The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in the month of July and started off in a town called Martinburg which was located in the state of West Virginia. What lead up The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was a depression that started in September of 1873. The depression had a hold on the country that included wage cuts‚ evictions‚ breadlines‚ and layoffs. Many Americans suffered for the rest of the year as well as throughout the year of 1874. Even though 1874 was a
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West initiated a strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (Cieply‚ 2007). The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) is a trade organization that represents the interests of 397 producers in the film and television industries (AMPTP Official Website). The strike lasted 100 days‚ finally ending on February 12‚ 2008. The strike put the economy of Los Angeles under severe strain with losses estimateds as high as $2.1 billion. The strike resulted from
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HRM in Media – Pilots Strike Case in China Eastern Airlines Story Briefing: On March 31‚ 2008‚ 14 flights of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Branch turned back to Kunming without landing at their destinations. Passengers were told it was due to poor weather conditions. However‚ the weather did not affect flights from other airlines to the same destinations. The real reason was a strike by disgruntled pilots‚ according to the April 2 Guangzhou Daily. China’s airline industry has been
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F-35: The Joint Strike Fighter of the Future Since the beginning of World War I‚ key military analysts have begun to realize the importance of airpower over the battlefield. It has been said throughout the years that “he who controls the air‚ also controls the battlefield”. Though some have disputed this statement‚ the truth has always been proven to analysts after the war when evaluations can be made. The three branches of military that currently use fighter/bomber aircraft are the Air Force
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workers were a powder keg waiting to be lit. In January of 1912 a new law was enacted that limited workers’ hours per week. While the workers expected their weekly sum to remain the same despite the new decree‚ they received their pay with the same hourly rate as before. Sparking a massive movement that left the mills without most of their employees‚ the strikers and the Industrial Workers of the World spearheaded an organized strike that would result in some of their demands being met. However‚ the
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The Boston Police Strike In 1919‚ there was a general agreement that the Boston policemen had a great deal to complain about. They disliked their hours‚ working conditions and most importantly‚ their salary. After getting a raise in 1913‚ the policemen had asked for another raise in 1917 to compensate for the high wartime inflation. By the time the officers had finally received that raise‚ the buying power of that extra money had gone down so low that the policemen were still having problems making
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When will the big one hit? Or has it hit already? In watching the Nova Special: Meteor Strike and the movie Armageddon we will look for fact or fiction. Did the movie get it right or was it just “bad” science. In Meteor Strike we follow Astrophysicist Peter Brown after a meteor strikes Chelyabinsk‚ Russia on February 15‚ 2013. We will see how Dr. Brown researches the explosion of a fireball over Russia‚ analyzes all the video footage‚ photos and evidence and comes to his conclusion of his initial
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Government Could Go on Strike… In an ideal world when someone does not agree with their boss’s actions it would be a wonderful benefit to not go to work until your superior sees reason and conforms to the subordinates’ logic. There are some careers‚ in which this is not only a great thought‚ but also an actual possibility. For example‚ unionized employees often go on strike when they have disagreements with management. In the event that a group of employees decides to strike; these actions do in fact
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Execution of criminals and political opponents has been used by nearly all societies—both to punish crime and to suppress political dissent. This paper examines three executions: the execution of Mary Queen of Scots in 1587‚ the execution of Joan of Arc in 1431‚ and the execution of John Wayne Gacy in 1994. In history books‚ all three executions represent the sentence of death on a condemned person. However‚ one difference is that the methods of execution‚ the public perception of execution‚ and
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demonstration of strike is becoming increasingly a central issue as the democratic principles continue to progress and evolve in our current society. There are diversity of view that concern the act of labor strike‚ and some prominent aspects embedded in the demonstration of strike come to raise some questions. The debate on both the frequency and the reason of the occurrence of strike in various working environments is significantly the most controversial challenge of the issue. Strikes have long been
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