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  • 42WorkChoices — The Workplace Relations Act 1996, as amended by the Workplace Relations Amendment Act 2005, or WorkChoices, which came into effect in March 2006, was the most comprehensive change to industrial relations in Australia in over a century. In 1904… …

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  • 43Mary Gaudron — The Honourable Justice Mary Genevieve Gaudron AC QC, LLB LLD Puisne Justice of the High Court of Australia In office 6 February 1987 – 31 January 2003 …

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  • 46Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373 — The Anglo Portuguese Treaty of 1373 was signed between King Edward III of England and King Ferdinand and Queen Eleanor of Portugal. It established a treaty of perpetual friendships, unions [and] alliances between the two seafaring nations. It is… …

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  • 47Randi Weingarten — Infobox Person name = Randi Weingarten caption = birth date = birth date|1957|12|18|mf=y birth place = New York City, New York, United States death date = death place = other names = known for = President, United Federation of Teachers occupation …

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  • 48Communications Workers of America v. Beck — Supreme Court of the United States Argued January 11, 1988 …

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  • 50labour law — Body of law that applies to matters such as employment, wages, conditions of work, labour unions, and labour management relations. Laws intended to protect workers, including children, from abusive employment practices were not enacted in… …

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