social forces that create tensions and stresses which push individuals and organizations into mobilization and action supportive of change‚ thus creating the social movement. Both the Irish hunger strikes and protests over sovereignty for Quebec were directed and catalyzed by such social forces. The hunger strikes that culminated a 5 year protest by Republican prisoners was‚ as the political nature of the prisoners would have us assume‚ fuelled by clashing political ideologies and threatened national
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A large number of prisoners go on a hunger strike in response to complaints by some inmates about their deprivation of rights by being placed in administrative segregated housing units. A spokespersons for inmates say that many inmates are willing to sacrifice their health and safety to stop the harsh segregation policies. The inmates refuse to eat‚ work assignments‚ leave cell‚ nor exercise. Prison officials claim that the hunger strike is a ploy by powerful prison gangs to increase their influence
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A strike is a form of protest whereby a group of employees withhold labour in order to pressure employers into granting a particular demand. (Cambridge Dictionairies) Causes and effects of strikes in South Africa: Causes - Lack of transformation‚ mutual respect‚ trust‚ and socio-economic equity (SABC‚ 2014). - Dissatisfaction with pay or working and living conditions. Effects - Companies: financial losses‚ reduced productivity‚ profitability and market share‚ and delayed service delivery. Employees:
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Strike [Sec. 2 (q)]: Strike means "a cessation of work by a body of persons employed in any industry acting in combination or a concerted refusal under a common understanding of any number of persons who are or have been so employed‚ to continue to work or to accept employment". Mere stoppage of work does not come within the meaning of strike unless it can be shown that such stoppage of work was a concerted action for the enforcement of an industrial demand. Procedure of Strikes According to Sec
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THE ASSEMBLY BOMB OUTRAGE In the face of the actions by the revolutionaries‚ the British government enacted the Defence of India Act‚ also known as the Defence of India Regulation Act. It was an Emergency Criminal Law instituted by the Governor General of India in the year 1915. The British Government enacted it with the objective of restricting the revolutionaries and nationalist activities and endeavours and the German supported threats‚ during the aftermath of World War I. With the arrival of
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UPS Strike In early August of 1997 the United Parcel Service (UPS) had a predicament on its hands‚ a teamsters strike. UPS‚ the world ’s largest package distribution company was coming off a year [1996] in which they reported sales of $22.4 billion. UPS Employed 75‚000 management and non-union employees compared with 185‚000 teamsters who are part of the AFL-CIO that were going on strike. The teamsters rejected a contract extension offer from the company leaving the fate of millions of packages
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“HUNGER” English 101 “Hunger” In the story hunger author Anne Lamott introduces herself and her struggle with food addiction and her battle with eating disorders that she suffered in the early part of her life. In this story she talks about her life how she was growing up‚ her personal obsession with food‚ her battle with alcoholism‚ and addiction to eating. Lamott in the short story hunger also covers her struggle for life with the eating disorder bulimia.
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Drone Strikes: Death From Above The war in Afghanistan has proved to be very costly. With budget cuts being enforced with the financial meltdown‚ the Department of Defense is looking for a cheaper alternative to fight the war on terror. This is where drones and other sophisticated autonomous military hardware come into play. One such military platform that has proved its efficiency to combat terrorism is the drone. A drone being a unmanned air vehicle such as the Predator currently used in Afghanistan
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The General Strike The General Strike started May 3rd 1926 and lasted nine days ending on the 12th May 1926. Mine owners wanted to normalise profits even during times of economic instability – which meant that miners’ wages would be reduced and working hours would be extended. The miners were not happy with the changes that were about to happen so they decided to go on strike. This documentary exercise is going to evaluate two primary sources from the General Strike. It will consider form‚
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The Washington State Three-Strikes Law It is difficult to determine whether the three-strikes law in Washington is an effective form of legislation. In 1993‚ Washington was the first state in the nation to adopt three-strikes legislation which imposed a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole for persons convicted for a third specific violent felony. The action was fueled by the highly publicized death of Diane Ballasiotes‚ who was raped and murdered by a convicted rapist who
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