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Henri Berckmans
Henri Berckmans (died 1950) was a Belgian trade union leader. Berckmans became a wood engraver, and by the 1910s, he was the secretary of the Union of Wood Engravers of Brussels. In 1913, he merged the union into the new Central Union of Workers in Lithography and Kindred Trades. The union's leader, François Poels, was seconded to government work during World War I, so Berckmans became acting general secretary. He took the position permanently in 1919, also becoming editor of the union's journal, ''De Arbeider der Graphische Kunsten''. In 1924, Berckmans took the union into a merger which formed the Union of Bookworkers of Belgium, becoming its general secretary, and editing its journal, ''De Boekbewerker''. In 1926, Poels died, and Berckmans was soon elected to succeed him as secretary of the International Federation of Lithographers, Lithographic Printers and Kindred Trades The International Federation of Lithographers, Lithographic Printers and Kindred Trades (IFL) was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian People
Belgians ( nl, Belgen; french: Belges; german: Belgier) are people identified with the Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, a federation, federal state in Western Europe. As Belgium is a multinational state, this connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural rather than ethnic. The majority of Belgians, however, belong to two distinct ethnic groups or ''communities'' ( nl, gemeenschap, links=no; french: communauté, links=no) native to the country, i.e. its historical regions: Flemings in Flanders, who speak Dutch language, Dutch; and Walloons in Wallonia, who speak French language, French or Walloon language, Walloon. There is also a substantial Belgian diaspora, which has settled primarily in the Belgian Americans, United States, Belgian Canadians, Canada, France, and the Netherlands. Etymology The Belgian Revolution, 1830 revolution led to the establishment of an independent country under a Provisional Government of Belgium, provisional government and a national Congr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Poels
François Poels (12 April 1881 – 27 December 1926) was a Belgian trade union leader. Born in Elsene, Poels completed an apprenticeship as a lithographer. In 1906, he joined the Union of Lithographers in Brussels, becoming its deputy general secretary in 1911, and general secretary in 1912. He argued in favour of a single union covering the whole printing trade, and as a step towards this, in 1913, he merged his union into the new Union of Workers in Lithography and Kindred Trades, becoming its first general secretary. Poels served on the Committee d'Appel du Secours de Chomage during World War I then, after the war, left his trade union post to become secretary of the Brussels Labour Exchange. However, he remained involved with his old union, and in 1920, he was elected as general secretary of the International Federation of Lithographers, Lithographic Printers and Kindred Trades The International Federation of Lithographers, Lithographic Printers and Kindred Trades (IFL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Of Bookworkers Of Belgium
The Union of Bookworkers of Belgium (french: Centrale des travailleurs du livre de Belgique; nl, Centrale der Boekbewerkers van België, CBB) was a trade union representing printers and bookbinders in Belgium. After World War I, the unions affiliated to the Trade Union Commission (SK) were increasingly able to achieve agreements which covered the entire printing industry. The SK persuaded the Central Union of Bookbinders and the Union of Lithographers to merge in 1924, although the Belgian Typographical Federation (FTB) refused to join. The new union affiliated to the SK, with 4,421 members. This increased to 5,186 by the end of 1925, and then gradually declined. In 1937, it transferred from the SK to its successor, the General Labour Confederation of Belgium. During the Nazi occupation, it affiliated to the collaborationist Union of Manual and Spiritual Workers, but suffered the loss of most of its members. At the start of 1945, the union joined with former members of the FTB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Federation Of Lithographers, Lithographic Printers And Kindred Trades
The International Federation of Lithographers, Lithographic Printers and Kindred Trades (IFL) was a global union federation bringing together unions representing print workers. The federation was established in 1896 at a conference in London, as the International Federation of Lithographers and Kindred Trades. It was based in London until 1907, when its headquarters moved to Berlin, then in 1920 they moved to Brussels, and by the mid-1930s, they were in Amstelveen in the Netherlands. By 1925, the federation had 22 affiliates with a total of 45,562 members, and by 1935, its affiliates were from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and Yugoslavia. In 1939, the federation agreed to merge with the International Typographers' Secretariat and the International Federation of Bookbinders and Kindred Trades. However, due to World War II, no progress was made until 1946, when the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Birth Missing
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year (the mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 Deaths
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
