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Teachers Union
The New York City Teachers Union or "TU" (1916–1964) was the first New York labor union for teachers, formed as "AFT Local 5" of the American Federation of Teachers, which found itself hounded throughout its history due largely to co-membership of many of its members in the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). History 1910s In 1916, the New York City Teachers Union formed. That same year, it received a charter to join the American Federation of Teachers as "AFT Local 5" (often cited simply as "Local 5"). Its principal co-founders were Henry Linville (a Harvard-educated, Socialist, pacifist biology teacher) and Abraham Lefkowitz (a New York University-educated academic). From 1916 to 1935, Linville served as president and Lefkowitz as vice president and legislative expert. Their top agenda for the TU were: 1) recognition for teachers as professionals, 2) better salaries for teachers, 3) respect for teachers by administrators, and 4) academic freedom (including protection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TU (union)
T-Mobile Workers United (TU) is an organization of T-Mobile USA and Metro by T-Mobile employees joining together for a voice and fair treatment at work. It represents currently 500 members and is affiliated with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft (ver.di), a large German service-sector union. TU is also supported by a coalition of community and labor groups around the world. In July, 2011, technicians in Connecticut, voted for representation by the Communications Workers of America-TU (CWA-TU). On September 25, 2013, MetroPCS workers in Harlem, NY, voted for a union voice and representation by CWA-TU. History T-Mobile US is a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, the largest telecommunications company in Europe. Through its subsidiary companies, Deutsche Telekom has operations in around 50 countries worldwide. In Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands, employees are represented by trade unions. When Deutsche Telekom purchased Voic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TU Media
TU Media Corp. was South Korea's first mobile broadcast service company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Its name stood for "TV for you." It was established in 2003 as a subsidiary of SK Telecom. SK Telecom owned 44% of the company's shares. Currently about 1.3 million people were subscribers to the service before its shutdown. Service TU Media Corp. provides services on the Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting ( S-DMB) network with full coverage for the Korean peninsula. In April 2006, in preparation for the 2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to FIFA World Cup hosts ... service was made available along the entire KTX rail system; providing a high quality reception at a travelling speed of 300 km/h. On May 25, 2006, TU Media opened its service in the Busa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tu (cuneiform)
The cuneiform sign tu, and for TU-(the Sumerogram, capital letter (majuscule), in the Hittite language and other cuneiform texts, is a common-use syllabic sign for ''tu'', and also with a syllabic use for ''"t"'', or ''"u"''. It is not a multi-use sign, with other alphabetic sub-varieties. The Sumerian-language version is similar to the usage in the Amarna letters, with the three horizontal strokes connecting the four angled wedges on the left, and connected to the vertical horizontal single stroke, at right. Varieties exist: for example, Amarna letter EA 271 shows four horizontal long strokes, with two short strokes, between the two long ones, (see here, 2nd line from bottom (tablet Obverse) The Hittite language version of ''tu'', (and ideogram ''TU'') is identical in common form to the Sumerian. The composition of the sign is effectively the four-wedge strokes at left, (being še (cuneiform)) connected to the rest of the cuneiform sign. Cuneiform še (cuneiform), še is als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunisair
Tunisair () is the national airline of Tunisia. Formed in 1948, it operates scheduled international services to four continents. Its main base is Tunis–Carthage International Airport. The airline's head office is in Tunis, near Tunis Airport. History The carrier was formed by the government of Tunisia as ''Société Tunisienne de l'Air'' in late 1948. The initial investment was French franc, FRF 60 million, with shareholding split between the government (35%), Air France (35%) and another interests (30%). Air France transferred some of its DC-3s and routes (which included Tunis–Annaba, Bone–Algiers, Tunis–Ajaccio–Nice, Tunis–Bastia–Nice, Tunis–Rome and a cargo flight between Tunis and Marseille) to the new airline for it to start operations; these commenced on 1 April 1949. The first managing director of the company was René Lefèvre (aviator), Rene Lefevre. The route network was expanded along the coast during the early 1950s. In 1951, Casablanca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trout Unlimited
Trout Unlimited (TU) is a US non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of freshwater streams, rivers, and associated upland habitats for trout, salmon, other aquatic species, and people. It is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. The organization began in 1959 in Michigan. It has since spread throughout the United States and has local chapters in nearly every state. History and profile Trout Unlimited was established in 1959 along the banks of Michigan's Au Sable River by a group of 16 anglers who were interested in protecting trout in that and other popular fishing rivers. Founders included Art Neumann and George Griffith, the creator of the popular fly pattern Griffith's Gnat. The first president was Dr. Casey E. Westell Jr, and Art Neumann was the first vice president. TU is a national organization with more than 150,000 formal members organized into about 400 chapters in nearly every state. The organization's annual budget is approximately $50 million. Tro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tu (American Band)
