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Union Jack and the Megatones Union Jack and the Megatones were an US band which gained popularity during the third wave of ska in the late 1990s in the Austin, Texas area. They hailed from Cedar Park and Leander, Texas and were known regionally as the "first ska band from Cedar Park".
Union Jack Club The Union Jack Club is a residential London club for members (and families) of the British Armed Services, including serving members of the Volunteer Reserve Forces, below commissioned rank. Located near Waterloo Station, the club has over 300 rooms for accommodation (single, twin, double and small flats), a restaurant, bar, small library and function rooms.
Union Jack Jackson Union Jack Jackson was a character in a comic called Warlord which ran in the 1970s through until the 1980s. He was a British Royal Marine serving with the US Marine Corps in the Pacific campaign during World War II.
Union Label Department, AFL-CIO The Union Label and Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO was founded in 1909 to promote the products and services produced in America by trade union members—especially those products and services identified by a union label, shop card, store card and/or service button. The department is a constitutionally mandated department of the AFL-CIO.
Union Label Group The Union Label Group is a record label based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was formed through the merger of a number of smaller labels joining together in order to share resources; Stomp Records, 2112 Records, and Tyrant Records.
Union Labor Life Insurance Company The Union Labor Life Insurance Company (ULLICO) is a privately held life and health insurance company in the United States. ULLICO was founded in 1925 by the American Federation of Labor (AFL), which wanted to offer working people affordable health and life insurance.
Union Labour (candidates in Manitoba) In 1922, the largest labour-oriented party in Manitoba, Canada, was the Independent Labour Party. In the provincial election of 1922, the ILP had to compete with other labour candidates from both the left and the right.
Union League A Union League is one of a number of organizations established 1863-64 during the American Civil War to promote loyalty to the Union side and the policies of Abraham Lincoln. They were also known as Loyal Leagues.
Union Minière du Haut Katanga The Union Minière du Haut Katanga (UMHK) is a Belgian mining company, once operating in Katanga, in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly, Congo Free State, from 1908, Belgian Congo, from 1972, Zaire). It was created on October 28, 1906, as a result of a merger of a company created by Léopold II and Tanganyika Concessions Ltd (a British company created by Robert Williams, which started prospecting for minerals in 1899, and was granted mining concessions in 1900), in order to exploit the mineral wealth of Katanga.
Union Movement The Union Movement was a political party founded in Britain by Oswald Mosley. Where Mosely had previously been associated with a peculiarly British form of fascism, the Union Movement attempted to redefine the concept by stressing the importance of European unity rather than narrower country-based nationalisms.
Union Mundial pro Interlingua The Union Mundial Pro Interlingua (World Interlingua Union), or UMI, is a global organization that promotes Interlingua. It was founded on July 28, 1955, when the first International Interlingua Congress took place in Tours, France.
Union Nationale (Quebec) The Union Nationale was a political party in Quebec, Canada, that identified with conservative French-Canadian nationalism. It held power in Quebec from 1936 to 1939, uninterrupted from 1944 to 1960 under the leadership of Premier Maurice Duplessis, and from 1966 to 1970.
Union Nationale Inter-universitaire Union Nationale Interuniversitaire (UNI) or "Inter-University Union" is a French right-wing union of university students, created in 1969 under the initiative of the Service d'Action Civique, a secret service used by the gaullist movement, in particular by Robert Pandraud, Charles Pasqua and Jacques Foccart, which was dissolved in 1982.
Union Network International Union Network International (UNI), calling itself a "global union", is a global union federation for skills and services, gathering national and regional trade unions. It was launched on January 1, 2000.
Union of Albanian Working Youth Described officially as the "greatest revolutionary force of inexhaustible strength" and a "strong fighting reserve of the party," the Union of Albanian Working Youth was a key organization for political socialization in socialist Albania.
Union of Arras The Union of Arras (Dutch: Atrecht) was an accord signed on January 6, 1579 in Arras (Atrecht), under which the southern states of the Spanish Netherlands, today in Wallonia and the Nord-Pas-de-Calais (and Picardy) régions in France, expressed their loyalty to the Spanish king Philip II and recognized the landlord, Don Juan de Austria. It is to be distinguished from the Union of Utrecht, signed later in the same month.
Union of Associations of Russian Compatriots in Estonia The Union of Associations of Russian Compatriots in Estonia (SARSE) is a Russian nationalist movement in Estonia. SARSE was formed in East-Tallinn in 2001, in order to fill the place of the Russian Movement of Estonia (RDE).
Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia The Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia (SSSH) is recognized as the principal voice of Croatian trade unionism. It was founded in May of 1990, and represents 2/3rds of organized workers in the country.
Union of Banana Exporting Countries The Union of Banana Exporting Countries ( or UPEB) was a Central/South American cartel inspired by OPEC. In 1974 Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama joined together in an attempt to form a banana grower's cartel.
Union of Battle for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia The Union of Battle for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia (In Russian: Soyuz' Bor'bi za Osvobozhdeniye Narodov Rossii, Союз Борьбы Đ·Đ° ĐžŃвобождение Народов Đ ĐľŃŃии, abbreviated as SBONR, СБОНР) was an organization of anti-communist Russians and Rossiyans which emerged from the youth organization of the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia. It mostly contained participants of the Russian Liberation Movement (the so called "second wave" of Russian emigres) and its sympathisers, but also included several White emigres.
Union of Brest Union of Brest (Belarusian: БераŃьцеĚĐąŃкая вŃĚнія, ) refers to the 1595-1596 decision of the (Ruthenian) Church of Rus', the "Metropolia of Kiev-Halych and all Rus'", to break relations with the Patriarch of Constantinople and place themselves under the (patriarch) Pope of Rome, in order to avoid the domination of the newly established Patriarch of Moscow. At the time, this church included most Ukrainians and Belarusians, under the rule of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Union of Brussels There were two Unions of Brussels, both formed in the end of the 1570s, in the opening stages of the Eighty Years' War, the war of secession from Spanish control, which lasted from 1568 to 1648. Brussels was at that time the capital of the Spanish Netherlands.
Union of Bulgarian Artists Union of Bulgarian Artists (UBA) is a non-profit association for Bulgarian artists which can trace its routes back to 1893. It currently has about 2700 members - artists and critics from all generations - drawn from the many fields of the representational arts.
Union of Bulgarians in Pridnestrovie The Union of Bulgarians in Pridnestrovie, also calling itself the Historical and Human Rights Center of Bulgaria, is a non-governmental organization based in Transnistria (official shortform name: Pridnestrovie) whose leader is Alene Nikolayev, an ethnic Bulgarian born in Transnistria. The union is composed of ethnic Bulgarians.
