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jeopardy/2625_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  OCCUPATIONS | In July 2000, 69 chicken catchers became the first employees of this Maryland-based company to vote for a union | Perdue. right: Kim. Wrong:.
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Unions  Just Facts  Labor unions are organizations that negotiate with employers on behalf of ... also support political candidates and engage in issue-based advocacy. ... If the majority of employees vote to approve a union, the union becomes "the ... [67] [68] [69] ..... to a year after the union and employer have their first bargaining session.
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Love the Worker, Not the Union, A Store Says As Some Organize ...  May 24, 2003 ... The first -- and so far only -- successful union drive in Whole Foods' ... When Madison employees voted 65 to 54 in July to organize, Whole ... In a memo to employees several days later, Mr. Mackey called the vote ''a very ... in Columbia, Md., said successful companies tend to become targets of organizers.
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From Orchards to the Internet: Confronting Contingent Work Abuse  based in Washington, DC, and founded in 1981, is a litigation, education, ... NELP and FJF convened the first SWI Strategy Forum in late 1999, .... addressing contingent workers' needs, but success requires labor unions to ... contractors, temporary help agencies, employee leasing companies or other ...... The 69 workers.
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On Maryland's Eastern Shore, Labor Rights Elusive for Poultry ...  Jul 3, 2012 ... In that election, some 50 chicken catchers won representation by the ... union, the nation's leading labor organization for employees in the meat processing industry. ... a Georgia-based pesticide company that has recently entered the .... Machinists' Union President Secretly Moved Up Endorsement Vote to...
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Brief History of American Labor -- Mirror Site of UnionWeb History ...  When the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions gathered in ... so that it may achieve optimum ability to represent its members and contribute to the ... out for new and better ways to serve all working people and the entire nation." ... but the skilled and unskilled workers who had joined the Knights in hope of...
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About Us | United Steelworkers  We are the United Steelworkers, North America's largest industrial union. We're 1.2 million members and retirees strong in the United States, Canada and the...
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United Farm Workers - Wikipedia  The United Farm Workers of America, or more commonly just United Farm Workers (UFW), is a labor union for farmworkers in the United States. ... including allowing migrant workers without U.S. citizenship to receive public assistance .... The union was poised to launch its next major campaign in the lettuce fields in 1970...
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The Militant - 10/23/95 -- Workers At Boeing Strike Against Takeaways  Oct 23, 1995 ... In response to the company's proposal, which included health care cuts, paltry ... As the vote totals from around the country came into the Seattle IAM ... The 150 machinists there began to chant: "Strike! Strike! Strike! ... IAM members received a summary of the contract proposal two days before the vote.
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The UPS Strike: Labor Tilts at Windmills - Heritage Foundation  Mar 20, 1998 ... The major news media hailed the 15-day strike in August 1997 by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters against United Parcel Service (UPS) as a decisive victory ... Before the UPS strike, organized labor was in a state of decline as .... The company, too, suffered large losses in terms of revenue and...
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United Farm Workers - Wikipedia  The United Farm Workers of America, or more commonly just United Farm Workers (UFW), is a ... They became allied and transformed from workers' rights organizations into a union as a result of a series of strikes in 1965, when the mostly Filipino farmworkers of the AWOC in Delano, California initiated a grape strike, and...
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They're Watching You at Work - TalenTeck  McKee Foods, the Tennessee-based maker of Little Debbie snack cakes. ... manufacturer in Philadelphia made hiring decisions by having its foremen stand in front ... senior executives were growing old, and a dearth of hiring from the ..... however, these recruiters turned out to be excluding them unconsciously at every turn.
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A Brief History: The U.S. Department of Labor | United States ...  The organic act establishing the Department of Labor was signed on March 4, ... for a "Voice in the Cabinet," and an indirect product of the Progressive Movement. ... for the unemployed and later helped administer Unemployment Insurance (UI) .... minimum wage to $1.25 an hour and further broadened the scope of the law.
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Chick-fil-A has beef with ad | CJOnline.com  Jul 2, 2000 ... ... from the film hold up signs reading: "Save the Chickens: Eat a Whopper. ... The fast-food chicken chain, based in College Park, filed suit in federal ... a direct imitation of our campaign," Chick-fil-A spokesman Don Perry said.
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United Farm Workers of America facts, information, pictures ...  Founded: 1962 as National Farm Workers Association .... By 1962 he was eager to start a farmworkers union under the CSO rubric that ... in savings, moved his wife and eight children to Delano, California, in 1962 to ... In 1966 NFWA merged with AWOC, to form the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC).
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jeopardy/1762_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  AT THE DRUGSTORE | When it comes to cotton swabs, it's the No. 1 brand; there .... EDUCATION | This union founded in 1916 also includes school custodians as well as the people in its name | American Federation of Teachers (AFT). right:.
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Solidarity (Polish trade union) - Wikipedia  Solidarity is a Polish trade union that was founded on 17 September 1980 at the Lenin Shipyard under the leadership of Lech Wasa. It was the first trade union in a Warsaw Pact country that was not controlled by a communist party ... one national organization NSZZ Solidarity. It officially registered on 10 November 1980.
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Pullman Strike | United States history | Britannica.com  July 20, 1894), in U.S. history, widespread railroad strike and boycott that ... As soon as the plant had emptied, company representatives posted signs at all the ... the American Railway Union (ARU), which had led a successful strike against the .... On July 7, at the height of the violence, federal officers arrested Debs and four...
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Teamster History Visual Timeline | Teamsters  Check out these photos to get a visual concept of what makes the Teamsters Union so great. ... Local 25 of Boston is one of the original affiliates. ... 1899: George Innis was President of the Team Drivers International Union. .... 1934: The Teamsters strike in Minneapolis, known as labor's turning point, involved more than...
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Poultry Industry - Encyclopedia of Arkansas  Feb 8, 2016 ... A staple of the state's economy, the Arkansas poultry industry first emerged in ... The hilly terrain has historically prevented the widespread ... In 1893, Millard Berry of Springdale acquired an incubator with the ... Soon after this, he started raising his own flock. ... Tyson built its first processing plant in 1958.
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December 6, 2008  ... drying and smoking Kippers When their union struck in August 1994 these workers' average salary was $1.2 million Major League Baseball Players;baseball...