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general strike
general strike (May 4–12, 1926) Nationwide strike in Britain involving
c.3 million members of the Trades Union Congress
(TUC). It was called in support of the National Union of Mineworkers
(NUM), the members of which had been locked out of the mines after refusing to accept a reduction in pay and an increase in working hours. Stanley
Baldwin's government employed special constables and volunteers to run essential services and issued an anti-strike propaganda journal,
The British Gazette. The TUC called off the strike and the Trade Union Act (1927) restricted trade union rights.
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Strikes And the Law.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 8/27/2004; 700+ words
; ...Employee relations, strike is used by the employee...stoppage occasioned by the strike is interpreted as temporary...may be true that the strikes that ordinarily people...generally arise from five general areas of dispute. First...primary employer. A general strike is targeted at a ...
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'STRIKES BY WORKERS FOR THEIR DEMANDS AFFECT PUBLIC'
Newspaper article from: Daily Mirror; 8/29/2009; 700+ words
; ...Workers have no right to put the general public in misery to gain their...Perumal Devi - Housewife Strikes are acceptable, if it is...what they expected through a strike. People who lead the strike may lose their jobs as a punishment. In our country strikes won't do any good to the...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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STRIKES: TRIAL BY POWER.(BUSINESS)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 7/20/2003; 700+ words
; ...unions asked us to go on strike again, it would be a hard sell.'' Strikes ending like the one...low levels. ``The general balance of power has...major work stoppages as strikes or employer lockouts...does not track data on strikes only, but labor experts...numbers accurately reflect ...
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Strikes and the law: a critical analysis.
Magazine article from: Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations; 3/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...central importance for shaping strike activity. Yet research into the relationship between strikes and the law has been limited...important implications for strike activity.(1) Yet it typically...behavioural rationale of strikes (Godard 1992a, 1992b...of managerial authority in general, or ...
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 "The Star (South Africa)")
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Strikes that benefit the people; Imagine Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Willie Madisha and Zwelinzima Vavi agreeing to forfeit their wages to various charities.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Star (South Africa); 7/9/2007; 700+ words
; ...Italy's first virtual strike. The employees worked...charities. The virtual strike worked to perfection...Other Italian transport strikes have followed the Meridiana...lead. True, virtual strikes may be harder to implement...Madisha, all director-generals of affected government...I believe ...
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Three strikes laws
Magazine article from: Human Rights; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...sentence for many second-strike offenders. Further, its provisions...burglary as a possible qualifying strike. Finally, the third.strike, triggering the twenty-five...over 90 percent of all "three strikes" sentences nationwide...For example, former Attorney General Dan Lungren's office ...
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 "Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH)")
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UAW strike shutters GM.
Newspaper article from: Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH); 9/25/2007; 700+ words
; ...who are taking part in the first strike against General Motors since 1970 are hoping they...first nationwide strike against General Motors in 37 years. It was the...deadline passed. The union and General Motors had been in negotiations...
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STRIKE BILL DOESN'T WORK FOR U.S. EMPLOYERS OR ECONOMY, BUSINESS LEADERS SAY
PR Newswire; 7/14/1993; 700+ words
; ...else. Labor has the right to strike, and management has the right...said Pennello. A 1991 General Accounting Office survey showed...only about 15 percent of all strikes and affect fewer than 4 percent of strikers. "The Strike Bill would unleash a torrent of strikes, since strikers would ...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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STRIKE ZONE WASN'T ALWAYS A FLASH POINT.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 6/6/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...pitcher and umpire had to be in general agreement about what a strike was. And for many decades...narrow concept of what a strike should be. The strike zone was an accepted, shared...s calls. At first, high strikes (between the letters and...
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 "Pretoria News (South Africa)")
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Strike is over, but teachers aren't happy.(News)
Newspaper article from: Pretoria News (South Africa); 6/29/2007; 700+ words
; ...and the longest public sector strike in South Africa's history...have not ruled out another strike later this year. Some teacher...Nxesi, Sadtu's secretary-general, said issues around the occupation...agreement provides for a 7.5% general salary increase, a housing...
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strike
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Revolution occurred first, strikes of various sorts took...bitter and unsuccessful strikes by coal miners in...latter leading to a general strike . The general strike, more successful...often legally forbid strikes) as protests against...
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Strikes Against Big Business in the 1930s
Book article from: American Decades
...The massive unemployment and general deterioration of working conditions...interest in unionization. Strikes inevitably became labor...different industries went on strike. Soon, major companies were completely disabled by the strikes. Unions used the advent of the sit-down strike to win ...
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Strikes
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...a contract. Other types of strikes include "general strikes," which are organized across industries and plants; "wildcat strikes," which are not authorized...which take place despite a no-strike clause on a particular issue...
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Strikes and Industrial Conflict
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...Baltimore, where crowds of strike sympathizers occupied the streets...station was destroyed, and the strike had been dealt a fatal blow...employers, workers continued to strike. One of the most famous “strikes” of the period began in July 1892 when the general manager of ...
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Employee Strikes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Small Business
...its own employees may go on strike or carry out some collective...functionally equivalent to a strike. Second, the small business...UNIONIZATION Employee or labor strikes are called by labor unions usually after a strike-vote by its membership...As a consequence of this general decline in ...
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