Union of Burkinabè Communists Union of Burkinabè Communists (in French: Union des Communistes Burkinabè) was a communist party in Burkina Faso. UCB was founded in August 1984 by the Group for the Unity of Marxists-Leninists (Groupe pour l'Unité des Marxistes-Léninistes, GUML, founded in 1983), the Marxist-Leninist Group (Groupe Marxiste-Léniniste, founded 1979 as split from PCRV) and one other group.
Union of Centre The Union of Centre (Unione di Centro) was a small Italian political party, founded in 1994 after the disbanding of the Italian Liberal Party by some important Liberal figures, as Alfredo Biondi and Raffaele Costa.
Union of Cinema Production Workers Union of Cinema Production Workers (Spanish: Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica) was an autonomous (non-"charro"-led) Mexican trade union. It was formed in 1944 after splitting off from the CTM-affiliated Union of Cinema Industry Workers (Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria Cinematográfica, (STIC)).
Union of Citizens of Georgia The Union of Citizens of Georgia (also known as the Citizens' Union of Georgia or Georgian Citizens' Union) is a political party established by Eduard Shevardnadze, President of Georgia between 1992-2003. It was established in the mid-1990s as a centre-right vehicle for modernising politicians.
Union of Clare Students The Union of Clare Students is the name of the JCR (Junior Combination Room) of Clare College, Cambridge. The Union (usually abbreviated to UCS) represents the students of the college and provides its members with a range of services and support.
Union of Communication Workers The Union of Communication Workers was a trade union in the United Kingdom for workers in the post office and telecommunications industries. It was founded in 1919 as the Union of Post Office Workers by the merger of the Postmen's Federation, Postal and Telegraph Clerks' Association and the Fawcett Association.
Union of Communist Struggles Union of Communist Struggles (French: Union de Luttes Communistes, ULC) was a Communist party in the country now known as Burkina Faso. ULC was formed out of a split of the Voltaic Communist Organization (OCV).
Union of Communist Struggles - Reconstructed Union of Communist Struggles - Reconstructed (in French: Union des Luttes Communistes - Reconstruite, ULC-R) was a communist party in Burkina Faso. ULC-R was formed in 1983 as a continuation of the Union of Communist Struggles (ULC).
Union of Communist Struggles - The Flame Union of Communist Struggles - The Flame (in French: Union des Luttes Communistes - La Flamme) was a communist party in Burkina Faso. ULC-La Flamme was founded in February 1987 by split from the majority of the Union of Communist Struggles - Reconstructed.
Union of Communist Youth in Service of the People Union of Communist Youth in Service of the People (Italian: Lega della gioventĂą comunista servire il popolo) was the youth wing of the Union of Italian Communists (Marxist-Leninist). The foundation of the organization was announced in a press statement in their organ, Servire il popolo (Serve the people).
Union of Communists of Armenia Union of Communists of Armenia was a political party in Armenia. At the last elections, 25 may 2003, the party formed part of the Free and Fair Armenia electoral bloc together with the Marxist Party of Armenia.
Union of Communists of Kurdistan Union of Communists of Kurdistan (in Kurdish: Yekîtîya Komunîstên Kurdistan) was an illegal Kurdish communist organization in Turkey. YKK was formed in 1986 through a split from the Communist Party of Turkey/Unity (TKP/B).
Union of Concerned Scientists The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is a nonprofit advocacy organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The UCS membership includes many private citizens in addition to professional scientists.
Union of Congolese Patriots The Union of Congolese Patriots (French: Union des Patriotes Congolais, UPC) is an armed group in Ituri, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has carried out numerous attacks upon civilians and other serious human rights abuses in pursuit of its policies.
Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements The Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements ("Sammenslutning af Bevidst Arbejdssky Elementer", now defunct) was an unusually successful frivolous political party in Denmark. It was founded in Aarhus in 1979 by a comedian, Jacob Haugaard (born 1952), and a few friends.
Union of Councils for Soviet Jews Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union (abbreviated UCSJ) is a collection of Jewish human rights organizations working in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. They are based in Washington DC, but are linked to other organizations such as the Moscow Helsinki Group and have offices in the countries in where they operate.
Union of Croats of Macedonia The Union of Croats in Macedonia (Croatian: Savez Hrvata u Makedoniji; Macedonian: СоŃŃĐ· на Хрватите во МакедониŃĐ°, Sojuz na Hrvatite vo Makedonija) is the name of an umbrella group which represents the ethnic Croats who live in the Republic of Macedonia. In 2005, along with the Croatian Heritage Foundation, the union organised the Week of Croats in Macedonia in Zagreb as part of its annual minority week.
Union of Czech and Slovak Zoological Gardens The Union of Czech and Slovak Zoological Gardens (Unie českých a slovenských zoologických zahrad) is a association of zoos in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It was founded in 1990 and has 15 Czech and 4 Slovak member Zoos.
Union of Democracies In the 1930s the New York Times’ correspondent at the League of Nations, Clarence K. Streit, observed the rise of the Hitler-Mussolini-Hirihito totalitarian forces, and the failure of Western democracies to agree on measures to halt their aggression and enable the League to work.
Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria) The Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgarian: Съюз на демократичните Ńили or Saiuz na demokratichnite sili) is a political party in Bulgaria, founded in December 1989, as a union of eleven political organizations in opposition to the Communist government. The following year, six more parties were incorporated, and in February 1997, the Union was transformed into a single unified party, the United Democratic Forces, by then-chairman and Prime Minister-to-be Ivan Kostov.
Union of Democratic Forces for Unity Union of Democratic Forces for Unity (French: UFDR) is the rebel group fighting against the government in the Central African Republic Civil War. The CAR has accused UFDR of being backed by the government of Sudan.
Union of Democratic Mineworkers The Union of Democratic Mineworkers is a British trade union for coal miners, which is based in Nottinghamshire, England. It was provisionally established on the 11 December 1984 during the UK miners' strike (1984-1985) by miners who wished to defy the strike call without a national ballot of the National Union of Mineworkers, and its leader, Arthur Scargill.
Union of Democrats for Citizenship and Development Union of Democrats for Citizenship and Development (Portuguese: UniĂŁo dos Democratas para Cidadania e Desenvolvimento) is a political party in SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe, formed in January 2005. The party was formed amongst dissidents from the Independent Democratic Action (ADI).
Union of Eclipses The Union of Eclipses is a shadowy cabal of vampires in the fictional Dungeons and Dragons universe. They are headed by the Vampire god Kanchelsis, and meet in his home, the Lair of the Beast & Mansion of the Rake on the 487th layer of the Abyss.
Union of Employees in Commerce and Offices The Union of Employees in Commerce and Offices (HK) is a trade union in Norway. It has a membership of 60,000 and is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), and the Union Network International.
