Strike action A strike is a collective withdrawal of labour by employees. Under such action‚ employees refuse to perform all work‚ not just selected duties. Strikes are usually‚ but not always‚ organised by a union. The purpose of a strike is to pressure an employer (or other third party) into complying with particular demands or refraining from doing something. Under the federal Fair Work Act 2009 strike action may be ’protected action’ if undertaken during a bargaining period for an enterprise
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In 1997‚ a group of college kids gave birth to something that would become a world renowned phenomenon‚ Counter-Strike. Counter-Strike is an online‚ team based‚ first person shooter. In this game‚ the two teams (terrorists and counter-terrorists) face off against one another using various team-specific weapons and attempt to gain victory by completing team specific objectives. The counter-terrorists must rescue hostages‚ protect V.I.P.’s‚ and protect bomb sites from the terrorists. While the
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The 1997 Teamster strike against UPS was not simply a victory‚ but a smashing victory for the US working class and therefore offers many valuable lessons for today’s labor militants‚ both with respect to the strategic orientation and the day-to-day tactics. UPS is a “Fortune 500” company‚ meaning it is one of the most profitable in the nation‚ boasting of a $1.15 billion profit margin prior to the strike. In 1992‚ the workforce was evenly divided between full-time and part-time workers‚ but by 1996
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consumers of a product are known as demand and supply. From a demand –supply model we can easily determine the price and quantity sold in a market of a particular good like personal computer. In recent market‚ the affordability of computer plays an important role in high demand of it and to fulfil the required demand suppliers/ producers supply more and more computer in market. There are a number of factors which affect the demand and supply of computers and hence the price is automatically determined
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STUDENTS STRIKES The purpose of this study was to investigate the management of secondary school students’ unrest and the responses of school managers in the light of the causes of students’ strikes in Machakos District. . This study sought to find out the causes of strikes and the response of the school managers‚ and their effect on the management of secondary schools in Machakos District. Three main objectives guided the study thus; to establish the causes of students’ strikes in Machakos District
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the social factors that are involved in adjudication? How do they impact the legal system? The social factors involved in adjudication include the individual’s background (i.e. race‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ and social class) since such information is used to analyze cause/basis and motive for the crime committed. 2. Schellenberg states that "The law is made by judges." Do you agree with him? Why or why not? I agree with Schellenberg. Judges interpret law and apply it to a case to help determine a verdict
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Strike in Space Case Study Executive Summary This case centers on the original 3 Skylab missions that began in 1973 following a successful series of Apollo missions starting in the 1960’s. NASA viewed the Skylab missions as logical successors of the Apollo missions and each of the Skylab missions picked up where the prior one left off. The primary focus of the missions was to determine if humans could in fact live comfortably for extended periods of time in weightless conditions and prior to
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Geological Factors that contributed to the destructive nature of Typhhon Quinta that hit Iloilo and Capiz last month and measure to address these problems: A Reaction Paper With 52‚172 families (251‚152 persons) affected‚ many Filipinos celebrated their recent holiday vacations with grief as Typhoon Quinta hit the Phlippines destroying millions of properties and owing 15 people their lives. Millions of pesos worth of agricultural crops and infrastructures were also damaged in 544 barangays of the
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will be discussing the current issue of conflict between nurses’ demand of increase on their pay and government’s comparatively lower related nurse pay policy. Background information will presented first‚ followed by an analysis on the strike and reasons why this strike happens. In the end‚ there will be theoretical evaluation about industrial relations focusing on absenteeism and industry productivity. Background information The contemporary human society is composed with many fundamental facilities
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employees in an effort to obtain for the employer more desirable terms. Lockouts can have three purposes: 1. Designed to frustrate bargaining efforts 2. An economic countermove to union’s right to strike 3. To minimize economic or operational losses threatened by an imminent strike The third type of lockout is legally justified and provides the employer a right to protect the economic integrity of his enterprise. The Supreme Court too accepts “special circumstances” which may force
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