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    A Union is a group of workers who wanted something better from their company or facility, they are called strikers. Unions benefit workers in many ways, they help get workers' rights. Unions  are formed because their working conditions are irritable. They all needed and wanted a change; Labor Unions were created to help the workers with work-related difficulties such as low pay, unsafe or unsanitary working conditions, long hours, and other situations. .  Unions were formed for a good reason, to

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    1900’s Colorado labor Wars: The Colorado labor wars were a series of labor strikes in 1903 and 1904 in the US state of Colorado, by gold and silver miners and mill workers represented by the Western Federation of Miners (WFM). Opposing the WFM were associations of mine owners and businessmen at each location, supported by the Colorado state government. The strikes were notable and controversial for the accompanying violence, and the imposition of martial law by the Colorado National Guard in order

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    The Civil Rights Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Federal Reserve Act of 1913, and The Social Security Act all helped to establish a precedent going forward in regards to their respective objective in the United States of America. The Wagner Act of 1935 did just that for unions, and established the principles under which unions are governed to this very day. As with most laws that are foundational to the fabric of United States’ governance, the Wagner Act was neither established nor continuing to function

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    In Wayne Roberts and John Bullen’s A Heritage of Hope and Struggle: Workers, Unions and Politics of Canada 1930-1982, Roberts and Bullen’s outline the struggles and hardships Canadians endure post WWII on their path to prosperity with their employers. The journey begins late 1940s; conflicts emerge regarding union security which results in strikes, the 1945 Ford Windsor strike occurs as the organization’s employees demand the stability of the union. In an attempt to resolve the issues, Justice Ivan

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    The tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire and the events that ensued afterwards are not the first to exemplify workers’ loss of freedom due to the corruptibility of government by powerful corporate interests. In 1905, the Supreme Court in Lochner v. New York declared unconstitutional a state law establishing a limitation to the number of hours employees could work (626). The court held that liberty of contract is implicit in the Fourteenth Amendment and such a law “interfered with the right of

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    The participants of the negotiation are Harborco, The Environmental League, the Local Federation of Labor Unions, other ports in the region, the Federal Department of Coast Resource (DCR), and Governor Sherwood of Seaborne. Harborco is interested in building and operating a deepwater port off the East Coast of Seaborne and in order to start the twenty-year project Harborco must first acquire a license from the, FLA, Federal Licensing Agency. However, the only way to acquire the license is if at least

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    Labor Law Case Summary

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    could not reach an agreement on issues surrounding salary, benefits, and health insurance payments. Under section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act, employees have the right to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. Strikes are included among the concerted activities protected for employees by this section (National Labor Relations Board, n.d.). 2. The 10 strike replacements will make arguments that the employers have violated

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    Reshaping Labor Laws

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    In the “New World”, there was many issues that arose, due to new and limited government. This is evident in the labor forces because there was free labor such as indenture and slavery, which caused competition. However, after the Civil war and the abolishment of slavery, the views of labor was changing for the workers, but remained the same for the employers. Many factors played a role in identifying and reshaping labor laws. First, the government believed in Social Darwinism, which evolution is

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    Weingarten and Garrity Rights Two important legal cases have given employees specific rights during investigatory interviews. The case, NLRB v. Weingarten, Inc., 420 U.S. 251 (1975), gave rise to employees’ Weingarten rights: Employees that face disciplinary action, or questioned about matters that could lead to disciplinary actions against them are entitled to their Weingarten rights. In the case Garrity v. New Jersey, 385 U.S. 493, decided by the United States Supreme Court, the Garrity Rule was

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    Union and collective bargaining rights are important for improvement as well as maintaining labor conditions and employment relations and are most certainly essential in international labor. Unions and collective bargaining rights are designed to promote and ensure our human rights are protected. This certainly doesn’t mean there aren’t flaws in the system, however, the intention of unions and collective bargaining is to safeguard workers, employers as well as the government to make it harmonious

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