Union of European Federalists The Union of European Federalists (UEF) is a nongovernmental and supranational organisation dedicated to the promotion of a democratic and federal Europe. It unites constituent organisations and federalists from 20 European countries.
Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists of Russia The Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists of Russia is part of the large family of Evangelical Christians-Baptists, a Protestant evengelical movement which began in the Russian Empire, in the midst of the Orthodoxy establishment. Originally attracting peasants, urban artisans, lower military, ethnic minorities.
Union of Federalists and Independent Republicans The Union of Federalists and Independent Republicans (French: Union des fédéralistes et des Républicains Indépendants) is a political party in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since the actual electoral strength of the political parties in Congo is not known, the size of the party cannot be determined.
Union of Forces for Change The Union of Forces for Change (French: Union des Forces du Changement) is a political party in Togo. It is an opposition party headed by Gilchrist Olympio, son of the first president of Togo, Sylvanus Olympio, who was assassinated in 1963.
Union of Free Democrats The Union of Free Democrats (Sajuz na svobodnite demokrati) is a conservative political party in Bulgaria, led by Stefan Sofiyanski. It contested the 2001 elections as part of the United Democratic Forces electoral alliance, which picked up 51 of 240 seats.
Union of Georgian Traditionalists Union of Georgian Traditionalists (áĄáá á—á•á”áš á˘á áá“ááŞááťáśáášááˇá˘á—á á™áá•á¨áá á in Georgian) was a national political organization of the Georgian Political Emigration in 1940s.
Union of Greens and Farmers ZaÄĽo un Zemnieku SavienÄ«ba (abbreviated ZZS, English: Union of Greens and Farmers or Union of Greens and Rustics) is a left of centre environmentalism political alliance in Latvia. It consists of two political parties: Latvijas Zemnieku SavienÄ«ba (the Latvian Farmers' Union) and the Latvijas ZaÄĽÄ Partija (Green Party of Latvia).
Union of Grodno The Pact of Grodno or Union of Grodno of 1432 was one of the acts of the Polish-Lithuanian Union. It was passed in Hrodna to reinforce the union between the two states that had gradually devolved into merely a personal union.
Union of Horodło The Pact of Horodlo or Union of Horodło was a set of acts introduced in the town of Horodło in 1413. It amended the earlier Polish-Lithuanian Unions of Krewo and Vilnius-Radom by further unification of the Polish-Lithuanian state.
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats The Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Italian: Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e dei Democratici di Centro, UDC) is christian-democratic political party in Italy. It is formally led by Lorenzo Cesa, although its most popular figure and practical leader is Pier Ferdinando Casini.
Union of Christmas Island Workers The Union of Christmas Island Workers (UCIW) is a trade union in Christmas Island, the self-governing territory of Australia. It represents most workers on the island, and is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions.
Union of Independent Nigeriens The Union of Independent Nigeriens (French: Union des Nigériens Indépendants) is a political party in Niger. It contested the legislative elections of 4 December 2004 in an alliance with the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism.
Union of Independent Trade Unions (Portugal) The Union of Independent Trade Unions (USI) is a national trade union center in Portugal. It was founded in December, 2000 and has a membership of nine unions from the communications, transport, energy and banking sectors.
Union of Independents of Côte d'Ivoire Union of Independents of Côte d'Ivoire (in French: Union des Indépendents de Côte d'Ivoire), a splinter group of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI). EDICI was founded in Bouaké in the end of 1949.
Union of Insurance Staffs The Union of Insurance Staffs was a trade union in the United Kingdom for workers in the insurance industry. It was founded in 1919 as the Guild of Insurance Officials, and merged with the Association of Scientific, Technical and Management Staff in 1970.
Union of International Associations The Union of International Associations is a non-profit non-governmental organization researching, under UN mandate, the global civil society and publishing information on international organizations, international meetings, world problems, etc. Headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium.
Union of Islamic Organisations of France The Union des organizations islamiques de France (UOIF, Union of Islamic Organisations of France) is a leading Muslim umbrella organization, and the French chapter of the Union of Islamic Organizations of Europe. Its integration by then Interior Ministry Nicolas Sarkozy in the Conseil Français du Culte Musulman has been criticized by left- and right-wing members.
Union of Jewish Students The Union of Jewish Students of the United Kingdom and Ireland (UJS) was founded in 1973 and represents a constituency of approximately 8,000 Jewish students, with somewhere between five and six thousand being members of its affiliated Jewish Societies (J-Socs) on individual campuses. It is the successor organization to the IUJF (Inter-University Jewish Federation), and is a member of the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) and the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS).
Union of Kėdainiai Union of Kėdainiai (or Agreement of Kėdainiai, Lithuanian Kėdainių unija or Kėdainių sutartis; Polish Umowa Kiejdańska) was a controversial agreement between several of the Commonwealth magnates and the king of Sweden, signed in 1655 during The Deluge. Its purpose was to end the Polish-Lithuanian Union and carve up two separate principalities of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to be ruled by the Radziwiłł (Radvila) family, while the rest of the Duchy was to become a Swedish protectorate.
Union of Krewo The Union of KrewoThe document was discovered in 1837 and since then the Polish historiographic tradition calls it "Union of Krewo". The castle where the original document was signed was on a territory of Jogaila's Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues The Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues was founded in 1902 as the Jewish Religious Union (JRU). Two of its founders were Claude Montefiore and Lily Montagu, and did not intend itself to be a separate denominations.
Union of Liberals and Leftists Union of Liberals and Leftists (Icelandic: Samtök frjálslyndra og vinstri manna) was a left political party in Iceland, founded by Hannibal Valdimarsson and his supporters in 1969. Joined Ólafur Jóhannesson's first government in 1971-1974, with two ministers.
Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines The Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines, was officially formed a few weeks after September 3, 1998. The group serves as an avenue for local government officials in the Philippines (governors, mayors, councilors, etc.
Union of Lublin The Union of Lublin (Lithuanian: Liublino unija; Polish: Unia lubelska) was a real union, signed July 1, 1569, in Lublin, Poland, which united the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania into a single state, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Commonwealth was ruled by a single elected monarch who carried on the duties of Polish King and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and governed with a common Senate and parliament (the Sejm).
Union of Mauritanian Workers The Union of Mauritanian Workers (UTM) is a national trade union center in Mauritania. It was formed in 1961, and was the sole trade union center until the 1990's when political reforms lead to the creation of two other centers, the CLTM, and the CGTM.
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations The Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations (UMJC) was formed in 1979 by nineteen independent Jewish congregations that shared a belief in Yeshua (the Hebrew name Messianic Jews claim was Jesus' given name) as the Messiah.
Union of Mielnik The Act of Mielnik or Union of Mielnik of 1501 was an attempt to reintroduce the broken Polish-Lithuanian Union. It was not ratified and after Alexander became the Polish king the two states were joined in a personal union that lasted until the Union of Lublin of 1569.
