Strike action

What factors explain the overall decline in strikes and industrial action since the 1980s, and what is the likelihood of an increase in industrial conflict in the future? Introduction Strikes are rightly acknowledged as a form of industrial conflict. Many works including OECD (2007), Hyman (1972) and McIlroy (1995) have described strikes as temporary termination of a workplace or work stoppage due to the initiatives taken by a group of workers or trade unions to impose or repel demands

Method Industrial actions have changed in the UK over the last 50 years. And a lot have happened over the course of time. In this essay I will try to answer why the public sector have greater prevalence of industrial action than the private. I will base this on what happened during the course of history. I will also give some suggestions to what might happen in the future regarding industrial actions in the UK. Industrial action and why people go on strike Industrial action is defined as “the

What issues prompted Frontier hotel and restaurant workers to take strike action? There were a lot of issues that prompted employees at the Frontier hotel to take striking as an action to be heard. When watching this documentary for the first time I didn’t realize how long these workers were on strike for. One word to describe the owners of these hotels is “savages”. They started to fire individuals for no apparent reason it seemed the owners wanted to cut back. There was one girl that worked

The purpose of this memo is to inform CTN service providers about potential labour and possible strike action at Barrie Common Roof (165 Ferris Lane) and Orillia Common Roof (169 Front Street South) between New Path Youth and Family Services and their OPSEU staff. Labour negotiations between New Path and their OPSEU staff have been ongoing and unionized staff may be in a lawful strike position effective Friday, July 14th at 12:01 am. Last week, and earlier this week, OPSEU members representing

employee organize a strike or a walk out, these are actions that protected under NLRA (Landry, 2016). The goal of a strike or a walk out is to apply pressure to an employer to correct some unfair employment practices under the current labor relations laws. A strike also gives the employee leverage against any form of retaliation for acted in

Identify and describe the outcome of two major Railroad Strikes.  The two major Railroad Strikes were the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 and Railroad Shop workers Strike of 1922. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, was due to workers not being happy about the pay cuts that were being made by their employer so often. Northern Railroads began cutting salaries and wages. Because of various railroads cutting wages by 10% back to back, workers were not willing to continue working under those conditions

1. Identify and describe the outcome of two major Railroad Strikes. The two major Railroad Strikes were the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 and Railroad Shop workers Strike of 1922. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, was due to workers not being happy about the pay cuts that were being made by their employer so often. Northern Railroads began cutting salaries and wages. Because of various railroads cutting wages by 10% back to back, workers were not willing to continue working under those conditions

Lawrence Textile Strike) and the 1930s (in particular the Flint Sit-Down Strike). Compare the causes of the two upsurges, the factors that promoted workers’ collective action, the barriers to collective action, and the roles of “dangerous radicals.” Describe the most important ways that the two are similar and the two are different. In your view, what are the key factors explaining why the outcomes differed between the two cases? Category Lawrence Textile Strike Flint Sit-Down Strike Causes+ A cut

It is difficult to see how anyone could deny that all workers should have the rights to strike. This is because striking gives workers freedom of speech. This is justifiable, because Britain is a democratic nation. My first reason supporting the motion that workers should be allowed to strike is in order to bring to the fore poor safety conditions. For instance, in the nuclear power industry, any breaches of safety can have tragic consequences. If the employees are exposed to nuclear material, this

In general, a strike is when workers intentionally stop all processes of work to try to force their employer to agree on a certain set of demands. The worker has all power to do this because the worker is essentially selling their labour in return for a wage from the employer and if these wages (as one example), are deemed not sufficient by the employee, they go on strike. This results in a halt of productivity/production which is detrimental for the employer. Employers also have some leverage against