The strike action from millions of public sector workers was triggered after the government announced its plans for pension reforms that include; a £2.8 billion rise in contribution payments by 2014/2015; changing the retirement age to the same as the state pension age; and moving public sector workers from final salary schemes to career average schemes. Public sector unions feel the government are proposing too many changes to the current system in one go‚ and therefore balloted to strike.
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The Homestead Strike of 1892 By: Industrial Relations Homestead is located on the Monogahela River eight miles from Pittsburgh. In 1892 the town had a population of about 12‚000 people. In 1880 it had a population of about 600 people. The town evolved around the Carnegie mills. With out the steel mill the town would have little existence. The mill property covered 600 acres of the 600 acres 37 of that is covered with varies buildings. The mills facilities were lighted by electricity which
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Regression Analysis for Strike with Damage Reported and Wildlife Strike II. ABSTRACT A wildlife strike into aircraft engines at takeoff and/or landing causes highly significant outcomes. The Federal Aviation Administration released Advisory Circular (FAA‚ AC150/5200-32B‚ 2013) to address importance of the reporting and encourage airline operators to report wildlife strike damage. The FAA conducted a study of wildlife strike reporting systems in mid 1990s and used a statistical analysis
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History between 1877 and 1920 was The Great Strike of 1877. The Great Strike of 1877 was the most important event between 1877 and 1920 because it began the Great Strike‚ it was the most violent labor-management confrontation to that point in American history and the amount of people who died‚ went to jail or went on strike was insurmountable. The Great Strike of 1877 was the most important event in U.S history because it was the beginning of an era of strikes. On September 18‚ 1873‚ the bank panic
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A project on Strike Project title “THE AIR INDIA STRIKE MAY 2012”. Submitted to Submitted by Prof. BD Singh Vikram Kumar Roll no. PG-12-70050 Batch-2012-14 Company Background Air India is the flag carrier airline of India. It is part of the government of India owned Air India Limited (AIL). The airline operates a fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft serving Asia‚ Europe and North America. Its corporate office is located at the Air India Building
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Is the strike no longer necessary? Throughout the years conflict has occurred between managers and workers resulting in industrial action taken either individually or as a collective form. The most favoured form of industrial action is the strike where employees demonstrate the importance of the issue concerned by stopping work and leaving the workplace. Strikes occur for a number of reasons one being pay. Strike patterns have changed over the years showing a decline in numbers that are due to
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California residents felt at the time the “Three Strikes and you’re out Law‚” took effect in 1994. The purpose of the Three Strikes Law is to punish repeat violent crime offenders upon receiving their third conviction of any felony. Initially‚ if a person receives a serious or violent felony conviction‚ this is considered a first strike‚ subsequently‚ then the second serious or violent felony criminal charge that is received would be a second strike and the individual will serve double the time originally
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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 identities
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Three Strikes Law Recidivism is a tendency to relapse into a former pattern of behavior or a tendency to return to criminal behavior. Many studies have been conducted about criminals who begin with petty crimes (misdemeanors) that repeat the same crimes or graduate to serious crimes (felonies). The fear of repeat offenders and the increase of recidivism ignited the federal and state governments to seek harsher ways to protect citizens’ safety. Mike Reynolds a photographer whose daughter‚ Kimber
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Three-strikes is a Mindless Response to Crime In 1983‚ a young man named Michael was brought before a Pennsylvania court on a charge of armed robbery: he stole $50 from a taxi driver using a toy gun. A few days later he was arrested and was subsequently convicted. Although the trial judge sentenced Michael to 6 months in prison and required that he repay the $50‚ the prosecutor demanded the 5 year minimum sentence required by state law. The trial judge ruled the mandatory sentencing law unconstitutional
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