TU is an American duo made up of King Crimson members Trey Gunn and Pat Mastelotto in 2002. They have released an official bootleg album, one studio album, one EP, and one live album. The duo's music is largely based on improvisation, sampling, and jazz elements. Gunn and Mastelotto are also members of the supergroup KTU. TU opened for Tool A tool is an Physical object, object that can extend an individual's ability to modify features of the surrounding environment or help them accomplish a particular task. Although many Tool use by animals, animals use simple tools, only human bei ... on the band's '' 10,000 Days'' tour on a few dates. Discography * ''Thunderbird Suite'' Under the name Rhythm Buddies (EP, 2002) * ''Tu'' (2003) * ''Official Bootleg'' (2004) * ''Tu (Live in Russia)'' (2011) References External links Trey Gunn official websitePat Mastelotto official website American musical duos {{US-rock-band-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Of Salaried Employees
The Union of Salaried Employees (TU, , ) was a trade union in Finland. With 125,000 members, TU was a major trade union for workers in industry and industrial services, technics, economy and information. The union was established in 2001, when the Union of Technical Employees merged with the Finnish Industrial and Clerical Employees' Union, the Construction and Engineering Union, and the Swedish Union of Technicians and Foremen. Like all its predecessors, it affiliated to the Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees (STTK). On formation, the union had 130,000 members, making it STTK's largest affiliate, and the fourth-largest union in Finland. In 2011, the union merged with the Trade Union Direct, to form Trade Union Pro. Presidents :2001: Ilkka Joenpalo :2005: Antti Rinne Antti Juhani Rinne (; born 3 November 1962) is a Finnish politician who served as speaker of the Parliament of Finland from April to June 2019 and Prime Minister of Finland from June to December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainsbury's
J Sainsbury plc, trading as Sainsbury's, is a British supermarket and the second-largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company was the largest UK retailer of groceries for most of the 20th century. In 1995, Tesco became the market leader when it overtook Sainsbury's, which has since been ranked second or third: it was overtaken by Asda from 2003 to 2014, and again for one month in 2019. In 2018, a planned merger with Asda was blocked by the Competition and Markets Authority over concerns of increased prices for consumers. The holding company, J Sainsbury plc, is split into three divisions: Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd (Sainsbury's Local, including convenience shops), Sainsbury's Bank, and Argos (retailer), Argos. The group also owns and operates the Habitat (retailer), Habitat furniture retailer, Nectar (loyalty card), Nectar card, Tu (clothing), Tu clothing brand and Bush (brand), B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TU (time Unit)
In some data communication standards, a time unit (TU) is equal to 1024 microseconds. This unit of time was originally introduced in IEEE 802.11-1999 standard{{cite book , title=A Field Guide to Wireless LANs: For Administrators and Power Users , first=Thomas , last=Maufer , date=2004 , publisher= Prentice Hall Professional , work=The Radia Perlman Series in Computer Networking and Security Series , isbn=9780131014060 , id=0131014064 , page=144 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GB-87qyhc8sC&pg=PA142 , access-date=2015-10-27 and continues to be used in newer issues of the IEEE 802.11 standard. In the 802.11 standards, periods of time are generally described as integral numbers of time units. The unit allows for maintaining intervals that are easy to implement in hardware that has a 1 MHz clock (by dividing the clock signal in half ten times, rather than operating a phase-locked loop or digital divider to divide such a clock signal by 1000). One time unit is eq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teknisk Ukeblad
''Teknisk Ukeblad'' (''TU'', ) is a Norwegian engineering magazine. The magazine has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway. History and profile ''TU'' has appeared weekly since 13 April 1883 and was published by Ingeniørforlaget, now Teknisk Ukeblad Media jointly owned by three national professional associations of engineers and architects: the Norwegian Society of Engineers and Technologists (NITO, founded 1936), Tekna (founded in 1874), and the Norwegian Polytechnic Society (PF, founded 1852). On 24 June 2010 ''TU'' had a total circulation of 302,000 weekly copies. Corresponding publications are '' Ny Teknik'' in Sweden, '' Ingeniøren'' in Denmark and '' Technisch Weekblad'' in the Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether .... References External links Tek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tu (clothing)
Tu is a British home brand fashion label from the supermarket Sainsbury's. It is the United Kingdom's third largest online clothing retailer and the United Kingdom's sixth largest clothing retailer by volume. Tu sells a wide range of clothing for men, women and children, with 3,000 lines sold through 400 Sainsbury's supermarkets. Timeline The Tu brand was founded in 2004 by Sainsbury's as a replacement for the Jeff & Co range designed by Jeff Banks. The new brand included a line of childrenswear created by Adams. It was initially launched in 160 stores. The original range included both clothing under the "TU" brand and homewares under the brand "TU Home". In 2011, Sainsbury's entered into a partnership with the television clothing guru Gok Wan to design a new clothing range. In 2013, Sainsbury's relaunched the Tu brand, concentrating it entirely on clothing, with the homewares re-branded under the core "by Sainsbury's" brand (the Sainsbury's homewares range is now branded a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
