TURZAR‚ ALMA F. BSE-B12 THE TEACHER’S STRIKE It was April of 1990 when the teacher’s strike began and ended at the end of May of the same year. The teachers’ strike at our Boystown/ Girlstown in Manila where I studied High School was classified as one of the major crises in the life of the Sisters and our Founder‚ Msgr. Aloysius Schwartz. At first‚ Fr. Al misjudged the situation and treated it as nothing
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Government Employees and Right to Strike – right to strike – At present‚ in the absence of any legislation in government employees the right to strike‚ recognizing their right to do so‚ or regulating the exercise of such right‚ they are prohibited from striking by express prohibition of MC No. 6 and as implied in EO 180. The 1987 Constitution‚ in the Article on Social Justice and Human Rights‚ provides that the State "shall guarantee the rights of all workers to self-organization‚ collective
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Strikes When the employees felt that their problems were not being addressed‚ they organized themselves into groups. The groups were aimed at ensuring that they resisted everything that the management set or wanted to be enforced. The employs would not go to the workplace unless their demands were met (Ushistory.org‚ 2015). The Pullman strike of 1890 and the Coal strike of 1900-1902 was the example of the major strikes that hit the organizations in the US. Both strikes were attributed to the poor
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Furthermore‚ the growth of unions increased by about 20 percent from 1933 to 1945 because there were new and different strategies such as sit-down strikes for workers driven by their need for respect. Instead of using the standard strike of standing outside and chanting‚ workers had come up with different forms of techniques that caught the attention of people‚ not in unions. The success of these new strategies is very helpful in creating new and improved unions. For instance‚ craft unions who had
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Strike refers to an act of abstinence from work for sometime in order to protest against some injustice or exploitation. It is a joint activity of a group of persons having a common goal to achieve. Originally‚ it was a major instrument in the hands of the labour union for establishing their demands to the proprietor of the concern. The labourers used to interrupt the work indefinitely until their demands were paid heed to. The causes of this strike were generally demand for a hike in the wage rate
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Janisha Can you imagine what it would be like if all the sanitation workers went on strike? Presently in Chicago public school teachers have joined together forming picket lines for the last several days. Amongst them stood parents even children. One can understand that teachers are fed up‚ however their current situation is causing a dominoes effect throughout Chicago for everyone. 87 percent of Chicago families are low income. No School means a possible financial strain for families. Parents
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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 have
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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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The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in the month of July and started off in a town called Martinburg which was located in the state of West Virginia. What lead up The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was a depression that started in September of 1873. The depression had a hold on the country that included wage cuts‚ evictions‚ breadlines‚ and layoffs. Many Americans suffered for the rest of the year as well as throughout the year of 1874. Even though 1874 was a
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Julio Aleman HIUS 222 Aug. 26‚ 2014 The Great Strike of 1877 The railroad companies made decisions to cut their employees pay so that they can make more money and grow. They made the claim that they were not obligated to pay their employees a certain rate of money for their labor. The corporation has every right to govern how much they pay their employees. When they dropped their employees pay‚ the employees fought for rights that they did not have. The corporation for which they have worked‚ though
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