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11-639: (Redirected from Pob ) [REDACTED] Look up pob in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. POB or Pob may refer to: Parti Ouvrier Belge (Belgian Workers Party), forerunner of the Socialist Party (Belgium) Place of birth Poblacion or Pop, a term for the central business district of a Philippine city Positive Organizational Behavior , an application of psychology Professional Oversight Board , independent oversight of professional organizations in

22-577: A gender-neutral equivalent of the expression "Man overboard" " Pilot on board", by which the time of the pilot's boarding the ship is understood Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title POB . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=POB&oldid=1183780204 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

33-551: Is a political manifesto agreed to in 1894 that formed the doctrinal basis for successive socialist parties in Belgium until 1979. In 1894, Belgian elections were, for the first time, held according to the scheme of the plural right to vote under the pressure of the violent Belgian general strike of 1893 . That meant that for the Belgian Labour Party (POB-BWP), workers for the first time could vote, and representatives from

44-660: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Parti Ouvrier Belge In April 1885, a meeting of 112 workers took place in a room of the café De Zwaan on the Grand-Place in Brussels , at the same place where the First International had convened, and where Karl Marx had written The Communist Manifesto . At this meeting the Belgian Labour Party (POB or BWP)

55-524: The Catholic Party the majority it had enjoyed since 1884, which led the Catholic Party to form a coalition with Labour, forming a cabinet that contained Labour members. The Belgian Labour Party used this opportunity to demand and to have passed reforms such as the repeal of a law that prohibited picketing, an eight-hour workday, old-age pensions, inheritance taxes, and a graduated income tax. The party

66-496: The Ghent socialist leader, Edward Anseele, was elected in Liège . After 1919, universal male suffrage and proportional representation greatly enhanced the party's parliamentary strength and it participated in several governments. In the 1919 election , the Belgian Labour Party won 36.6% of the vote and increased their parliamentary representation from 26 to 70 seats. This was enough to deny

77-581: The United Kingdom Entertainment [ edit ] Paris Opera Ballet Pob, central character of Pob's Programme , a British children's TV programme (ran 1985–1990) Patrick O'Brian , novelist and author "Pob", an episode of Folklore Maritime/aviation [ edit ] Pope Field (IATA: POB), Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S., a military air base Personnel on board, an abbreviation in oil and gas exploration and production and in shipbuilding Person overboard ,

88-708: The party, a point of view which was also defended by Cesar De Paepe (1841–1890). The Charter of Quaregnon (located in this municipality and not in Mons because of the Garde Civique ' s 'fusillade of Mons' ), of 1894 provided the doctrinal basis for the Belgian socialists from 1894 until 1979. Before 1919, the district system in Belgian elections made it almost impossible for the Labour Party to get parliamentary seats in Flanders , and

99-570: The party, ten years after its foundation, could enter the Belgian parliament . With a doctrinarian charter, the program of the socialist party was presented to the electorate. Out of several ideas, Émile Vandervelde chose this proposition, which was adopted at the Easter Congress of the Socialist Party, at Quaregnon , near Mons , in Hainaut Province , on 25 and 26 March 1894. It became known as

110-683: Was a member of the Labour and Socialist International between 1923 and 1940. After World War II , most of the BWP/POB officials joined to found the Belgian Socialist Party . This election saw the introduction of Proportional representation (PR) , making Belgium the first country in Europe to adopt said voting system. Charter of Quaregnon The Charter of Quaregnon ( French : Charte de Quaregnon , Dutch : Charter van Quaregnon )

121-455: Was created. Several groups had been represented at this meeting, including the BSP of Edward Anseele . The members were mainly craftsmen and not workers from industrial centres (with the exception of Ghent ). When drafting a programme for the new party, it was feared that a radical programme would deter workers. On that basis it was decided that the word socialism would not be mentioned in the name of

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