Union of National Unity Związek Jedności Narodowej (English: Union/Association of National Unity) was a secret organization formed by followers of Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski. A liberal-aristocratic fraction of the Polish Great Emigration, come into being on January 21, 1833.
Union of Nazarene Yisraelite Congregations The Union of Nazarene Yisraelite Congregations (UONYC) is a religious organization that was founded in 2,000 by RabbiS Moshe Koniukowski, Edward Nydle, and Thomas Mitchell. It is made up of more than 60 Congregations.
Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees The Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE) was a labor union in the United States, formed in 1995 as a merger between the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) and the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU). In 2004, UNITE announced that it would merge with the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE) to form UNITE HERE.
Union of Ontario Indians The Union of Ontario Indians is an Aboriginal political organization representing 42 Anishinabek First Nations in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was formed in 1919 and incorporated in 1949, to serve as a political advocate and secretariat for the Anishinabek Nation.
Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations was founded in 1926 to protect traditional JudaismUOHC Luach 5767. It acts as an umbrella organisation for the chareidi Jewish community in London and comprises over a hundred synagogues and and educational institutions.
Union of Orthodox Rabbis The Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada also known as the Agudas HaRabbanim (or Agudath Harabonim) ("union of rabbis"), and sometimes as the UOR, was established in 1901 in the United States and is among the oldest organizations of Orthodox rabbis which could be described as having a Haredi worldview. It was originally aligned with the Orthodox Union; in later years, the Orthodox Union drifted away from the Agudas HaRabbanim, and closer to the relatively Modern Orthodox Rabbinical Council of America (RCA).
Union of Patriotic Forces and Militaries of the Reserve Defense The Union of Patriotic Forces and Militaries of the Reserve Zashtita (Sajuz na Patrioticnite Sili i Voinite ot Zapaca Zacšita) is a nationalist political party in Bulgaria. It is part of the Union Attack, which won 9.
Union of Poles in Belarus The Union of Poles in Belarus (Polish: ZwiÄ…zek PolakĂłw na BiaĹ‚orusi, Belarusian: Саюз Палякаў БеларŃŃŃ–) is an organization located in the Eastern European country of Belarus. The group, which has a membership of 20,000 people, represents the Polish minority in Belarus, numbering about 400,000, as per official data.
Union of Polish Patriots Union of Polish Patriots (Society of Polish Patriots, , ZPP, ) was a political body created by Polish communists and Stalin in Soviet Union in 1943. This body, unofficially controlled and directed by Stalin, became a foundation of the pro-Soviet Polish Communist government that eventually took power in the People's Republic of Poland.
Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica (in Estonian: Isamaa ja Res Publica Liit) is an Estonian political party. It was founded on 4 June 2006 when two conservative parties, Pro Patria Union and Res Publica merged.
Union of Pro-Independence Co-operation Committees The Union of Pro-Independence Co-operation Committees (French: Union des comités de la Coopération pour l'Indépendance) is a political party in New Caledonia. In the latest legislative elections of May 9, 2004, it won 3.
Union of Producers and Women The Union of Industrialists and Women (in Armenian: Artunaperogneri yev Kanants Miytyun) was an electoral coalition in Armenia, formed by Women of the Armenian Land, Progressive United Communist Party of Armenia and two NGOs, "Domestic Producers" and "Yerevan and It's Inhabitants".
Union of Progressive Jews in Germany The Union progressiver Juden in Deutschland (UPJ) ("Union of Progressive Jews in Germany") is a registered association, founded in 1997, that represents liberal Jewish organisations. It is headed by Jan MĂĽhlstein and has around 3,000 members.
Union of Right Forces The Union of Right Forces, or SPS (СоюĚĐ· ПраĚвых Сил, СПС/Soyuz Pravykh Sil), is a Russian democratic opposition party associated with free market reforms, privatization, and the legacy of the 'Young Reformers' of the 1990s: Anatoly Chubais, Boris Nemtsov, and Yegor Gaidar. Nikita Belykh is the party's leader.
Union of Russia and Belarus The Union of Russia and Belarus (Russian: Союз Đ ĐľŃŃии и БелорŃŃŃии - Soyuz Rossii i Byelorussii), also known as the United State of Russia and Belarus (Russian: Союзное гоŃŃĐ´Đ°Ń€Ńтво Đ ĐľŃŃии и БелорŃŃŃии - Soyuznoye gosudarstvo Rossii i Belorussii), is a supranational confederal entity consisting of Russia and Belarus.
Union of Russian Communities in Pridnestrovie The Union of Russian Communities in Pridnestrovie is a non-governmental organization based in Transnistria (official shortform name: Pridnestrovie). It's chairman is the archpriest Dionisiy Abramov, an ethnic Russian born in Transnistria.
Union of Salvation The Union of Salvation (, or Soyuz spaseniya), also known as the Society of True and Loyal Sons of the Fatherland since 1817 ("ОбщеŃтво иŃтинных и верных Ńынов отечеŃтва", or Obshchestvo istinnykh i vernykh synov otechestva) was the first secret political society of the Decembrists.
Union of Secondary Students The Union of Secondary Students (USS) was founded in January 2001 by Shane O Donnell, Lorcan Fox, Graham Barry, Carly-Anne Gannon and Lyndsey O Connell. With the help of the Union of Students in Ireland, the founders set up a meeting, which took place in UCD on 28 March, 2001.
Union of Secondary Students (Ireland) Irish union of secondary school students founded during the secondary school teachers' strike of 2001. The USS currently has 47,000 official members but represents all 500,000 students on the island of Ireland.
Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) is a trade union in the United Kingdom. It has over 341,000 members, the majority of whom are shop workers and has a reputation as one of the less militant unions, rarely organising industrial action.
Union of Slavic Churches of Evangelical Christians and Slavic Baptists of Canada Headquarters of the Union of Slavic Churches of Evangelical Christians and Slavic Baptists of Canada are in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Union was incorporated as a religious and charitable organization in Canada in 1963.
Union of South Africa King's Medal for Bravery The Union of South Africa King's Medal for Bravery was the highest South African civilian decoration, during the period that the country was a constitutional monarchy in the British Commonwealth. It was instituted by King George VI on 23 June 1939 as the King's Medal for Bravery, and was renamed the Queen's Medal for Bravery on 15 December 1952, after the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the throne.
Union of Soviet Composers USSR Union of Composers or Union of Composers of the USSR (Russian: Союз СоветŃких композиторов СССР), also Union of Composers or Composers’ Union was a â€creative’ professional organisation of composers in the Soviet Union. It still exists as the Union of Composers of Russian Federation.
