American Federation of Labor

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services imply, that if you are an alien and you come here to seek labor during the fiscal year you are guaranteed to receive an immigrant visa that covers you, your spouse and children. To redeem the visa you will need to have the proper skills, education and/or working experiences. These will determine the eligibility…

The Walt Disney Animators’ Strike of 1941 During the early 1930s, unions began to organize in almost every industry across the nation, including the Hollywood entertainment industry. Unions for actors, directors, stagehands, and writers sprung up to collectively bargain for better working conditions. The Screen Cartoonist’s Guild was formed in 1938 to organize and unify the previously unrepresented cartoonists and animators in Hollywood. The Guild enjoyed success during its first year,…

Quinn Barrington History 104 Doctor Stephens 5 December, 2017 Themes throughout Latin America There are many themes in Latin American history, that repeat themselves and coincide with different periods over the course of time. Rebellion and gender roles are two themes that are extremely important to Latin America and their history. The Cuban Revolution, was a rebellion which started in 1953. It began with the attack at Santiago de Cuba’s military barrack and continued on for seven years. It was…

undocumented immigrants working in different businesses for low wages. Illegal immigration is a problem that affects all Americans both positive and negative ways. Different jobs emerged and are emerging since the arrival of immigrants in the United States. Immigrants, both legal and undocumented, influences business activity in several ways. There are many opinions that Americans have towards the economic problems that America has today.Some blame the immigrants for taking “all” the jobs, some…

In today’s world, it is common for a woman to be on birth control for various reasons, such as menstrual cycle regulation, reducing acne, regulating hormones, etc. Between the years 2015-2017, almost 50 million women were on birth control in the United States (Products - Data Briefs - Number 327 - December 2018). Being on birth control is a choice that women are granted, and this would not have been possible if it wasn’t for Margaret Sanger. Margaret Sanger is a well-known figure in women’s…

The Homestead Strike of July 1892 the American Federation of Labor of Iron and Steelworkers had refused to take the pay cuts and went on strike in Homestead, Pennsylvania. In return the president of the Carnegie Steel Company Henry C. Frick decided to close the plant and hired three hundred guards from the Pinkerton Detective Agency to protect the factory. After five long months the strikers of Homestead gave in and returned back to work. The Homestead Strike of July 1892 was an important event…

The advancement of African Americans and their struggles for rights and liberation begun much earlier than most high school textbooks teach. Decades before Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have A Dream”, Rosa Parks and the March on Washington, there were significant event, people and organizations that created real change that set the stage for the more famed events of the later decades. As Harvard Sitkoff writes, “For civil rights, the Depression decade proved to be a time of planting, not…

Chapter 9 Summary by Branden Higginson Americas Health Insurance Plans or AHIP. Pluralist theory of American Politics- group action represent the interests of society most effectively Single Issue Politics- any group built around every and any conceivable policy issue Interest Group- “faction” organization that wants to persuade public policy Alexis de Tocqueville wrote principle of association is most apparent in America Americas political structure contribute to group action of citizens…

Wagner Act - This act made it legal for labor unions to meet with each other. It also allowed them to meet and negotiate with the management of…

Americans with disabilities act: ADA headwords US labor law that prohibits unjustified discrimination based on disability. ADA disabilities, mental & physical medical conditions. protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities imposes accessibility requirements on public accommodations. 1986, National Council on Disability drafted the first version of…