Controversy surrounds the “Employee Free Choice Act” which is also known as “card check.” According to Huffington Post‚ “A union could be certified based on signature cards that would be solicited by seemingly credible union organizers with no confidential vote. No privacy‚ the results would be available with employee name and show of interest to the employer.” Texas is a “right to work” state “The right of workers in private employment to form unions and bargain collectively with their employers
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restricts options and demands choices. Because we “can’t have it all’‚ we must decide what we will have and what we must forgo. At the care of economics is the idea that “there is no free lunch”. You may be treated to lunch‚ making it “free” from your perspective‚ but someone bears a cost.
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I am writing you because I am against Senate Joint Resolution 1‚ 2017. SJR 1: “Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution authorizing sobriety checkpoints for law enforcement purposes.” SJR 1 has currently been referred to the judiciary‚ but may come up for a senate vote‚ in which case I ask that you vote nay on this resolution or any similar future resolutions. SJR 1 is wrong for several reasons‚ first‚ it is a clear violation of the Constitution of the State of Oregon and the Constitution of the
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United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents face many challenges when trying to protect the borders of the nation. The pure size of the border alone is a massive challenge. Besides the land border‚ the CBP agents also have to deal with everything coming into the country from the water ways and from in the air. This is what is referred to as the functional equivalent of the border. Specifically‚ the port at which a boat first docks in the US or an airport that an airplane lands at
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was of danger (“The Dangers of Texting While Driving” 1). Texting and driving has become a major deal over the last several years‚ due to the increased number of car accidents that have been caused. Texting while driving can put drivers in dangerous situations that they could avoid by just putting their phone away. Over the years texting and driving has become a major issue for not only teens‚ but adults too. Texting and driving has its pros and many consequences. First‚ texting and driving had
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generally considered to be socially acceptable. (Genetics and Society) There is already established history of genetic engineering in the area of manipulating human genes. So far‚ there has been considerable success in the treatment of immune system disorders using a technique of gene substitution. This relatively simple use of genetic engineering technology has so far permanently cured over ten people‚ and it is still in the early stages of development. The only downside has been that several other
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Though the system has its pros‚ it also has his cons but there are solutions being made to solve some of these foster care problems. Caseworkers having too many children to keep a record of‚ children’s placement being moved around too much‚ and even bad experiences with the system‚ in general‚ are all problems being faced in foster care. Some things are being done to help make things easier for both the child and caseworkers’ side of the problems. There are new apps being made to help caseworkers
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is broad and complex. In addition‚ the definition of improvement also becomes complicated and‚ perhaps‚ narrow‚ if we only address those skills related to the traditional print culture. We are going to look at the positive and negative effects of using digital technology in education. Rapid developments in information and communications technologies require learning institutions to continuously revaluate the approaches in the physical as well as in virtual “classroom” teaching. M-Learning (Mobile
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better listeners than men. | Pro (yes‚ for‚ good) | Con (no‚ against‚ bad) | 1. Women are nurturing by nature. | 1. Tend to get too emotional. | 2. Like to listen and be supportive. | 2. Don’t see a problem in sharing your personal issues with others. | 3. Care to know all details and facts‚ no matter how long it takes. | 3. Will tend to feel they know it all. | 4. Will give advice based on personal experiences. | 4. Can often talk endlessly while trying to give you advice. | 5. Women try to
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Standardised Testing Name: Institution: Abstract This paper explores two published books that touched on pros and cons of standardized testing in schools. Popham‚ (2001) and Sacks‚ (1999) suggest that through pros a student will have to pass certain tests to determine that he or she has acquired proficiency in various fields of study. According to the two authors‚ in cons the students who have mastery of the content‚ don’t show in the test; it mostly promotes teachers to teach tests and evaluate
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