Union of Students in Ireland The Union of Students in Ireland (Irish: Aontas na Mac Léinn in Éirinn) is the national representative body for third-level students' unions in Ireland. The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is the sole national representative body for students in Ireland.
Union Jack Club The Union Jack Club is a residential London club for members (and families) of the British Armed Services, including serving members of the Volunteer Reserve Forces, below commissioned rank. Located near Waterloo Station, the club has over 300 rooms for accommodation (single, twin, double and small flats), a restaurant, bar, small library and function rooms.
Union Jack Jackson Union Jack Jackson was a character in a comic called Warlord which ran in the 1970s through until the 1980s. He was a British Royal Marine serving with the US Marine Corps in the Pacific campaign during World War II.
Union Label Department, AFL-CIO The Union Label and Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO was founded in 1909 to promote the products and services produced in America by trade union members—especially those products and services identified by a union label, shop card, store card and/or service button. The department is a constitutionally mandated department of the AFL-CIO.
Union Label Group The Union Label Group is a record label based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was formed through the merger of a number of smaller labels joining together in order to share resources; Stomp Records, 2112 Records, and Tyrant Records.
Union Labor Life Insurance Company The Union Labor Life Insurance Company (ULLICO) is a privately held life and health insurance company in the United States. ULLICO was founded in 1925 by the American Federation of Labor (AFL), which wanted to offer working people affordable health and life insurance.
Union Labour (candidates in Manitoba) In 1922, the largest labour-oriented party in Manitoba, Canada, was the Independent Labour Party. In the provincial election of 1922, the ILP had to compete with other labour candidates from both the left and the right.
Union League A Union League is one of a number of organizations established 1863-64 during the American Civil War to promote loyalty to the Union side and the policies of Abraham Lincoln. They were also known as Loyal Leagues.
Union Minière du Haut Katanga The Union Minière du Haut Katanga (UMHK) is a Belgian mining company, once operating in Katanga, in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly, Congo Free State, from 1908, Belgian Congo, from 1972, Zaire). It was created on October 28, 1906, as a result of a merger of a company created by Léopold II and Tanganyika Concessions Ltd (a British company created by Robert Williams, which started prospecting for minerals in 1899, and was granted mining concessions in 1900), in order to exploit the mineral wealth of Katanga.
Union Movement The Union Movement was a political party founded in Britain by Oswald Mosley. Where Mosely had previously been associated with a peculiarly British form of fascism, the Union Movement attempted to redefine the concept by stressing the importance of European unity rather than narrower country-based nationalisms.
Union Mundial pro Interlingua The Union Mundial Pro Interlingua (World Interlingua Union), or UMI, is a global organization that promotes Interlingua. It was founded on July 28, 1955, when the first International Interlingua Congress took place in Tours, France.
Union Nationale (Quebec) The Union Nationale was a political party in Quebec, Canada, that identified with conservative French-Canadian nationalism. It held power in Quebec from 1936 to 1939, uninterrupted from 1944 to 1960 under the leadership of Premier Maurice Duplessis, and from 1966 to 1970.
Union Nationale Inter-universitaire Union Nationale Interuniversitaire (UNI) or "Inter-University Union" is a French right-wing union of university students, created in 1969 under the initiative of the Service d'Action Civique, a secret service used by the gaullist movement, in particular by Robert Pandraud, Charles Pasqua and Jacques Foccart, which was dissolved in 1982.
Union Network International Union Network International (UNI), calling itself a "global union", is a global union federation for skills and services, gathering national and regional trade unions. It was launched on January 1, 2000.
Union of Albanian Working Youth Described officially as the "greatest revolutionary force of inexhaustible strength" and a "strong fighting reserve of the party," the Union of Albanian Working Youth was a key organization for political socialization in socialist Albania.
Union of Arras The Union of Arras (Dutch: Atrecht) was an accord signed on January 6, 1579 in Arras (Atrecht), under which the southern states of the Spanish Netherlands, today in Wallonia and the Nord-Pas-de-Calais (and Picardy) régions in France, expressed their loyalty to the Spanish king Philip II and recognized the landlord, Don Juan de Austria. It is to be distinguished from the Union of Utrecht, signed later in the same month.
Union of Associations of Russian Compatriots in Estonia The Union of Associations of Russian Compatriots in Estonia (SARSE) is a Russian nationalist movement in Estonia. SARSE was formed in East-Tallinn in 2001, in order to fill the place of the Russian Movement of Estonia (RDE).
Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia The Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia (SSSH) is recognized as the principal voice of Croatian trade unionism. It was founded in May of 1990, and represents 2/3rds of organized workers in the country.
Union of Banana Exporting Countries The Union of Banana Exporting Countries ( or UPEB) was a Central/South American cartel inspired by OPEC. In 1974 Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama joined together in an attempt to form a banana grower's cartel.
Union of Battle for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia The Union of Battle for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia (In Russian: Soyuz' Bor'bi za Osvobozhdeniye Narodov Rossii, Союз Борьбы Đ·Đ° ĐžŃвобождение Народов Đ ĐľŃŃии, abbreviated as SBONR, СБОНР) was an organization of anti-communist Russians and Rossiyans which emerged from the youth organization of the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia. It mostly contained participants of the Russian Liberation Movement (the so called "second wave" of Russian emigres) and its sympathisers, but also included several White emigres.
Union of Brest Union of Brest (Belarusian: БераŃьцеĚĐąŃкая вŃĚнія, ) refers to the 1595-1596 decision of the (Ruthenian) Church of Rus', the "Metropolia of Kiev-Halych and all Rus'", to break relations with the Patriarch of Constantinople and place themselves under the (patriarch) Pope of Rome, in order to avoid the domination of the newly established Patriarch of Moscow. At the time, this church included most Ukrainians and Belarusians, under the rule of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Union of Brussels There were two Unions of Brussels, both formed in the end of the 1570s, in the opening stages of the Eighty Years' War, the war of secession from Spanish control, which lasted from 1568 to 1648. Brussels was at that time the capital of the Spanish Netherlands.
Union of Bulgarian Artists Union of Bulgarian Artists (UBA) is a non-profit association for Bulgarian artists which can trace its routes back to 1893. It currently has about 2700 members - artists and critics from all generations - drawn from the many fields of the representational arts.
Union of Bulgarians in Pridnestrovie The Union of Bulgarians in Pridnestrovie, also calling itself the Historical and Human Rights Center of Bulgaria, is a non-governmental organization based in Transnistria (official shortform name: Pridnestrovie) whose leader is Alene Nikolayev, an ethnic Bulgarian born in Transnistria. The union is composed of ethnic Bulgarians.
