Julio Aleman HIUS 222 Aug. 26‚ 2014 The Great Strike of 1877 The railroad companies made decisions to cut their employees pay so that they can make more money and grow. They made the claim that they were not obligated to pay their employees a certain rate of money for their labor. The corporation has every right to govern how much they pay their employees. When they dropped their employees pay‚ the employees fought for rights that they did not have. The corporation for which they have worked‚ though
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respond to the various issues surrounding the strike. Topics discussed include the legality of the strike‚ the impact the strike had on Ironsteel that influenced decision making process‚ and the consequences to both replacement and long-term employees. The strike that took place in the summer of 2011 was legal‚ because it addressed the concerns of employees including disputes over wages and benefits. This type of strike is often described as an economic strike. Section 7 of the National Labor Relations
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The impact of the NUM’s defeat in the Miners’ Strike encompassed the entire social‚ political and economic spectrums‚ making some significant contribution in all of the three areas in some way or another. However‚ whether they are evidence of the Miners’ Strike’s significance or of another factor outside of its sphere will be made clearer through further analysis of the year-long crisis in the coal industry. The NUM’s defeat in 1985 is generally seen as a major victory against the excessive power
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society in reference to crime. Starting around 1980 there was noticeable increase in crime rates in the U.S.. In many of these cases it was noted that these individuals were in fact repeat offenders. So‚ on March 7‚ 1994 California enacted the Three-Strikes and You’re Out Law. This laws and other laws like it are currently being utilized today all around the Untied States. This law was first backed by victim’s rights advocates in the state to target habitual offenders. The reason California holds the
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three strikes law. The examination study will document the effect of the three strikes rule on internal and external stakeholders‚ trying to evaluate whether the law and comparative laws go about as a compelling obstacle to wrongdoing. The creation of the three strikes law first passed as Initiative 593 in Washington State in 1993. Then California law was passed its own version in 1994 as Proposition 184. Currently twenty-four states in the United States have some version of the “Three Strike Law”
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Advocates for Socialism The Winnipeg General Strike What was happening in the year 1919? Well‚ the First World War had finished‚ and the soldiers were returning home. The Depression would not come for approximately ten more years. So why weren’t people happy and life brimming with opportunity? What was happening that would lead to such labour and social strife? Relations between Canadian workers and employers were becoming explosive. The Canadian working class was being treated without any
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launched a general strike‚ marking one of the largest strikes in Canadian history. The strike was the result of many causes‚ including the increased suffering of Canadian workers. This pain was elevated because of Canadians who returned from the First World War‚ and could not find jobs because of the difficult economic environment. In addition‚ plant closures‚ high unemployment and poor work conditions also contributed to the causes of the general strike. The common goal of the strike was to promote
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California Space Heaters‚ Inc. November 30‚ 2010 There is a fine line between how much safety a corporation should provide to the consumer regarding its products vs. how much responsibility of safety should fall on the average consumer. Take‚ for instance‚ the all too familiar McDonald’s coffee episode. Does McDonald’s have a responsibility to its customers to ensure the coffee isn’t hot enough to scald if spilled upon one’s lap? Or should the customer be held responsible for their own safety
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Do Three Strikes Sentencing Laws/ “Get Tough” Approaches Work? It would be safe to assume that most individuals agree that those who commit crimes must deal with the consequences of their law breaking actions. Despite efforts to reduce crime by the traditional form of punishment through incarceration‚ some criminals continue to live felonious lives. This not only poses a problem on their behave but also that of the communities in which they live and are offending. The state of California was determined
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The Colour Out of Space The idea that human beings are insignificant in the grander scheme of the universe and that we are nothing more than mere pawns in a game played by greater beings might be true however‚ I don’t agree with it. Yes‚ human beings might be in the bottom one percent if you compare all the things in the universe according to mass‚ however‚ it doesn’t mean that we are insignificant. Humans‚ even if thousand times smaller than mountains can actually think‚ feel and act on its
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