A strike is a form of protest whereby a group of employees withhold labour in order to pressure employers into granting a particular demand. (Cambridge Dictionairies) Causes and effects of strikes in South Africa: Causes - Lack of transformation‚ mutual respect‚ trust‚ and socio-economic equity (SABC‚ 2014). - Dissatisfaction with pay or working and living conditions. Effects - Companies: financial losses‚ reduced productivity‚ profitability and market share‚ and delayed service delivery. Employees:
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Strike [Sec. 2 (q)]: Strike means "a cessation of work by a body of persons employed in any industry acting in combination or a concerted refusal under a common understanding of any number of persons who are or have been so employed‚ to continue to work or to accept employment". Mere stoppage of work does not come within the meaning of strike unless it can be shown that such stoppage of work was a concerted action for the enforcement of an industrial demand. Procedure of Strikes According to Sec
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"There is Lowell‚ who’s striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of isms tied together with rhyme ; He might get on alone‚ spite of brambles and boulders But he can’t with that bundle he has on his shoulders ; " -Fable for Critics‚ Lowell James Russell Lowell was a father and a husband‚ but most importantly he was a man of literature. Lowell’s works were greatly influenced by those around him‚ events
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"Decade" by Amy Lowell. When you came‚ you were like red wine and honey‚ And the taste of you burnt my mouth with its sweetness. Now you are like morning bread‚ Smooth and pleasant. I hardly taste you at all for I know your savour‚ But I am completely nourished. Amy Lowell produced the majority of her poems after her acquaintance with the actress Ada Russell‚ a widow eleven years older than Lowell‚ with whom she shared the last thirteen years of her life. Russell became Lowell’s beloved companion
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Fabiana Byles The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 September 21‚ 2014 Scharfenberg The Strike of the Railroads The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was a huge protest of railroad workers that spread across the United States. These strikes were started due to wage cuts in the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad. This was a violent protest in the B&O station in West Virginia‚ Pittsburgh‚ Chicago‚ Maryland and Ohio. Labor was able to unionize by the workers working together in demonstrations but they
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(Freifeld‚ L. Training Magazine) They are working diligently to maintain the status that they have set forth. The place that they have among other companies will be second to none with some of the innovations that they have planned. “new president and CEO Lowell McAdam‚ LSV is a 1.5-day mandatory executive education program designed to help senior leaders understand how to drive long-term value creation.” (Freifeld‚
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shifting dynamics. Specifically‚ operatives at the Lowell mills in Massachusetts had a relatively distinct life experience when compared with their counterparts who were engaged in Northern industries outside of Lowell. While Lowell operatives were certainly subject to the harsh work conditions‚ paternalistic gender relations‚ and expected religious standards of the day‚ the inherent stability of the Lowell
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In Lowell Massachusetts in the early 1800’s‚ most of the land had been used for farming and agriculture. However‚ with the advancement in industry‚ the town started to produce new goods‚ instead crops and plants. With the advancement of Industry Lowell started to operate textile plants. From the early 1800’s to the 1850’s the number of plants doubled‚ tripled‚ and quadrupled. This boom in industry caused Lowell to come up with new ways to produce items. These plants produced many different items
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the Industrial Revolution‚ the Boott Mills in Lowell‚ Massachusetts remains one of the most iconic and culturally noteworthy examples. Built on the powerful Merrimack River‚ the Boott cotton mills were the sites of the first examples of the advancement of the “Waltham-Lowell system”‚ a labor and production model which would gain widespread adoption across the United States up until the mid-19th century . This model relied on hiring local women from Lowell and the surrounding regions to work the semi-mechanized
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what is pleasant‚ and would tend to claim relief rather than working . The history of the Poor Law in England and Wales is usually divided between two statutes‚ the Old Poor Law passed during the reign of Elizabeth I and the New Poor Law‚ passed in 1834‚ which significantly modified the existing system of poor relief. The Poor Law system was not formally abolished until the 1948 National Assistance Act‚ with parts of the law remaining on the statute book until 1967. The Poor Law system fell into decline
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