Union of Burkinabè Communists Union of Burkinabè Communists (in French: Union des Communistes Burkinabè) was a communist party in Burkina Faso. UCB was founded in August 1984 by the Group for the Unity of Marxists-Leninists (Groupe pour l'Unité des Marxistes-Léninistes, GUML, founded in 1983), the Marxist-Leninist Group (Groupe Marxiste-Léniniste, founded 1979 as split from PCRV) and one other group.
Union of Centre The Union of Centre (Unione di Centro) was a small Italian political party, founded in 1994 after the disbanding of the Italian Liberal Party by some important Liberal figures, as Alfredo Biondi and Raffaele Costa.
Union of Cinema Production Workers Union of Cinema Production Workers (Spanish: Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica) was an autonomous (non-"charro"-led) Mexican trade union. It was formed in 1944 after splitting off from the CTM-affiliated Union of Cinema Industry Workers (Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria Cinematográfica, (STIC)).
Union of Citizens of Georgia The Union of Citizens of Georgia (also known as the Citizens' Union of Georgia or Georgian Citizens' Union) is a political party established by Eduard Shevardnadze, President of Georgia between 1992-2003. It was established in the mid-1990s as a centre-right vehicle for modernising politicians.
Union of Clare Students The Union of Clare Students is the name of the JCR (Junior Combination Room) of Clare College, Cambridge. The Union (usually abbreviated to UCS) represents the students of the college and provides its members with a range of services and support.
Union of Communication Workers The Union of Communication Workers was a trade union in the United Kingdom for workers in the post office and telecommunications industries. It was founded in 1919 as the Union of Post Office Workers by the merger of the Postmen's Federation, Postal and Telegraph Clerks' Association and the Fawcett Association.
Union of Communist Struggles Union of Communist Struggles (French: Union de Luttes Communistes, ULC) was a Communist party in the country now known as Burkina Faso. ULC was formed out of a split of the Voltaic Communist Organization (OCV).
Union of Communist Struggles - Reconstructed Union of Communist Struggles - Reconstructed (in French: Union des Luttes Communistes - Reconstruite, ULC-R) was a communist party in Burkina Faso. ULC-R was formed in 1983 as a continuation of the Union of Communist Struggles (ULC).
Union of Communist Struggles - The Flame Union of Communist Struggles - The Flame (in French: Union des Luttes Communistes - La Flamme) was a communist party in Burkina Faso. ULC-La Flamme was founded in February 1987 by split from the majority of the Union of Communist Struggles - Reconstructed.
Union of Communist Youth in Service of the People Union of Communist Youth in Service of the People (Italian: Lega della gioventĂą comunista servire il popolo) was the youth wing of the Union of Italian Communists (Marxist-Leninist). The foundation of the organization was announced in a press statement in their organ, Servire il popolo (Serve the people).
Union of Communists of Armenia Union of Communists of Armenia was a political party in Armenia. At the last elections, 25 may 2003, the party formed part of the Free and Fair Armenia electoral bloc together with the Marxist Party of Armenia.
Union of Communists of Kurdistan Union of Communists of Kurdistan (in Kurdish: Yekîtîya Komunîstên Kurdistan) was an illegal Kurdish communist organization in Turkey. YKK was formed in 1986 through a split from the Communist Party of Turkey/Unity (TKP/B).
Union of Concerned Scientists The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is a nonprofit advocacy organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The UCS membership includes many private citizens in addition to professional scientists.
Union of Congolese Patriots The Union of Congolese Patriots (French: Union des Patriotes Congolais, UPC) is an armed group in Ituri, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has carried out numerous attacks upon civilians and other serious human rights abuses in pursuit of its policies.
Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements The Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements ("Sammenslutning af Bevidst Arbejdssky Elementer", now defunct) was an unusually successful frivolous political party in Denmark. It was founded in Aarhus in 1979 by a comedian, Jacob Haugaard (born 1952), and a few friends.
Union of Councils for Soviet Jews Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union (abbreviated UCSJ) is a collection of Jewish human rights organizations working in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. They are based in Washington DC, but are linked to other organizations such as the Moscow Helsinki Group and have offices in the countries in where they operate.
Union of Croats of Macedonia The Union of Croats in Macedonia (Croatian: Savez Hrvata u Makedoniji; Macedonian: СоŃŃĐ· на Хрватите во МакедониŃĐ°, Sojuz na Hrvatite vo Makedonija) is the name of an umbrella group which represents the ethnic Croats who live in the Republic of Macedonia. In 2005, along with the Croatian Heritage Foundation, the union organised the Week of Croats in Macedonia in Zagreb as part of its annual minority week.
Union of Czech and Slovak Zoological Gardens The Union of Czech and Slovak Zoological Gardens (Unie českých a slovenských zoologických zahrad) is a association of zoos in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It was founded in 1990 and has 15 Czech and 4 Slovak member Zoos.
Union of Democracies In the 1930s the New York Times’ correspondent at the League of Nations, Clarence K. Streit, observed the rise of the Hitler-Mussolini-Hirihito totalitarian forces, and the failure of Western democracies to agree on measures to halt their aggression and enable the League to work.
Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria) The Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgarian: Съюз на демократичните Ńили or Saiuz na demokratichnite sili) is a political party in Bulgaria, founded in December 1989, as a union of eleven political organizations in opposition to the Communist government. The following year, six more parties were incorporated, and in February 1997, the Union was transformed into a single unified party, the United Democratic Forces, by then-chairman and Prime Minister-to-be Ivan Kostov.
Union of Democratic Forces for Unity Union of Democratic Forces for Unity (French: UFDR) is the rebel group fighting against the government in the Central African Republic Civil War. The CAR has accused UFDR of being backed by the government of Sudan.
Union of Democratic Mineworkers The Union of Democratic Mineworkers is a British trade union for coal miners, which is based in Nottinghamshire, England. It was provisionally established on the 11 December 1984 during the UK miners' strike (1984-1985) by miners who wished to defy the strike call without a national ballot of the National Union of Mineworkers, and its leader, Arthur Scargill.
Union of Democrats for Citizenship and Development Union of Democrats for Citizenship and Development (Portuguese: UniĂŁo dos Democratas para Cidadania e Desenvolvimento) is a political party in SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe, formed in January 2005. The party was formed amongst dissidents from the Independent Democratic Action (ADI).
Union of Eclipses The Union of Eclipses is a shadowy cabal of vampires in the fictional Dungeons and Dragons universe. They are headed by the Vampire god Kanchelsis, and meet in his home, the Lair of the Beast & Mansion of the Rake on the 487th layer of the Abyss.
Union of Employees in Commerce and Offices The Union of Employees in Commerce and Offices (HK) is a trade union in Norway. It has a membership of 60,000 and is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), and the Union Network International.
Union of European Federalists The Union of European Federalists (UEF) is a nongovernmental and supranational organisation dedicated to the promotion of a democratic and federal Europe. It unites constituent organisations and federalists from 20 European countries.
Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists of Russia The Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists of Russia is part of the large family of Evangelical Christians-Baptists, a Protestant evengelical movement which began in the Russian Empire, in the midst of the Orthodoxy establishment. Originally attracting peasants, urban artisans, lower military, ethnic minorities.
Union of Federalists and Independent Republicans The Union of Federalists and Independent Republicans (French: Union des fédéralistes et des Républicains Indépendants) is a political party in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since the actual electoral strength of the political parties in Congo is not known, the size of the party cannot be determined.
Union of Forces for Change The Union of Forces for Change (French: Union des Forces du Changement) is a political party in Togo. It is an opposition party headed by Gilchrist Olympio, son of the first president of Togo, Sylvanus Olympio, who was assassinated in 1963.
Union of Free Democrats The Union of Free Democrats (Sajuz na svobodnite demokrati) is a conservative political party in Bulgaria, led by Stefan Sofiyanski. It contested the 2001 elections as part of the United Democratic Forces electoral alliance, which picked up 51 of 240 seats.
Union of Georgian Traditionalists Union of Georgian Traditionalists (áĄáá á—á•á”áš á˘á áá“ááŞááťáśáášááˇá˘á—á á™áá•á¨áá á in Georgian) was a national political organization of the Georgian Political Emigration in 1940s.
Union of Greens and Farmers ZaÄĽo un Zemnieku SavienÄ«ba (abbreviated ZZS, English: Union of Greens and Farmers or Union of Greens and Rustics) is a left of centre environmentalism political alliance in Latvia. It consists of two political parties: Latvijas Zemnieku SavienÄ«ba (the Latvian Farmers' Union) and the Latvijas ZaÄĽÄ Partija (Green Party of Latvia).
Union of Grodno The Pact of Grodno or Union of Grodno of 1432 was one of the acts of the Polish-Lithuanian Union. It was passed in Hrodna to reinforce the union between the two states that had gradually devolved into merely a personal union.
Union of Horodło The Pact of Horodlo or Union of Horodło was a set of acts introduced in the town of Horodło in 1413. It amended the earlier Polish-Lithuanian Unions of Krewo and Vilnius-Radom by further unification of the Polish-Lithuanian state.
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats The Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Italian: Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e dei Democratici di Centro, UDC) is christian-democratic political party in Italy. It is formally led by Lorenzo Cesa, although its most popular figure and practical leader is Pier Ferdinando Casini.
Union of Christmas Island Workers The Union of Christmas Island Workers (UCIW) is a trade union in Christmas Island, the self-governing territory of Australia. It represents most workers on the island, and is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions.
Union of Independent Nigeriens The Union of Independent Nigeriens (French: Union des Nigériens Indépendants) is a political party in Niger. It contested the legislative elections of 4 December 2004 in an alliance with the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism.
Union of Independent Trade Unions (Portugal) The Union of Independent Trade Unions (USI) is a national trade union center in Portugal. It was founded in December, 2000 and has a membership of nine unions from the communications, transport, energy and banking sectors.
Union of Independents of Côte d'Ivoire Union of Independents of Côte d'Ivoire (in French: Union des Indépendents de Côte d'Ivoire), a splinter group of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI). EDICI was founded in Bouaké in the end of 1949.
Union of Insurance Staffs The Union of Insurance Staffs was a trade union in the United Kingdom for workers in the insurance industry. It was founded in 1919 as the Guild of Insurance Officials, and merged with the Association of Scientific, Technical and Management Staff in 1970.
Union of International Associations The Union of International Associations is a non-profit non-governmental organization researching, under UN mandate, the global civil society and publishing information on international organizations, international meetings, world problems, etc. Headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium.
Union of Islamic Organisations of France The Union des organizations islamiques de France (UOIF, Union of Islamic Organisations of France) is a leading Muslim umbrella organization, and the French chapter of the Union of Islamic Organizations of Europe. Its integration by then Interior Ministry Nicolas Sarkozy in the Conseil Français du Culte Musulman has been criticized by left- and right-wing members.
Union of Jewish Students The Union of Jewish Students of the United Kingdom and Ireland (UJS) was founded in 1973 and represents a constituency of approximately 8,000 Jewish students, with somewhere between five and six thousand being members of its affiliated Jewish Societies (J-Socs) on individual campuses. It is the successor organization to the IUJF (Inter-University Jewish Federation), and is a member of the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) and the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS).
Union of Kėdainiai Union of Kėdainiai (or Agreement of Kėdainiai, Lithuanian Kėdainių unija or Kėdainių sutartis; Polish Umowa Kiejdańska) was a controversial agreement between several of the Commonwealth magnates and the king of Sweden, signed in 1655 during The Deluge. Its purpose was to end the Polish-Lithuanian Union and carve up two separate principalities of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to be ruled by the Radziwiłł (Radvila) family, while the rest of the Duchy was to become a Swedish protectorate.
Union of Krewo The Union of KrewoThe document was discovered in 1837 and since then the Polish historiographic tradition calls it "Union of Krewo". The castle where the original document was signed was on a territory of Jogaila's Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues The Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues was founded in 1902 as the Jewish Religious Union (JRU). Two of its founders were Claude Montefiore and Lily Montagu, and did not intend itself to be a separate denominations.
Union of Liberals and Leftists Union of Liberals and Leftists (Icelandic: Samtök frjálslyndra og vinstri manna) was a left political party in Iceland, founded by Hannibal Valdimarsson and his supporters in 1969. Joined Ólafur Jóhannesson's first government in 1971-1974, with two ministers.
Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines The Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines, was officially formed a few weeks after September 3, 1998. The group serves as an avenue for local government officials in the Philippines (governors, mayors, councilors, etc.
Union of Lublin The Union of Lublin (Lithuanian: Liublino unija; Polish: Unia lubelska) was a real union, signed July 1, 1569, in Lublin, Poland, which united the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania into a single state, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Commonwealth was ruled by a single elected monarch who carried on the duties of Polish King and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and governed with a common Senate and parliament (the Sejm).
Union of Mauritanian Workers The Union of Mauritanian Workers (UTM) is a national trade union center in Mauritania. It was formed in 1961, and was the sole trade union center until the 1990's when political reforms lead to the creation of two other centers, the CLTM, and the CGTM.
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations The Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations (UMJC) was formed in 1979 by nineteen independent Jewish congregations that shared a belief in Yeshua (the Hebrew name Messianic Jews claim was Jesus' given name) as the Messiah.
Union of Mielnik The Act of Mielnik or Union of Mielnik of 1501 was an attempt to reintroduce the broken Polish-Lithuanian Union. It was not ratified and after Alexander became the Polish king the two states were joined in a personal union that lasted until the Union of Lublin of 1569.
