Lucky Strike

(Tavaana). When a union’s demand is not met by management, the weapon workers have against employers is a strike (Grabianowski). And so, in September 1965, a grape picker’s strike started in California, followed a national boycott of California grapes in September 1967. It was not until July 1970, when the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee signed a contract that ended the grape strike/boycott…

Walter Gordon Merritt highly favored the “open shop” because he believed it allowed for union members and non-union members the opportunity to be employed. They had the chance if they were non-union members to join the union once employed as well. There was no discrimination against either unionist or non-unionist at “open shops” which was the great thing about them. Merritt believed closed shops “means closing the doors of industry to all but union men and closing transportation and the markets…

were communist were often heavily suppressed, with violence, and destruction caused b.y both sides. An example would be the “Worker strikes occurred throughout the United States in support of the Bolsheviks. One strike led by a future radical communist, William Z. Foster, caused hundreds of thousands of steelworkers to walk off their jobs. In Seattle, a general strike led to the entire city being shut down for a lack of workers. Terrorism and violence led to injuries of hundreds across the…

Therefore, this greediness can lead to a lack of trust between an employee and the employer and also result in a strike action. Consider, for example, the strike action with the Verizon Communications. After debating for ten months to reach a fair contract, almost 40,000 Verizon workers represented by Communications Workers of America (CWA) and Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) went on strike April 13, 2016. The two unions are together representing service works, installers, repairmen,…

In the documentary; the Killing Floor, it shows the struggles workers faced in the business of meat packaging. The employees worked in terrible conditions without a union contract that promised them that their jobs were safe. Workers were divided into factions because some wanted an increase in wages, while others thought that they should not step over the line due to the fear of losing their jobs. This documentary shows that several black workers did not want to join a union because if they did…

Farmers everywhere in the United States during the late nineteenth century complained against the economy because the farmers were constantly being taken advantage of by the railroad companies. All farmers faced similar problems and for one thing, farmers were starting to become a minority within the American society. In the late nineteenth century mechanization was in the spotlight creating big businesses. The success of this industrialization put agriculture and farmers on the down low,…

In the last decade, many sweatshops are characterized by massive Labor Law violations such as, underpayment, no social insurance, and high level of industrial injuries. As consequences, many electronics enterprises realized the violations and are beginning to fulfill the basic legal requirements. Apparently, the difficult situation of workers cannot stand on the Labor Law alone. In order to fight for humane and decent working conditions, the workers must seek help from an effective union that…

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 Labor was to enforce shorter work days and proper treatment of workers. What happened next, no one saw coming. Strikes were a common thing in the 1880s as a cry out for help among many frustrated workers. American specialists had started sorting out into unions taking after the Civil War, and by the 1880s a large number were composed into unions, most…

Pullman Railroad Strike Why did the Pullman Railroad Strike happen? Pullman strike happened because George Mortimer Pullman, the founder and president of Pullman Palace Car Company. George treated his workers poorly after he knew he could make more money from them. Pullman Palace Car Company was contracted by the railroads to manufacture sleeping cars to be used for people going on long trips across the county. George Pullman was a good boss before he figured out he could make more…

Unions have existed throughout United States history, specifically coming into the public view in the mid-nineteenth century. At first, they were viewed as dangerous and anti-American; as the fear of communism attracted panics such as the Red Scare, the thought of equality in the workplace seemed too extreme. When the Great Depression hit, more attention was shown to workers and their effect on the American economy. President Roosevelt called for increased spending to rev up the currency system;…