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2019 ITUC GLOBAL RIGHTS INDEXThe World146s Worst Countries for WorkersDemonstrators show their support for exPresident of Brazil Lula da Silva during a protest in Rio de Janeiro in April 2018 LulaLib. Task Force on . Transaction Cost. Airports: Mumbai, Delhi & Chennai Seaport: Chennai. © Confederation of Indian Industry . Some observations . Better management . of loading and unloading at the . Janet Williamson. TUC Senior Policy Officer and . T. rustee of the TUC Pension Fund. Context - increased union interest in shareholder activity. Financial . crisis . - highlighted importance . of . shareholders’ engagement . What would you do in your new constitution?. British Government . Taxed citizens unfairly.. What did we do? Articles of Confederation. Gave congress no power to collect taxes.. British Government . Controlled the colonists in every way.. Chapter 5 Section 1. The Achievements of the Confederation Congress. In Nov. 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the . Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union. a plan for a loose union of states under the authority of . &. The Constitution. The central fact of the Articles was that they "established a form of government in which Americans were citizens of their own states first and the United States second.". . Strengths . Weaknesses. America’s 1. st. Constitution 1781-1789. The first system of government designed by the Founding Fathers was a Confederation. Under a Confederate system, the National or Central Government is given only a few powers, while most of the power is reserved for the States. . CONFEDERATION & the ETUI. the ETUC. mission statement. to speak with a single . voice. on . behalf of European . workers. united action . for . social . Europe. quality . jobs, workers’ rights and a fair society. The Gold Rush Fades. By the mid-1860s, the . gold rush . that had brought tens of thousands of . fortune. seekers to BC was beginning to . fade. This meant that the . colonies of. BC and Vancouver Island were quickly losing their main source of . What is Confederation?. The joining of colonies together to form a new and larger self governing country.. Think of your favorite band. Each part sounds good by itself but put all the instruments together and you get better music. . Fix-a-Failure. Articles of Confederation. After winning our independence from Great Britain in the Revolutionary War, the new country . needed to develop some form of governmental system. . . Many wanted to be . 1869 - 1885. To Join or Not to Join. After the initial push for confederation many members of the newly formed nation realized that they had far to go to convince the remaining territories to join but also they had to convince the newly joined to stay and not repeal its decision.. Government:. 1781-1789. State Constitutions. Republicanism.. Most had strong governors with veto power.. Most had bicameral legislatures.. Property required for voting.. Some had universal white male suffrage.. What is a constitution?. Why were the Articles of confederation written?. When were the Articles of Confederation written?. Do we still follow the Articles of Confederation today?. Name the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.. Conf