Strike action

Dear City Council Member Mark Squilla, I’m writing to you today because of my concern about the way SEPTA runs. Many philadelphia citizens take public transportation daily. We trust that the system will get us to our destination. I have seen that recently over a couple of years that people feel angered by SEPTA. I think the anger comes from the delays, the detours, the wait time and the physical condition of the buses and trains. The buses are old and do not run very fast at times. The…

“United we bargain, divided we beg,” was the slogan for working class individuals that lead many men and women to come together to demand better hours, working conditions and higher pay. The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) is one legal theory that plays an important role in the way in which many businesses operate and . “The NLRA guarantees the rights of employees to organize and bargain collectively with their employers and to engage in other protected concerted activity.” When an employee…

To Win I Peg We Strike Back In May 1919- June 26, 1919, Canadian protesters lined up in the streets of Winnipeg and began to fight for their justice. Over thirty thousand people fought in one of Canada’s largest strikes. Many were returning veterans from the war who realized that after they returned, they didn’t have a job. These men and women were underpaid, over worked and the condition of their workplaces were inhabitable. The unemployment rate soared as many factories shut down as after…

already protect the workers from mistreatment and harassment, unions serve no further purpose. If they aren’t banned, prices will continue to slowly increase and finding a decent job will become even more difficult. Prohibiting unions will prevent strikes, lower costs, and stop the decrease in competition with other manufacturing countries. Two hundred years ago, unions served a great purpose: to protect the working people. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, laborers were…

control over the UPS pension funds. In addition, workers stipulated higher wages. Prior to the strike, UPS offered a final contract, but it was rejected by the Teamster Union on August 2. The strike began on August 4 and went on for fifteen days. It was seen as the largest strike thus far in U.S. history. All of the UPS workers, who are members of the Teamster Union, were involved in the strike. During the strike, UPS suffered from over $650 million in losses (Krause, 1997). The company…

with their employers on the matter of employment grievance (pg.420-421). Strikes occur when employees get fed up on how management treat them. Strikes cause a work stoppage where employees refusal to work. Employee grievance causes the most common strikes. Strikes became popular during the industrial era. In some countries, strikes are illegal because industrial owners have more power over workers. Union does strikes to pressure the government to changes and improve labor rights. China has…

workers should be aware of before they start their profession, that we are social workers because we want to help others, not because we want good pay. In addition, if the social workers are not directly involved with what the nurses are going on strike for, they should either stay out of it or have a discussion with either the nurses or the nurses’ supervisor in a private location about their concerns. It makes sense that the social worker would want to help the nurses, but if clients are then…

regarding the issue that is affecting the employees. In order to make an informed response, the first thing that must be done by the unions is to interrogate the proposals being tabled in light of all the available information and select the course of action that is most beneficial to the employees. The options that were being addressed were to accept the pay cuts that were being proposed by the CEO and the board of directors or risk the bankruptcy of the American…

The Great railroad strike of 1877. It began in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The workers for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad wanted their pay cut returned to them, that they had lost over the last two years. The railroad workers have lost almost twice their wages over that period of time. The strike upon the railroad was rough for all that was involved. This includes the businessmen who owned the companies, the people who worked for these companies, and to the businesses who do business with the…

Forms of disputes: Strikes, lockouts, and gheraos are the main forms of disputes. 6.1 Strike: A strike means cessation of work by a body of person employed in any industry acting in combination or a concerted refusal or a common understanding or number of persons who are or have been so employed to continue to work or accept employment. Types of strike include: 1. Sit-down or pen down strike: this type of strike workmen after taking their seats refuse to do work.…