handling labour
1labour, division of — the separation of a work process into a number of tasks, with each task performed by a separate person or group of persons. It is most often applied to systems of mass production and is one of the basic organizing principles of the assembly …
2handling — noun 1. manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑manual labor, ↑manual labour • Hyponyms: ↑materials handling, ↑loading, ↑unloading 2 …
3materials handling — the loading, unloading, and movement of goods, as within a factory or warehouse, esp. by the aid of mechanical devices. [1920 25] * * * the movement of raw goods from their native site to the point of use in manufacturing, their subsequent… …
4Manual labour — Detail from Labor, Charles Sprague Pearce (1896). Manual labour (British English), manual labor (American English) or manual work is physical work done by people, most especially in contrast to that done by machines, and also to that done by… …
5General Secretary of the Labour Party — The General Secretary is the most senior employee of the British Labour Party.The post of Party Secretary was created in 1900 at the birth of the Labour Party. The first holder of that position was Ramsay MacDonald, later Prime Minister. In these …
6Iranian Labour News Agency — (ILNA) is an Iranian news agency. It was formally launched in Tehran on February 24, 2003, and provides extensive coverage of the country s workforce.ILNA operates under the supervision of the Labour Higher Education Institute and belongs to the… …
7manual labour — noun labor done with the hands • Syn: ↑manual labor • Hypernyms: ↑labor, ↑labour, ↑toil • Hyponyms: ↑application, ↑coating, ↑ …
8fruit farming — Introduction growing of fruit crops, including nuts, primarily for use as human food. The subject of fruit and nut production deals with intensive culture of perennial plants, the fruits of which have economic significance (a nut is a …
9Daniel Keefe — Daniel Joseph Keefe (27 September 1852 2 January 1929) was a founder and the first president of the International Longshoremen s Association (ILA), a trade union representing waterside workers in Canada and the United States of America.[1]… …
10Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy of — professional organization for those engaged in the production of motion pictures in the United States. Membership, which is by invitation only, is based on distinctive achievements in one of the branches of film production recognized by the… …
