When Disaster Strikes

through hallways and doors. It represents where these elite surgeons are allowed to go, compared to the average citizen that walks in with a complaint. It separates areas where the hospital goes from being accessible to all, to only enterable by few. When one walks into a hospital there are many aspects to notice. There are families who have been waiting hours hopeful hear good news and other people who are just waiting to see what is wrong with them. However, many people fail to realize how…

persuaded by corporate leaders to rule most strikes and unions illegal. In situations like the “Homestead Strike of 1892”, the “Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers” (AAISW) successful got rid of the scabs and Pinkertons who came to the steel plants in Homestead, Pennsylvania. However, because Carnegie’s right-hand man Henry C. Frick was stern with the labor unions and had connections, federal troops were ordered to come in three days after the strike broke out to disperse the union…

In 1969, teachers went on strike for the first time, establishing the beginning of a period of unrest between teachers and the city government. The three largest, most influential strikes happened in the 80s during Harold Washington’s service as Mayor of Chicago. The first strike occurred in 1983 and lasted 15 school days. Teachers demanded a 10% raise but ended up settling for a 5% raise and a 2.5% bonus. In 1984 teachers went on strike for 10 days over frustration with salaries…

Salt of the Earth was a theatrical drama directed by Herbert J. Biberman. The film was based on the actual strike against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico. Its genre is a social realism and it was based on actual events. The movie has great ties to Malcolm Gladwell’s book David and Goliath, Underdogs, Misfits, and the art of battling giants. For instance just like Martin Luther King Jr. and his friends they had to overcome a giant in Sheriff Connor (Gladwell). The setting of the plot takes…

Bertha Silva came from a Mexican decedent, her parents moved to Delano, California when she was the age of 11. Soon after arriving, the family started working in the grape fields. Grandmother cultivated in the vines until the age of 22, when she was recruited into the Cesar Chavez movement. Silva joined the beautiful historic movement that would forever change the working conditions for farm workers. Strike after strike, unified along with hundreds of voices throughout Delano, Salina, and…

therefore the company’s labor costs will rise (Berta, 2009). If the company does not agree with the wages, benefits or workplace rules requested by union members, the union members can legally go on strike. Additionally an employer is not allowed to fire a striking worker. Needless to say, a strike costs money from lost production and looks bad publically. A union gives the company less control over human resources for example if the company promotes on merit, that will likely change because…

As strikes became more frequent during the 1920s, strikes like the Alabama Coal Strike of 1920’s would be faced with heavy resistance from all sides, leading to the death or arrest of dozens of strikers. It was from the appallingly abysmal conditions that the miners had to go through, and how wealthy…

1. In the above case, Mary Smith is suing Lending Store, Inc. for being fired without any form of explanation. Mary Smith can argue that she has been decimated and the company has violated the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972. Under the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, “the right of all employees and job applicants (1) to be treated without discrimination and (2) to be able to sue employees if they are discriminated against” Cheeseman, 2007, p. 428). Mary Smith can argue that…

offer reveals the intent of one or both of the parties. 20. All things considered (time and expense involved), arbitration offers fewer advantages to the parties than other methods of grievance resolution, such as "pulling the pin" through sudden strike activity. MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The Supreme Court's Gardner-Denver decision: a. resulted in trial courts overturning discrimination grievances heard by the arbitrators. b. contended that the arbitrator’s expertise pertains to labor…

makes it clear in this quotation how each person, specifically Cory, is standing in the batter 's box. It is up to the individual to not strike out in life. The coincidence is, is that as Troy tells Cory not to strike out, but it is actually Troy standing in the batter 's box since he is the one taking from all, and not listening to anybody. Troy 's first strike out occurs with Gabriel.…