Further, they opposed the creation of an electoral college to elect the leader of the Party, who had previously been elected by members of the Parliamentary Labour Party – in particular, the arrangement of block voting by constituency parties and trade unions, with the total votes of a constituency party or trade union being given to a candidate based on a first-past-the-post within that CLP or union, or changed at the discretion of delegates ( similar to primary elections in the United States ).

In 1950 Eric Gairy founded the Grenada United Labour Party, initially as a trades union, which led the 1951 general strike for better working conditions, this sparked great unrest-so many buildings were set ablaze that the disturbances became known as the ' red sky ' days-and the British authorities had to call in military reinforcements to help regain control of the situation.

# The trade union association ADGB ( Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund ) was shattered on May 2, 1933 ( the day after Labour Day ), when SA and NSBO units occupied union facilities and ADGB leaders were imprisoned.

On 1 May, Goebbels organised demonstrations and parades to mark the " Day of National Labour ," which preceded the Nazi takeover and destruction of the German trade union movement.

* 1952 – The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewise labour parties.

This stood in contrast to the British experience, where moderate New Model Unions dominated the union movement from the mid-19th century and where trade unionism was stronger than the political labour movement until the formation and growth of the Labour Party in the early years of the 20th century.

By the time Labour returned to government in 1997 after 18 years in opposition, Tony Blair ( leader since 1994 ) had abandoned the Labour policy of going back on Tory-led union reforms, as well as ending the commitment of nationalisation of industries and utilities.

In Britain the union movement's relationship with the Labour Party frayed as party leadership embarked on privatisation plans at odds with what unions see as the worker's interests.

Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest.

Labor Day ( Labour Day ) is a public holiday in Pakistan that is marked by rallies, marches, processions, labor / worker union sessions and organized street demonstrations.

* Labour union, an association of wage-earners meant to maintain or improve conditions of employment

Labour law arose due to the demand for workers to have better conditions, the right to organize, or, alternatively, the right to work without joining a labour union, and the simultaneous demands of employers to restrict the powers of workers ' many organizations and to keep labour costs low.

Labour Union in China is controlled by the government through the All China Federation of Trade Unions, which is also the sole legal labour union in Mainland China.

Cambridge, UK: CUP Archive, 1973, pp 10 </ ref > Discussions on the current state of communism and abstract ideas such as freedom and identity were also becoming more common ; soon, non-party publications began appearing, such as the trade union daily < i > Prace </ i > ( Labour ).

The son of a Welsh coal miner who later became a union official and Labour MP, Roy Jenkins served with distinction in World War II.

In the following May 2010 UK general election, the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, launched in January 2010 and backed by Bob Crow, the leader of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers union ( RMT ), other union leaders and the Socialist Party among other socialist groups, stood against Labour in 40 constituencies.

Rechristened the St. Kitts and Nevis Trades and Labour Union in 1940 and under the new leadership of Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, the union established a political arm, the St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party, which put Bradshaw in the Legislative Council in 1946.

The Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1927 made general strikes illegal and ended the automatic payment of union members to the Labour Party.

Volkswagen was originally founded in 1937 by the Nazi trade union, the German Labour Front ( Deutsche Arbeitsfront ).

" In the events known as the Taksim Square massacre, thirty-six left-wing demonstrators were killed by unidentified and allegedly right-wing gunmen on the square during the Labour Day demonstrations of May 1, 1977.

In the Leyton byelection of 1965, Jordan led a group of about 100 fascist demonstrators at a Labour Party public meeting, and after taking to the stage to berate the audience, was punched by Denis Healey, then Secretary of State for Defence.

With the exception of the first term, it has been held by the Labour Party, and for seven years was held by Ramsay MacDonald, the Prime Minister in 1924 and from 1929 to 1935.

* Harold Wilson's Prime Minister's Resignation Honours ( known satirically as the " Lavender List ") gives honours to a number of wealthy businessmen whose principles were considered antipathetic to those held by the Labour party ( May 1976 )

In the 2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, held in Brussels and London during August 1903, Lenin and Julius Martov disagreed over the membership rules.

After the downfall of the second Labour government, the 1931 General Election was held.

With a general election looming, the Parliamentary Labour Party then appointed Attlee as interim leader, on the understanding that a leadership election would be held after the general election.

When elections were held to the newly created Scottish Parliament in 1999, as leader of the Scottish Labour Party and through a coalition with the Liberal Democrats, Dewar became the inaugural holder of the First Minister of Scotland post.

The first elections to the Scottish Parliament were held on 6 May 1999, with Dewar leading the Scottish Labour Party against their main opponents, the SNP under Alex Salmond.

Unity within the Albanian Party of Labour began to decline as well, with a special delegate meeting held in Tirana in April, 1956, composed of 450 delegates and having unexpected results.

On 10 October 1951 Grenada held its first general elections on the basis of universal adult suffrage-United Labour won 6 of the 8 elected seats on the Legislative Council in both the 1951 and 1954 elections.

On 11 September 1997, the 700th anniversary of Battle of Stirling Bridge, the Blair led Labour government again held a referendum on the issue of devolution.

Labour Party and opposition leader Neil Kinnock made endless calls for a general election throughout 1991, but Major held out and decided not to call the election until he finally set an election date of 9 April 1992.

In the new parliament, Labour held 418 seats, the Conservatives 165, and the Liberal Democrats 46, giving Labour a majority of 179.

The Toronto Trades and Labour Council ( successor to the TTA ) held similar celebrations every spring.

On July 23, 1894, Canadian Prime Minister John Thompson and his government made Labour Day, to be held in September, an official holiday.

In New Zealand, Labour Day is a public holiday held on the fourth Monday in October.

As a result, Labour had moved ahead of the Tories in the opinion polls, and in the aftermath of Foot's election as leader opinion polls showed a double-digit lead for Labour, boosting his hopes of becoming prime minister by the time of the next general election, which had to be held by May 1984.

Critically, Labour held on in a subsequent by-election in Darlington and Foot remained leader for the 1983 general election.

One year later, however, Labour approached her about the Irish presidency, for which an election was to be held.

In the run-up to the election, held on 9 April 1992, most opinion polls had suggested that the election would end in a hung parliament or a narrow Labour majority.

However, in the Knesset election held at the same time, Labour won more votes than any other party ( 27 %).

In elections held May 23, 1997, the St. Lucia Labour Party won all but one of the 17 seats in Parliament, and Dr. Kenny Anthony became Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Planning and Development on 24 May 1997.