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    million should be used to offset the increased cost of living but the PRC declined to budge. It was evident that both parties could not come to an agreement on how much money the owners should contribute to the player’s pension fund. The players went on strike in 1972 forcing the two sides to compromise on a contribution amount of $500‚000. c) 4th Basic Agreement – was a contract that 1) annihilated the reserve clause and 2) paved way for free agency. The owners implemented the reserve clause into the

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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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    join in strikes‚ to change supply and demand so they could increase prices for their products. In addition‚ the strikes served the purpose in securing higher wages and fees for services‚ and to keep outsiders from operating in the same craft. The strikes came about as early as the seventeenth century‚ although there were not any conflicts between labor and management. Instead‚ the strikes represented demonstrations against local laws and directives and were aimed in influencing the actions of town

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    Unions in the United States. The union ’s top weapons‚ strikes‚ can be self-disastrous. The reason being is that "employers of striking workers have the legal right to continue to operate their business with permanent replacement employees who need not be discharged once the strike ends." In this case‚ employees on strike are not eligible to return since their previous jobs have been

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    AApush Jose Porretti   The struggle between laborers and their capitalist managers in the late 19th century is famous for its wild strikes‚ violent results‚ and colossal size. The workers felt displaced by the new machines and inventions that took over their jobs. This caused a great deal of tension and sprawl‚ and a call for attention at the poor quality conditions the workers had to deal with. Thus‚ a rise in labor Unions and organized labor which attempted to improve said conditions started

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    Private Limited (TKM) announced an indefinitelockout of its vehicle manufacturing plant at Bidadi located near Bangalore‚ Karnataka. Thedecision was taken following a strike‚ which had entered its third day‚ by the ToyotaKirloskar Motor Employees Union (Employee Union)‚ the only company recognized union.The lockout notice stated that the strike was illegal as the Employee Union did not give themandatory 14 day notice period as per Industrial Disputes Act‚ 1947.It also stated that the workers were indulging

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    become major forces influencing wages and working conditions. In 1886‚ when successful strikes on some western railroads attracted a mass of previously unorganized unskilled workers‚ the Knights of Labor grew to a peak membership of a million workers. They bargained with employers‚ conducted boycotts‚ and called members out on strike to demand higher wages and better working conditions. Although‚ not all the strikes held by unions were successful‚ if enough unions survive they leave a movement larger

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    Industrial Relations Industrial relation means the relationship between employers and employees in course of employment in industrial organisations. However‚ the concept of Industrial Relations has a broader meaning. In a broad sense‚ the term Industrial Relations includes the relationship between the various unions‚ between the state and the unions as well as those between the various employers and the government. Relations of all those associated in an industry may be called Industrial Relations

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    conditions. Many companies and corporations went on strike and even resorted to violence in order to spread their point. These workers mostly worked for low wages‚ or felt that they weren’t being treated fair. With acts of crime‚ these laborers felt that they could get there message to the companies‚ but most of the companies retaliated with hiring national guards to settle the issue or just locking the workers out of the job. The reason that these strikes turned to violent riots started is because the

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    states‚ that in” October 2007‚ the Writers Guild asked its members for strike approval‚ and the producers were maintaining that the guild was just trying to delay negotiations until the current contract expired at the end of October”. Both the Writers Guild and the producers knew that timing for these negotiations is crucial. Television series are in full production during the fall and spring. If the writers were to go on strike now would have a bigger impact than they would have if they waited until

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