From the years 1875 through 1900 many organized labor unions and strikes occurred. The point of these strikes and labor unions was to eliminate such long hours and low wages that many laborers of that time had to endure. The labor unions demanded eight hour workdays. The labor unions and strikes also worked to eliminate many other hardships that laborers had. The labor unions and strikes were not successful. The only thing they really achieved was in bringing attention to the plight of the worker
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• The Nanny • King of the Hill • South Park • Simpsons Sports • Basketball Michael Jordan and Chicago Bulls won six titles in the 90’s 91‚ 92‚ 93‚ 96‚ 97 and 98 • Baseball Players go on strike again in 1994 / 1995 Fans Fed Up With the greed of Players and Owners show their frustration and attendance Drops 20% . • NHL Expands and Labor Unrest by Players with two lockouts in the decade
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the River I Stand”‚ it tells the narrative of the sanitation workers strike in the year of 1968. In February 1968‚ the awful working conditions for African Americans came to attention with the death of two sanitation workers. With no insurance‚ the workers families were left with nothing but desperate times. After this incident‚ 1300 sanitation workers walked off the job in a strike that lasted for about 65 days. During the strike‚ it received
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with leaflets and application cards" (Bell 292). This achievement can also be contributed in part to the government. Although it can be said that the government did nothing‚ that fact that it didn’t intervene against these unions efforts and later strikes was much better that the hostility of earlier presidents before Franklin Roosevelt. Although the AFL focused on skill laborers and also did little for the working man‚ there were other movements such as the CIO that created more unskilled workers
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BRIEF NOTES ON........... Industrial Disputes Act‚ 1947 Industry The Industrial Disputes Act applies to all industries. Industry for the purpose of Industrial Disputes Act is defined under the Act. Industrial Disputes Act‚ 1947 The Industrial Disputes Act‚ 1947 recognizes certain rights to the employees employed by the employer. For the purposes of Industrial Disputes Act‚ 1947‚ workman has been defined as under: “Workman means any person (including an apprentice) employed in any industry to
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specified price known as the “strike price”‚ within a specified period of time. There are several ways an employee stock option could be valuable. The option pays off if‚ at option expiration‚ the stock price is higher than the option’s strike price. If at any point the company fails to meet shareholders’ expectations‚ the stock price will probably drop. However‚ if the current price is high enough‚ the stock price is higher than the strike price. For instance‚ if the strike price is $50‚ the stock is
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involves selling equal number of out-of-the-money calls and puts of the same underlying security‚ strike price and expiration date while owning the underlying stock. Covered Combination Construction Long 100 Shares Sell 1 OTM Call Sell 1 OTM Put Limited Profit Potential Maximum gain for the covered combination is achieved when the underlying stock price on expiration date is trading at or above the strike price of the call options sold. This is the price where the trader’s long stock gets called
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of emergency and lack of institutional capacity to implement the laws. Definition of Industrial Disputes:- Industrial disputes are conflicts‚ disorder or unrest arising between workers and employers on any ground. Such disputes finally result in strikes‚ lockouts and mass refusal of employees to work in the organization until the dispute is resolved. So it can be concluded that Industrial Disputes harm both parties employees and employers and are always against the interest of both employees and
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Name one benefit and one drawback associated with each (5 marks) c) Using put call parity‚ the data provided and assuming that the 30-day US government treasury bill rate is 0.01%‚ what should be the price (premium) of a Google put option with a strike price of $1‚105 and having a expiry date of January 18th‚ 2014? (Recall the t-bill rate of 0.01% is an annual rate) (4 marks) a) Current Price P = 1‚105 call options: K = 1‚105 at the money K=P put options: K = 1‚115 in the money K > P Payoff
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In the Mid 1900’s in California‚ Immigrants and low class Americans mostly worked in plant fields picking grapes and other foods. The wages of a field worker in the 1950’s dropped as low as $2 a day. One man named Cesar Chavez used his knowledge to raise the wages of every farm worker in California. Cesar Chavez was originally a farm worker whose job was to pick grapes along with many Immigrants such as Mexicans and Filipinos. In Delano‚ California Cesar started the National Farm Worker Association
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