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The Cannery Workers’ and Farm Laborer’s Union Local 18257 was created in 1933. The union was mostly compromised of Filipino laborers who work in the Alaska salmon canneries during the summer, and the agricultural fields during other seasons (Fresco). This was the same…

The Red Scare of the 1920’s was widespread panic due to the fear of the communists, anarchists, and socialist ideas rising in the United States. Immigrants and foreigners were the first to be blamed because they were believed to have brought communist ideas with them into America. To try and put an end to this mass paranoia, people within the government went out to find any known Communists and eliminate them. One man in particular made this his full-time job for the sake of the American people…

There are different roles between a School Social Worker and Medical Social Worker. In today’s society there are many issues occurring in the school systems and medical systems that require the attention, assistance and need of social workers. An example in the school would be, children not being able to focus in the classroom, due to issues in their home life environment . In the Medical arena there are abused children being sent the hospital. In today’s society and the era in which we…

therapist this student chose to interview. She is a licensed social worker with a specialty in working with special education students. She primarily works with special education students who are emotionally impaired and struggle with their behavior. Mrs. Tanya Peet has been working at Flushing Middle School for a number of years. She also works at Flushing High School. She has been the middle school and high school social worker for ten plus years. One of the reasons she chose to work with…

improve the treatment, the state of work, and salary of farm workers. He lived a hard life too, he lost his home at the age of 10 years old. He stopped going to school in grade 8 and he served in the Navy. He was the founder of the National Farm Workers Association and he did everything possible to accomplish his goals, he sacrificed his life and boycotted too. This story begins with his early life, when he started to realize how farm workers got treated and that they deserved better than that. …

Pancho Villa Early Life San Juan del Rio, Durango, Mexico on June 5, 1878 is where our little war master was born and he was soon to be known by a lot of people ( Source 3 ). Jose Doroteo Arango Arambula was the name of the hero that would soon arise into his new world of Mexico ( Source 2 ). Villa was born in the mud and dirt, he was very poor and he helped his family on the farm ( Source 4 ). Once Villa started growing and getting into more action a lot of people started saying that he…

discrimination. Immigration job as farm worker was being unpaid and denied their right to get a union while the American have full right in their job. The labor wage for immigrant was being inhuman condition and there was no law to protect their working condition. The farm worker has no toilet to use while working, and were required to get paid two dollars or more per a day to live in a metal shack without plumbing and electricity. On the…

Ambitious leaders Throughout history there have always been leaders with strong ambitions and some of their ambitions were worth the price and the others were not. For people like Cesar Chavez, who was able to fulfill his ambition, the price was worth it because it helped a lot of people. On the other hand, people like Che Guevara and Robert E. Lee’s ambitions were not worth the price because it resulted in not being able to fulfill those ambitions. Guevara was killed and Lee lost the war.…

Osteoarthritis seems very common but it can be very painful. Osteoarthritis affects the bones and joints. There are two types “wear and tear” and the specific cause osteoarthritis. Wear and tear osteoarthritis occurs when the cartilage begins to break down over time. Cartilage is important because it is the tissue that protects the joints. Without cartilage, the bones will start to rub against each other which will cause pain, swelling, and maybe even the loss of motion. Over time it could lead…

The I.B.E.W is a union that has about 750,000 workers and retirees in the electrical industry in the United States, Canada, Panama, Guam and several Caribbean island nations. It was founded in 1890 St. Louis, Missouri. About 1891 after every one was showing enough interest after the convention they had the IBEW, then known as National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (NBEW ) was officially formed. On January 15, 1893 they changed the name from NBEW TO IBEW. The union went through some bad…