Man Friday

THE CASE On a rainy Thursday evening, as Mr. Pramod Kumar, the AGM-Industrial Relations-TATA Motors, was sipping his cup of tea, he had some unexpected visitors. A five-minute meeting with the visitors turned Mr. Kumar’s day on its head. Ramdas Soren, the local MLA of JMM (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha) in 2013 along with Santosh, the leader of the contract labour union in TATA Motors affiliated to JMM threatened to go on an indefinite strike if their demands remained unmet. Considering the seriousness…

7 people have died and 98 people have been injured on Black Friday. Black Friday is a time where retail companies go "into the black", or make a profit. People usually wait for hours outside of stores, same as my family does. If you want to know more about Black Friday keep reading to know about the history, common traditions, and my family traditions. Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving when retail companies go into the black instead of the red, they make a profit. The story goes,…

Black Friday is an excellent time to save money and have an excuse to spend! While it’s a joyous and exciting time for the consumers, it can be a stressful hectic time for the employees. Unfortunately employees sometimes have to come to work on Thanksgiving day. Thanksgiving day is a very profitable day of the year for stores. In fact in 2010 November/December retailers made around 50% of their years profits (CNN Money). With that being said, it’s a great time for retailers to make money and…

GameStop has decided that it is in their and their employee's best interest if they shut down all of their stores around the globe on November 26th, Thanksgiving. Considering that the next day is Black Friday, this decision makes perfect sense. WHY GAMESTOP DECIDED TO CLOSE ON THANKSGIVING GameStop is one of the most well known and successful gaming stores in the world so why would they close down a day and lose sales? Well, the answer, according to GameStop, is as simple as giving their…

Moving Systems, we are just as excited as you are to see shoppers bustling with the excitement of good deals. And speaking of good deals, make sure you check out our website to see some of ours! But have you ever wondered what the history of Black Friday is? How did it receive that title? And what influenced the most gratitude-filled holiday of the year to…

The physical abuse, mental abuse and maltreatment distributed out by the Jews and the Romans, as well as the lack of food, water, and sleep, also contributed to His generally weakened state. Therefore, even before the actual crucifixion, Jesus' physical condition was at least serious and possibly critical. With the knowledge of both anatomy and ancient crucifixion practices, one may form the option, that this was indeed a slow agonizing execution. Our Lord and Savior’s contributing cause of…

Many truly don’t know the complete meaningful definition of the word passion. Passion in the dictionary is a very vague and simple definition. The definition defines passion as a strong emotion. There are many strong emotions out there in the world that the word passion can be confused, or can be used in the wrong context. It seems like people have taking away the true meaning of passion. People have overlooked the word and substituted the definition with a definition that will never truly…

In literature, we can find different thoughts that are brought to our attention and may touch our hearts as we read it. When I read literature, I find a personal connection within it and it makes me want to read more. An Old English Poem, “The Dream of the Rood” by an unknown author, translated by E.T Donaldson is a unique poem where the narrator tells his vision from a dream he received on the crucifixion of Christ and the view from the cross perspective. The beauty of this poem goes beyond…

preparing for the grand opening start of Black Friday on a Thanksgiving night. The reality of our retail industry is that not everybody has the choice to spend time with family during Thanksgiving and enjoy the holiday. Black Friday stores shouldn’t be allowed to open on Thanksgiving because employees are compelled to cut their Thanksgiving short in order to work and the true meaning of Thanksgiving is taken away. First and foremost, when Black Friday stores open on Thanksgiving night…

arise while working for this company. There are various consequences that SIJCP could have on employees: hosting makeup brands that condone animal testing change in management unclear of the organization’s goals unclear position roles starting “Black Friday” on Thanksgiving day any type of discrimination towards employees and/or customers non-existent health care plan cancellation of raises technology advancements…