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Pullman Railroad Strike Why did the Pullman Railroad Strike happen? Pullman strike happened because George Mortimer Pullman, the founder and president of Pullman Palace Car Company. George treated his workers poorly after he knew he could make more money from them. Pullman Palace Car Company was contracted by the railroads to manufacture sleeping cars to be used for people going on long trips across the county. George Pullman was a good boss before he figured out he could make more…

Discrimination has been around for a very long time. This has been a lot more noticeable in the past than it is now seeing as we study things of that nature in school. In the past, there were laws and not just social instances of discrimination that people had to endure. These laws are especially prominent in the Jim Crow laws. Of course, people like Rosa Parks took initiative and stood up to some of the laws of the time to ultimately to affect change. In history it takes a very special person…

Litigation, Claims and Assessments—On June 12, 2015, a putative class action complaint was filed in the United States District Court, Northern District of California against us. The complaint, which is similar to complaints recently filed against other large insurance companies, primarily alleges that captive reinsurance and other transactions had the effect of misrepresenting the financial condition of AAIA. The complaint purports to be brought on behalf of a class of purchasers of annuity…

Unions have existed throughout United States history, specifically coming into the public view in the mid-nineteenth century. At first, they were viewed as dangerous and anti-American; as the fear of communism attracted panics such as the Red Scare, the thought of equality in the workplace seemed too extreme. When the Great Depression hit, more attention was shown to workers and their effect on the American economy. President Roosevelt called for increased spending to rev up the currency system;…

The 2016 American election is the most controversial and shocking election to date. With interesting debates to a shocking result, Donald Trump being the 45th president of the United States of America. The fact that Trump was upset because a judge denied passing a law that is unconstitutional is hysterical. The purpose of this paper is to explore the discourse that Donald Trumps portrays in his tweets in regards to immigration and the travel ban. Trump has always been an advocate for preventing…

There are indications of disparate impact violation based on the information provided for this case. Both the males and female applicants have experience discrimination during the three stages of trying to obtain the job. A term called flow and stock analysis can be used to determine if discrimination has occurred to a discriminated group of people. To determine if any groups has been discriminated against we will have to divide the number of applicants by those who passed the screening…

Affirmative action “is a family of policies aimed at resolving racial, ethnic, and gender inequalities in the United States.” (Hughes & Kroehler, 2013, p. 220). It allows minorities to get equal opportunities and in some cases raises the likelihood that they will get a job. These policies make it so colleges and businesses must accept and hire a certain amount of people from minorities, to show they are not discriminating. I feel that affirmative action is not the most affective way to handle…

During a union campaign, XYZ are permitted to engage in activities that will not interfere with an employee’s ability to make a free choice in a union election. If threats of reprisal, promises of benefits, or other actions would serve to coerce employees. All management should be extremely watchful about what they tell employees and representatives amid a union sorting out battle. Indeed, even one proclamation that goes too far can put everything else that was said in a more terrible light and…

Negotiations between an employer and employees to determine wages and conditions are referred as collective bargaining. Public employees are usually represented by unions or other labor groups in order to get fair agreements. Collective bargaining is endangered in some states and states such as North Carolina and Virginia even have ban on it. This brings up controversies. Some people believe it is a right to bargain for improvement in their working conditions and wages, some people think that…

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces EEO laws and also provides oversight and coordination of all Federal EEO regulations, practices, and policies. EEOC is an independent Federal agency originally created by Congress in 1964 to enforce Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Equal Employment Opportunities have played a huge role in giving equal rights to every American in the workplace today. Without it, many Americans with disabilities and of different races would…