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REGINA – Yesterday, at about 8pm, riot broke out between the trekkers of On To Ottawa and Royal Canadian Mountain Polices in the Regina’s Market Square. Strikers headed to Ottawa were the main reason for the Regina Riot. Their strike turned into a violent riot when RCMPs involved. At the trekkers and citizen support group meeting, three large trucks came in and concealed the RCMPs. Then with a sound of whistle, polices started to charge the crowd with batons. In surprise, people fought back with

and employers brought awareness to working conditions. Employees desired better working conditions, increased wages, and decreased working hours. Communicating with employers proved to be futile and fueled union movements. Union members would go on strike to force companies to meet their demands. Sometimes it would work and when it didn’t, companies would lock out employees and bring in new workers to do the job. These actions led to violent protests, riots, and arrests. The Pinkertons were hired as

Strikes were what workers organized to try and get out of the different situation they were in. The concept of strikes in general is simple— unity is power. Following the same concept, workers organized unions which lobbied for their rights and tried to make sure that the employment conditions for workers throughout the country were acceptable and fair. Knights of Labor was the first major national organization dedicated to protecting the interests not only of workers but also farmers. Membership

Teachers for Change: Bring Back Public Employee Strikes in Florida Personal Connection Teacher. Coach. Facilitator. Leader. Grader. Data Analyst. Presenter. Confidant. Counselor. Educator. Instructor. No matter the title a teacher holds, a teacher wears many hats every day throughout the school year. I, for one, have a collection of hats that I change on a regular basis, which I now find an exhausting and draining task. I admit, I joined the education profession out of necessity, needing a real

Stockman that led many strikes against the government due to poor payment compared to the white people. He was born at Victoria River Gorge and was raised by his Gurindji parents. Both his father, Vincent Lin and mother worked on the Wave Hill cattle station, where Lingiari would work for the majority of his time. In his time at the station, he became the head stockman but still received rations for payment instead of getting money. In August 1966, Lingiari led a type of strike called a ‘walk off’

demands. These two essential features of a dispute are found in a refusal to negotiate a disruption of negotiations, appointment of a conciliator or conciliation board, failure of the conciliation process, taking a strike vote or issuance of a lockout notice. The existence of a strike or lockout is even more decisive. A variety of situations may indicate that a dispute is underway: protracted negotiations, a slowdown, the calling of special meetings, concerted formulation of grievances, refusal to

inspiring other activists with successful strikes, halting growing labor activism with the violent Pullman Strike, changing the American politics with the socialist parties, improving public health by supporting “sewer socialism,”

In 1869, one of the most prominent and influential men to ever live was born. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Gujarat, India. Known for leading India to its eventual freedom and inspiring movements across the world, Gandhi became India’s ‘Father of the Nation’. His non-violent and non-cooperative civil disobedience provided a sense of truth and firmness. Better known as Satyagraha, as coined by Gandhi, became one of the best methods to fight injustices. Around the world, Satyagraha has proven

Many of the factors that drove America’s industrial expansion were less than unpraiseworthy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Workers of all kinds were treated poorly, without much dignity and honor held to their jobs. One way that industry thrived was through the cheap labor source. The diligent workers of the time were paid very little, in particular the immigrants. There were also next to no labor restrictions and regulations to keep the workers safe. However, not all of the

The Pullman Strike of 1894 was the first national strike in American history and it came about during a period of unrest with labor unions and controversy regarding the role of government in business.5 The strike officially started when employees organized and went to their supervisors to ask for a lowered rent and were refused.5 The strike had many different causes. For example, workers wanted higher wages and fewer working hours, but the companies would not give it to them; and the workers wanted