2005 New York City transit strike The 2005 New York City transit strike was a strike in New York City called by the Transport Workers Union Local 100 (TWU). Negotiations for a new contract with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) broke down over retirement‚ pension‚ and wage increases. The strike began at 3:00 a.m. EST on December 20‚ 2005. Most New York City Transit Authority personnel observed the strike‚ effectively halting all service on the subway and buses. Millions of commuters
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3 Strikes Crime Law: Unjust and Preposterous Nichole Burton COM/155 November 15‚ 2012 Brenda Granderson 3 Strikes Crime Law: Unjust and Preposterous The 3 Strikes Crime Law is one of the nation’s harshest sentencing laws. Are you aware that even non-violent criminals are sentenced to life in prison under the 3 Strikes Crime Law? More than 4‚000 non-violent criminals are currently serving life in sentence in prison in California alone. (Vega & Galloway‚ 2012). If you take these outrageous
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2011 Should Public Servants have the right to strike? There has been much debate lately about public servant union group’s right to negotiate or collective bargain for pay and benefits for the employee’s. Some state that all workers have the right to negotiate their pay and benefits by what ever means. While other state that some employees’ positions‚ like teachers‚ police and fireman‚ are much too important to allow them to walk out or strike for better pay. Both positions are true but neither
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Protests and strikes are relatively new concepts. For hundreds of years every worker was a separate entity since the vast number of them lived agricultural lifestyles and served few people other than themselves. It was until the industrial revolution that the potential for large protests and strikes could occur because it concentrated workers and gave them a clear enemy whether it was the manager or the owner of the facility. This trend of having the industrial revolution as a significant requirement
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and the same applies to Canadian history as well. There have been many events that have had an impact on Canadian history and the Winnipeg General Strike is one of such events that have made an impact on Canadian history. The Winnipeg General Strike happened on May 1‚ 1919‚ when members from the Winnipeg building-trade union went on a strike due to their employers refusing to negotiate a wage increase (Colyer & Co.‚ 2010). It has positively impacted Canada socially‚ politically and economically
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deem it to be necessary‚ to go on strike? Healthcare workers should have the same rights as other workers to unionize however‚ they are under a lot more pressure when it comes to unionizing and going on strike. This occupation requires more demand and isn’t quite as easy to replace/find new workers as it would a fast-food restaurant. If healthcare workers were to go on strike‚ it may negatively impact hospitals and effect patients. Are health care occupations qualitatively “different” than other
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Francisco State College Strike‚ it became very clear how racist and hypocritical the U.S. educational system was. Students‚ faculty members and community activists had to fight hard for equal access to higher education and a new education curriculum that would include studies of the history and culture of all people including ethnic minorities. As Asian Americans were facing similar systematic discriminations‚ they joined other racial groups to initiate and support the student-led Strike. Government officials
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Michael Mott Cramer PS 205 Nov. 21. 2012 Should the United States use a Preemptive strike on Iran? Iran has been trying to develop a nuclear program for some time now‚ and the United States has repeatedly told Iran that they cannot do that. If Iran refuses to comply with the United States‚ should the United States use a Preemptive strike on Iran? There are three options for the US‚ a preemptive strike on Iran‚ living with a nuclear Iran‚ or negotiate a deal so they can have a nuclear program
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The British Airways Strikes Effects On Employee Motivation Introduction British Airways is one of the leading airline company in Europe‚ nevertheless in the last few years it has financial problems‚ talks begin between British Airways and the Unite (Britain’s biggest union) from January of 2009 to solve the problem. At the beginning‚ the relationship between the two parties was composed‚ but the milestone was in 2009 October‚ when the British Airways stated that they are going to cut the staff
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Summary of the Source: Scales and Skills of Monopoly Power: Labor Geographies of the 1890–1891 Chicago Carpenters’ Strike is written by Robert B. Ross starts out with an history of what happened in Chicago regarding the carpenters. After discussing the general situation that happened in Chicago‚ Ross begins to talk about monopoly power and the labor geography that is in Chicago at that time. Ross goes into detail about how the labor workers relate to the formation of monopolies and the how the
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