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FORA (other)
FORA or Fora may refer to: Groups and organizations * Argentine Regional Workers' Federation () * Fora (), Ukrainian national retailer and supermarket * Fora.ie, an Irish online newspaper * Fora.tv, an American production company * Fort Ord#Fort Ord Reuse Authority (FORA), Fort Ord Reuse Authority, Fort Ord, Monterrey Bay, California, United States * a river in Portugal Places * Fora Islet, Savage Islands, Madeira, Portugal; an Atlantic island * Piz Fora (), Bernina Range, Alps; a mountain on the Italy-Switzerland border * Föra Church, Öland, Sweden; in the Baltic * Fora, Hama, Syria Other uses * Michael Fora (born 1995), Swiss ice hockey player * Chery Fora, Chery ''Fora'', a car * Fargo Fora, Fargo ''Fora'', a light commercial van See also * Gherardo di Giovanni del Fora (1445–1497), Italian painter * ''Cepora fora'' (''C. fora''), a butterfly * * * * * * Foras (other) * Forum (other), for the singular of 'fora' * Fiora (other) * Flor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentine Regional Workers' Federation
The Argentine Regional Workers' Federation (Spanish: ''Federación Obrera Regional Argentina''; abbreviated FORA), founded in , was Argentina's first national trade unions in Argentina, labor confederation. It split into two wings in 1915, the larger of which merged into the (USA) in 1922, while the smaller slowly disappeared in the 1930s. Background From the second half of the 19th century up to around 1920, Argentina experienced rapid economic growth and industrial expansion, becoming a world economic power. Foreign capital was the driving force for this development, with 92% of the workshops and factories in 1887 being owned by non-Argentines, according to a census. Similarly, most of the workers in this period were immigrants; 84% according to the same census. In 1876, the country's first trade union was founded, and in 1887, the first national labor organization. Both the industrialization of the country and its labor movement were centered on the capital Buenos Aires and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |