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The Boy Who Drew Monsters Will MacDonald The Boy Who Drew Monsters by, Keith Donovan, was a great read over the summer. Keith Donovan is an American novelist, the author of the national bestseller The Stolen Child, Angels of Destruction, and Centuries of June. This book takes place on the coast of Maine, in what the Keenan’s call their dream house. A young boy, Jack Peter Keenan lives alone with his two parents and is home schooled by his dad while his mom is at work . Jack Peter is trapped…

Haymarket Riot Darlene Revely Title course Instructer name Date Revely 1 During the growth of the American industries in the 1870s and 1880s, many early labor unions were being formed. The Knights of Labor became a very popular group, in which they had over 700,000 members. Many workers were frustrated over harsh working conditions, treatment, low pay, little to none benefits, even though they often worked 10 to 12 hours, up to 6 days a week. The primary focus of the Knight of…

Introduction Negotiation is a process of dynamic communication in which two or more parties attempt to settle differences and defend interests directly through dialogue in order to achieve a solution or a satisfactory agreement. In this paper I will discuss the important rules in negotiation and what to avoid during a negation. Importance of Negotiations The description of a work often includes negotiation skills as a desirable quality in a charge applicants list, however the ability to trade…

The organization involved was the Sociology club. They had a meeting about “Sexual Identity: A Sociological Perspective.” It dealt with an important speaker coming to the meeting and talking about their personal experiences. Her name was Jessica Lynn. She was transgender and is one of many people going around speaking about their personal life in order to make an awareness. Jessica Lynn makes a journey traveling to colleges and universities throughout the United States to inform students about…

One union that, unlike the AFL-CIO, follows the concept of industrial unionism is the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). It was founded in 1905 with the idea that representation of the individual worker is more important than representation per occupation. Their ideals promote the “One Big Union” concept and states that all workers should be under a single social class, therefore having no restrictions to membership particularly of unskilled workers. The Wobbly Shop model is one well known…

Beyond Instrumentalism: A Relational Approach to Negotiation The authors of Beyond Instrumentalism: A Relational Approach to Negotiation described three different approaches to negotiation, instrumentalism, altruism, and relational. The authors define instrumentalism as assuming negotiation behavior from a selfish motivation, or “what is better for me (or us)?” (Ingerson, 2015, Introduction pp. 3). Altruism is people essentially displaying representation to proceed with a longing to supply to…

During a union campaign, XYZ are permitted to engage in activities that will not interfere with an employee’s ability to make a free choice in a union election. If threats of reprisal, promises of benefits, or other actions would serve to coerce employees. All management should be extremely watchful about what they tell employees and representatives amid a union sorting out battle. Indeed, even one proclamation that goes too far can put everything else that was said in a more terrible light and…

Argumentative Essay: Should Public Service Workers Be Allowed to Strike? Think of what the world be like if there was no fireman, police officers, or teachers. These are just three examples of very important government workers. But what if these people were not able to assist you because they were on strike for their common interest? These workers are so depended on and without them our lives would be quite different. We could face many different types of danger and have no education. If they…

Some laws that helped the workers is “mutual-aid societies, self-help groups to aid sick or injured workers”(251). Thanks to this people got the help they needed. “Men and women joined socialist parties or organized unions”(251) The people were making a group and try to protest to get the rights they deserved. Another law that helped was the no child labor law. “Over time, laws were passed outlawing child labor and banning the employment of women mines”(252). This law is very important because…

Unionization has some disadvantages for some employees, but can assist in standardizing the work environment. With a union, the wages are equal for all employees in the same classification and tier (level of experience). The work is balanced in each classification and no one outside of a class is permitted to perform work duties within another class. This assures the wages for the job being done is fair and the work is assigned per classification. The classifications, benefits and wages are…