Strike refers to an act of abstinence from work for sometime in order to protest against some injustice or exploitation. It is a joint activity of a group of persons having a common goal to achieve. Originally‚ it was a major instrument in the hands of the labour union for establishing their demands to the proprietor of the concern. The labourers used to interrupt the work indefinitely until their demands were paid heed to. The causes of this strike were generally demand for a hike in the wage rate
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REAGAN AND THE PATCO STRIKE OF 1981 On August 3‚ 1981‚ nearly 13‚000 of the 17‚500 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) staged a walk out and strike. There were four main reasons the union members of PATCO decided to go on strike. First‚ to address the concerns by members who felt that their work was seriously undervalued and under-rewarded. The second reason was that the Federal Aviation Administration had neglected serious deficiencies in staffing and hardware
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Winnipeg General Strike Shai-li Gawne July 14‚ 2015 During the Winnipeg General Strike the actions of the authorities were not justified. The unjust actions were that they did not have any jobs for the soldiers coming home from the war. The authorities did not care that the working conditions for the citizens were unfair. Also‚ the authorities attacked striking citizens for no reason. For these reasons‚ their actions were
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launched hundreds of strikes in Pakistan‚ Somalia‚ Yemen and Libya. These have resulted in thousands of civilian casualties. People who see their loved ones injured or killed in drone strikes become motivated to join terrorist groups. According to author Jeremy Scahill‚ the vast majority of militants operating in Yemen today are people who are aggrieved by attacks on their homes that forced them to go out and fight (Procon.org n pag).
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Newton. Even though Isaac Newton was born January 4‚ he was born on Christmas day. He is an important part of science that changed the world by giving use the three laws of motion and the concept of gravity. I care because his discovery led to many other discoveries today that would not have been discovered without his three laws. The three laws affect me because without it we wouldn’t know useful thing such as why things like swings and see-saws work or how we don’t slip when wearing certain shoes
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The Homestead strike brought up an important question for America: should the economic system favor the corporation or the worker? The Homestead strike was most likely the main reason workers unionized. The strike was the first situation in which the workers banded together to showcase unfair working conditions. The Homestead Mill was a factory that produced steel. The manager of the factory was Henry Fink who worked under one of the richest men in America at that time‚ Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie
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Strikes were and still are‚ very effective forms of protesting‚ especially for the Indigenous Australians in changing their rights and freedoms. Strikes have had an exceedingly positive effect on helping Aboriginals achieve their goals of raising the minimum wages‚ granting aboriginals the right to elect and their rights to freedom within Australia. This strike was a very good strike to start a kind of rebellion for the aboriginals to gain their share of wages and land rights. This strike was most
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The Bread and Roses Strike was one of the most important events in Massachusetts history. The Bread and Roses Strike started on January 12‚ 1912 in Lawrence‚ Massachusetts. The workers of the mills in Lawrence did not agree with the low wages they were given. With the low wages they were given‚ the workers were required to work long hours. They would have to work around 54 hours each week. Immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe immigrated to Lawrence to work in the mills. More specifically‚
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France‚ in the 1860’s. It is written by the French writer Emile Zola‚ who offers what he thinks is the best solution to the problems in the industrial revolution through Germinal. The plot of the book is centered on a strike that occurs in the mining community of Montsou. The strike takes place because of the constant deteriorating conditions of the miners. Etienne‚ a newcomer to Montsou‚ is leading the work stoppage‚ protesting for the better working conditions. Different workers in Montsou have
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1949 Work Strike The 1949 longshore strike was a very important event in the development of the ILWU in Hawai‘i and also in the development of labor unity necessary for a modern labor movement. The 171 day strike changed the colonial wage pattern for Hawai‘i workers received lower pay than their West Coast co-workers‚ even though they worked for the same company and did the same work. While pay equality was the major bargaining issue‚ the strike marked a last ditch attempt by the Big 5
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