Revolution sowed the seeds of discontent among the working classes that led to the...
What is a Workers' Rights Bill?
A workers' rights bill doesn’t refer to any specific Act of Parliament but more to any Act which comes through government that has a beneficial impact on the rights...
Your Rights to Maternity Leave
There are a great deal of rights, rules and regulations surrounding maternity leave to ensure that pregnant women are treated fairly in the workplace. Employers are...
