...essentially every union is the same ; in the words of the Webbs, "a continuous association of wage-earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their working lives." This definition, as the Webbs themselves point out, does not imply the permanent continuance of the...

...definition of this term is that by Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Webb: "A continuous association of wage-earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their working lives." Associations of this sort have existed in England for more than two centuries, and in the United States...

...1919, it was 8,Q23,7Q1.1 A trade union had been defined as "a continuous association of wage earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their working lives." As the name implies, they were first organized for a simple trade, or "craft," often uniting only workers...

...every trade union, to quote Unionism. Mr. and Mrs. Webb, is " a continuous asssociaof wage-earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their working lives." " Wage-earners " must of course be interpreted broadly so as to include professional and salaried workers....

...believes that the definition of the Webbs of a Trade Union,112 a continuous association of wage-earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their working lives, would apply to the early professional societies of France, but at the beginning of this century would...

...of its members. The trade union, traditionally defined as a continuing association of wage earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their working lives, is the predominant type of labor organization. The company union, together with its successor, the...

...BEATRICE WEBB 1894 A Trade Union, as we understand the term, is a continuous association of wageearners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their working lives. This form of association has, as we shall see, existed in England for over two centuries, and cannot...

...acceptance by the community. 'A trade union,' they said, 'is a continuous association of wage earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their working lives' (1894, p. 1). An economist starting from the assumption of the ultimate rationality of decisions is...

...trade unions Trade (or trades) unions have been defined as 'a continuous association of wage earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their working lives' (Webb and Webb, l894: l). Trade unions first emerged in Victorian Britain, during the latter half of...

...UNIONS TODAY Beatrice and Sidney Webb defined a trade union as 'a continuous association of wage earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their working lives'.2" According to the TUC, 'trade unions developed because working people could not rely on employers...