Union of National Unity Związek Jedności Narodowej (English: Union/Association of National Unity) was a secret organization formed by followers of Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski. A liberal-aristocratic fraction of the Polish Great Emigration, come into being on January 21, 1833.
Union of Nazarene Yisraelite Congregations The Union of Nazarene Yisraelite Congregations (UONYC) is a religious organization that was founded in 2,000 by RabbiS Moshe Koniukowski, Edward Nydle, and Thomas Mitchell. It is made up of more than 60 Congregations.
Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees The Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE) was a labor union in the United States, formed in 1995 as a merger between the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) and the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU). In 2004, UNITE announced that it would merge with the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE) to form UNITE HERE.
Union of Ontario Indians The Union of Ontario Indians is an Aboriginal political organization representing 42 Anishinabek First Nations in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was formed in 1919 and incorporated in 1949, to serve as a political advocate and secretariat for the Anishinabek Nation.
Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations was founded in 1926 to protect traditional JudaismUOHC Luach 5767. It acts as an umbrella organisation for the chareidi Jewish community in London and comprises over a hundred synagogues and and educational institutions.
Union of Orthodox Rabbis The Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada also known as the Agudas HaRabbanim (or Agudath Harabonim) ("union of rabbis"), and sometimes as the UOR, was established in 1901 in the United States and is among the oldest organizations of Orthodox rabbis which could be described as having a Haredi worldview. It was originally aligned with the Orthodox Union; in later years, the Orthodox Union drifted away from the Agudas HaRabbanim, and closer to the relatively Modern Orthodox Rabbinical Council of America (RCA).
Union of Patriotic Forces and Militaries of the Reserve Defense The Union of Patriotic Forces and Militaries of the Reserve Zashtita (Sajuz na Patrioticnite Sili i Voinite ot Zapaca Zacšita) is a nationalist political party in Bulgaria. It is part of the Union Attack, which won 9.
Union of Poles in Belarus The Union of Poles in Belarus (Polish: ZwiÄ…zek PolakĂłw na BiaĹ‚orusi, Belarusian: Саюз Палякаў БеларŃŃŃ–) is an organization located in the Eastern European country of Belarus. The group, which has a membership of 20,000 people, represents the Polish minority in Belarus, numbering about 400,000, as per official data.
Union of Polish Patriots Union of Polish Patriots (Society of Polish Patriots, , ZPP, ) was a political body created by Polish communists and Stalin in Soviet Union in 1943. This body, unofficially controlled and directed by Stalin, became a foundation of the pro-Soviet Polish Communist government that eventually took power in the People's Republic of Poland.
Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica (in Estonian: Isamaa ja Res Publica Liit) is an Estonian political party. It was founded on 4 June 2006 when two conservative parties, Pro Patria Union and Res Publica merged.
Union of Pro-Independence Co-operation Committees The Union of Pro-Independence Co-operation Committees (French: Union des comités de la Coopération pour l'Indépendance) is a political party in New Caledonia. In the latest legislative elections of May 9, 2004, it won 3.
Union of Producers and Women The Union of Industrialists and Women (in Armenian: Artunaperogneri yev Kanants Miytyun) was an electoral coalition in Armenia, formed by Women of the Armenian Land, Progressive United Communist Party of Armenia and two NGOs, "Domestic Producers" and "Yerevan and It's Inhabitants".
Union of Progressive Jews in Germany The Union progressiver Juden in Deutschland (UPJ) ("Union of Progressive Jews in Germany") is a registered association, founded in 1997, that represents liberal Jewish organisations. It is headed by Jan MĂĽhlstein and has around 3,000 members.
Union of Right Forces The Union of Right Forces, or SPS (СоюĚĐ· ПраĚвых Сил, СПС/Soyuz Pravykh Sil), is a Russian democratic opposition party associated with free market reforms, privatization, and the legacy of the 'Young Reformers' of the 1990s: Anatoly Chubais, Boris Nemtsov, and Yegor Gaidar. Nikita Belykh is the party's leader.
Union of Russia and Belarus The Union of Russia and Belarus (Russian: Союз Đ ĐľŃŃии и БелорŃŃŃии - Soyuz Rossii i Byelorussii), also known as the United State of Russia and Belarus (Russian: Союзное гоŃŃĐ´Đ°Ń€Ńтво Đ ĐľŃŃии и БелорŃŃŃии - Soyuznoye gosudarstvo Rossii i Belorussii), is a supranational confederal entity consisting of Russia and Belarus.
Union of Russian Communities in Pridnestrovie The Union of Russian Communities in Pridnestrovie is a non-governmental organization based in Transnistria (official shortform name: Pridnestrovie). It's chairman is the archpriest Dionisiy Abramov, an ethnic Russian born in Transnistria.
Union of Salvation The Union of Salvation (, or Soyuz spaseniya), also known as the Society of True and Loyal Sons of the Fatherland since 1817 ("ОбщеŃтво иŃтинных и верных Ńынов отечеŃтва", or Obshchestvo istinnykh i vernykh synov otechestva) was the first secret political society of the Decembrists.
Union of Secondary Students The Union of Secondary Students (USS) was founded in January 2001 by Shane O Donnell, Lorcan Fox, Graham Barry, Carly-Anne Gannon and Lyndsey O Connell. With the help of the Union of Students in Ireland, the founders set up a meeting, which took place in UCD on 28 March, 2001.
Union of Secondary Students (Ireland) Irish union of secondary school students founded during the secondary school teachers' strike of 2001. The USS currently has 47,000 official members but represents all 500,000 students on the island of Ireland.
Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) is a trade union in the United Kingdom. It has over 341,000 members, the majority of whom are shop workers and has a reputation as one of the less militant unions, rarely organising industrial action.
Union of Slavic Churches of Evangelical Christians and Slavic Baptists of Canada Headquarters of the Union of Slavic Churches of Evangelical Christians and Slavic Baptists of Canada are in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Union was incorporated as a religious and charitable organization in Canada in 1963.
Union of South Africa King's Medal for Bravery The Union of South Africa King's Medal for Bravery was the highest South African civilian decoration, during the period that the country was a constitutional monarchy in the British Commonwealth. It was instituted by King George VI on 23 June 1939 as the King's Medal for Bravery, and was renamed the Queen's Medal for Bravery on 15 December 1952, after the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the throne.
Union of Soviet Composers USSR Union of Composers or Union of Composers of the USSR (Russian: Союз СоветŃких композиторов СССР), also Union of Composers or Composers’ Union was a â€creative’ professional organisation of composers in the Soviet Union. It still exists as the Union of Composers of Russian Federation.
Union of Students in Ireland The Union of Students in Ireland (Irish: Aontas na Mac Léinn in Éirinn) is the national representative body for third-level students' unions in Ireland. The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is the sole national representative body for students in Ireland.
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