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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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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and his contribution to the Pullman Strike. Both newspapers only recorded some facts that supported their newspaper’s views of the event that happened over the few month of the nationwide strikes. Eugene Debs was described
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The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was known as the first major walkout in U.S. History that started during the Panic of 1873. The railroad company in a move they thought would slow the bleeding decided that they would make up their lost profits by cutting the workers’ pay by 10% and make them work longer hours. As a result‚ the employees decided to avoid coming to work and eventually set up a blockade at the entrance to not allow any of the others to come through. In support of this act‚ several
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Causes of the General Strike‚ 1926 Long Term Problems (Pre-1914) Conditions for miners * Mining was notoriously dangerous due to the presence of gas and accidental cave-ins * Miners suffered poor health due to coal… ‘Black Lung’ (Pneumosilicosis). State of mining industry * The majority of mines were old or small and the coal was still being cut by hand. * Ownership was fragmented with little investment from companies. Unionised workforce * One in ten of all male workers
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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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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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Fabiana Byles The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 September 21‚ 2014 Scharfenberg The Strike of the Railroads The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was a huge protest of railroad workers that spread across the United States. These strikes were started due to wage cuts in the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad. This was a violent protest in the B&O station in West Virginia‚ Pittsburgh‚ Chicago‚ Maryland and Ohio. Labor was able to unionize by the workers working together in demonstrations but they
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2011 Should Public Servants have the right to strike? There has been much debate lately about public servant union group’s right to negotiate or collective bargain for pay and benefits for the employee’s. Some state that all workers have the right to negotiate their pay and benefits by what ever means. While other state that some employees’ positions‚ like teachers‚ police and fireman‚ are much too important to allow them to walk out or strike for better pay. Both positions are true but neither
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The Effectiveness of a Three Strikes Law Introduction Opponents and proponents of Three Strikes Laws argue vehemently for its effectiveness in deterring crime‚ and‚ conversely‚ for its ineffectiveness and economic imprudence. This study proposes to sift through the relevant constitutional amendments and examine the sentence structure of the law vis-à-vis fairness and justice. In short‚ does a Three Strikes Law sentencing structure achieve its goals without exceeding its authority? Goals of
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