Breach of contract Strike action clearly constitutes a breach of contract. Industrial action short of a strike is less straightforward. This will commonly take the form of a refusal to perform full normal duties. Where these are expressly required by the contract‚ employees will clearly be in breach. However‚ the contractual position is less straightforward where such duties are implied into the contract rather than expressly included. In Sim v Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council [1986] IRLR
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opportunities‚ land abundant What was meant by “Rum‚ Romanism and Rebellion”? Why did this comment backfire on Republicans? (Three Points) What happened in Haymarket Square on May 1‚ 1886? What happened on May 4? Who was convicted in the trial? What did Governor Altgeld do in 1893? (Four points) What was the Homestead Lockout? What did Alexander Berkman do? What did Carnegie do? (Three points) Why did Pullman workers go on strike in 1895? What happened when Railroad workers went on
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Independence was signed in 1776. In "pursuit of happiness" through shorter hours and higher pay‚ printers were the first to go on strike‚ in New York in 1794; cabinet makers struck in 1796; carpenters in Philadelphia in 1797. In the early years of the 19th century‚ recorded efforts by unions to improve the workers’ conditions‚ through either negotiation or strike action‚ became more frequent. By the 1820s‚ various unions involved in the effort to reduce the working day from 12 to 10 hours began to
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INTRODUCTION: The Niger Delta cuts across three geopolitical zones of Nigeria namely; South South‚ South East and South West. It consist of nine states Rivers‚ Bayelsa‚ Akwa Ibom‚ Cross Rivers‚ Delta‚ Edo‚ Imo‚ Abia and Ondo and it is from this zone that over 90% of Nigeria’s revenue is derived‚ the citizens of the area live in abject poverty and deprivation‚ environmental hazards and threat to source of their livelihood. It was as a result of these challenges that the citizens of the area began
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industrial leaders of the 1865-1900 era as either “robber barons” or “captains of industry”? 2001 FRQ #4 How and why did transportation developments spark economic growth during the period from 1860 to 1900 in the United States? LABOR 1998 FRQ #3 Analyze the impact of any TWO of the following on the American industrial worker between 1865 and 1900. • Government actions • Immigration • Labor Unions • Technological changes 2000 DBQ How successful was organized labor
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then found an alternative to show their dissatisfaction which is strike. Strike can result in loss of productivity‚ angry customers‚ financial losses‚ injury‚ and damage to property as well as a soured employee-employers relation. It usually occurs when employers do not take into consideration employees concerns and demands‚ when they do not react to the issues that the labour force is facing. Even though employees are allowed to strike‚ there are procedures in place that protect them from not losing
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company seeks your advice on the circumstances in which the union can call a strike in support of its wage demands‚ and poses the following questions: (a) What are the statutory preconditions that the union would have to satisfy before its members can participate in a protected strike? (b) The company is particularly concerned about the prospect of the non-union members in the bargaining unit participating in any strike‚ since it would not be possible to continue production under those circumstances
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more satisfied with how they were treated in Japan while Russia dealt with strikes because of poor working conditions. In document 4‚ S. I. Somov‚ a Russian socialist‚ recalls his participation in a strike. Being a socialist‚ it is easy to comprehend why Somov would sympathize with the workers and strike and even join them. He describes how the workers stated various phrases over and over again. The workers were on strike because they ran out of patience‚ and that their suffering was worse than death
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communal solidarity. • The labor movement was ultimately a failure because it was too conservative and was weak against the profit-oriented social structure of the time period. • The Knights of Labor were a complete failure. They didn’t encourage strikes‚ but rather promoted education‚ cooperation‚ and political. Their lack of organization ultimately doomed their existence and they lost the little bit of power they had after the 1886 Haymarket Riot • Gomper’s business-like mentality allowed for the
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The royal mail industrial dispute Two days of national strike action was taken in October 2009‚ supported by an overwhelming YES vote of three to one launched by Communication Workers Union (CWU). The dispute over pay‚ job securities and working conditions is still continuing although CWU has suspended strike to provide a period of calm for the Union and Royal Mail to negotiate a full and final agreement on the introduction of automation and relevant working practices. The strained relations of
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