Homestead Strike

Lucky Strike is a cigarette brand that still exists today, however they are hard to come by. Nowadays, they are mainly bought online because it is rare to see them within stores except in Europe where they are more common. This is one of the several ads produced by the company Lucky Strike for their cigarettes around the time when they were more popular. The advertisement is targeting anyone that smokes specifically females, with the main purpose being to prove that Lucky cigarettes have the…

“The Winnipeg General Strike” began in 1919 which was less than thirty years after the Criminal Code was enacted. This was one of the most influential social movements in Canada. Their intention was to earn rights for Canadian workers through strikes. Canada virtually had no labor laws at this time so workers fought to gain their rights. I believe this social movement represented the need for changes to be made to the Criminal Code as this movement was an illegal six week strike and was…

She witnessed a match-girls strike which opened up her eyes to the working conditions and lack of worker’s rights of the lower class. She also met Frederic Harrison, a British jurist and historian. Harrison inspired her interest in Positivist philosophy, an idea that all knowledge…

Winnipeg General strike started on May 1st, 1919 due to metal and building workers who wanted a higher wages. Two weeks later the Labour Councils and the Winnipeg trades also decided to join the strike to support metal and building workers. Despite the fact that the Winnipeg General strike was a fail it was still one of the biggest strikes in Canada. It involved about 25,000 to 30,000 Canadian workers. The strike ended on June 26th, 1919 and left a lot of people disappointed. During the strike…

In wildcat strikes, workers didn’t bother to go through the UAW at all and ignored the grievance procedures that were in place by the UAW because they knew that the only way they could press their demands would be to strike and negotiate at the gates of the industry instead. The way they organized outside of the workplace was by use of media. The workers realized that…

number of repeat offenders so in 1994 the state of California passed the “Three-Strikes and Your Out” law. This law proposes that felons who are found guilty of committing a third offense that is serious is to be locked up for 25 years to life in prison. Overall “the Three Strikes Law, or what is also known as the habitual offender law, are statues mandating state courts to impose “harsher” penalties…

Three Strikes Law The purpose of the three strikes law is to dramatically increase punishment for persons convicted of a felony who have previously been convicted of one or more "serious" or "violent" felonies. The Three Strikes law fundamentally expands the prison sentences of people convicted of felonies who have been already been convicted of a vicious or serious felony, and limits the capacity of these guilty parties to get a discipline other than a prison sentence. Brutal and serious…

The Flaws In The Three Strikes Law The Three Strikes Law was originally enacted in 1994 in California. The law came about in 1992 when a young innocent girl named Kimber Reynolds from Fresno was murdered in an attempted purse snatching by two convicts who had previously just finished serving their times in prison. Immediate after the death of Kimber, her father Mike was inspired to take action to help prevent innocent people from getting harmed by criminals. Mike Reynolds and his group put…

races and ages to help stop the oppression of minority’s on mass incarceration. People in our communities must come together and provision change that needs to be made in our criminal justice system and within our communities. Reforming the three strike law will help stop life sentencing for misdemeanor crimes. Also improving school system in our neighborhoods will help teens stay out of…

Three Strike Policy The three strike policy was started to reduce repeat offenders of serious crime and it was passed in 1993. The policy was thought to have a great impact on society and reduce the crime rate. The crime rate was on the raise with offenders and the crimes that was being committed was violent and very serious. With the crime rate increasing, more offenders became felonies, something had to be done to try to reduce the crime rate. The policy is directed towards felony crimes…