Essays on Dues

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Introduction

In the real estate business, closing or finalizing a certain deal stands as one of the mysterious processes for those who are selling or buying property for the very first time. Apart from specific paperwork, the concerned parties have to go through and carry out a lot of other activities. With this concern in mind, this research paper is aimed at making important discussion about the true essence of what the real estate closings really stand for. Apart from defining this concept with succinct detail, it is imperative to define all those activities and processes that lead to or ...

The right to work legislation is crucial in limiting the extent that an existing union can make it mandatory for its member employees to pay union dues, or fees in the course of employment, either before or after hiring. The act is a government regulation on agreements between unions and employees. The legislation is important in controlling union activities ensuring that the union is not unfair towards membership in requiring members (new or existing) to pay union fees or compel them to join the union. The law also protects the freedom of association that is right to join or ...

MLA

Presented in Partial Fulfilment INDS 400: Capstone Man was created in God’s image and given the responsibility and power over God’s creation. Therefore, man is expected work as commanded by God. Hence, as man works on Earth, he represents God the Creator. The purpose of this work is to bring both land and nature under God’s rule. Man, at the time of creation, was given the mandate to subdue the earth. Throughout the Holy Scriptures, man has been designated as God’s faithful servant. We are called in our different careers to serve for the glory ...

Labor Relations Review Questions

2. Using the hospital as a setting, give two examples of what would violate the NLRA. One of the provisions of the NLRA is the right to self-organization. Section 157 of 21 US Code, also known as the National Labor Relations Act, provides, among others, that employees have the right to organize themselves, either by forming, joining or assisting unions and bargain with their employers as a group through the union. This provision would be violated under healthcare setting, when a hospital management, for example, would deal directly with its employees for the setting of terms of their contracts. This happened ...

The port actors, terminal operators, public port authorities, carriers and other service providers in supply chain want to achieve strategic goals such as dominance, integration and insertion. These goals are interrelated and mutually strengthening. Port actors insert themselves in supply chains since this provides them with critical resources such as knowledge, technology, capital, markets and expertise. Another goal is the integration of activities in the port so as to lower transaction costs and provide services efficiently and effectively. Dominance is also another strategic goal applied by port actors. They seek to achieve scarce competency, exploit economies of scale or ...

Introduction

The history of colonialism in America commences with the arrival of English settlers in America. The English settlers decided to immigrate to America for a variety of reasons. Some of them wanted to start fresh lives and get away from oppressive rule in their homeland.. Others were in search of religious and political freedoms. Still, others immigrated to America looking forward to acquiring their own land, which they could not obtain back at home. Many others went to America looking for fresh opportunities for themselves as well as their families and future generations. Other just craved for adventure and were ...

Introduction

The enactment of PC1001 was seen as a milestone towards the institutionalization of Canada’s labour movement. Justice Ivan Rand was appointed arbitrator to bring to an end the strike involving workers from Ford’s Windsor plant in Canada. He gave the unions the right to use a check off system that would help in the collection of the unions’ dues. This, Justice Ivan saw as a means to give the union financial stability before they could grow themselves into single entities. The Rand Ruling has been used as a template for Canada’s labour relations. This essay will examine the Ford ...

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Abstract

This essay revolves around the peasants’ war of 1524-2525. The peasants’ war, also known as the revolution of 1525, is the largest insurrection or revolt in the history of Europe before the French Revolution. The goal of this essay is to explain the history before the revolution on the administration, economic situation, the culture of the peasant in ration to their agrarian development and the different social classes that existed. The causes of the war outbreak, movements and the suppression of the peasants’ war 1524 are discussed in the essay. Under the leadership of Martin Luther and ...

Social Problem Addressed by the Policy

One of the biggest social problems in the U.S. that requires immediate attention is health care. The enactment of the policy called the Affordable Health Care Act has addressed the social problem on health care. One of the problems that have to be resolved by the policy is to provide long-term care for the citizenry since there is scarcity of government funding. At the same time, the current recession and global crises has caused a significant impact in the U.S. which prevented the grant of health care insurance to the people. Although the government aims to resolve the problem on ...

Final Project Part II

Cultural Awareness CRIM 103 The film “Windtalkers” directed by John Woo came out on big screens in 2002. The movie was name after brave marines of Navajo origin that served as code talkers during the war. Navajo language is so difficult and so rare that American army chose is it as a coding language for their operations. It played a crucial role of the US army's success in Japan. The movie starts with a departure scene, in which future Navajo soldiers say goodbyes to their friends and families. In this scene we meet the protagonists Ben Yahzee and Charlie ...

Business Law

1. List and explain the four (4) requirements of a valid contact and the two (2) defenses to the enforceability of a contract. Cite and explain two cases from the textbook that discuss contract law.

Agreement (Offer and Acceptance).

When one party proposes something to another, he is said to make an offer. If a party agrees to the proposal without any change in it, he is considered to have made the acceptance of that offer. An offer is always confused with an invitation to treat. Advertisements and displays in shops are the examples. They are not offers, but an invitation to treat. An acceptance must ...

Michigan adds to Indiana in passing the right-to-work legislation and is the second state upholding the right-to-work principal in the unionized Midwest. The legislation becomes a monumental from the union power into free labour. Laws in the right-to-work act prohibit any employer from forcing employees to contribute the mandatory dues to the labour unions as a way of gaining employment. It is irrespective of whether they are union members and prohibit the employers from having to fire the workers if they are not under a union (Bennett, 2012). Employees no longer face the obligation of paying union dues, revenue, strength decline, and ...

Union Corruption in US Labour Movement

Introduction Union corruption has been a major issue in the Labour movement, in the USA. The term Labour Movement is indeed a very distinguished term which defines the complete growth of the union & the organizations of the working people (Leonnig, 2004). Beginning of the Labour Movement started at the time when industrial revolution was at its peak in the USA, when jobs related to the agricultural sector started declining, and at the same time the need of employment increased abruptly. In 1864 started the first attempt towards this movement in London, following this in 1871 labourers, in France rebelled which ...

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The Right to Work Sates

Introduction The concept of the Right to work States A trade union is the amalgamation of workers that are joined together by the pursuit of increased pay, tolerable working conditions and protecting the integrity of the trade. Trade unions originated from Europe during the industrial revolution in order to provide bargaining power to workers who lacked the skills and expertise. Workers complained of mistreatment from the employers. A scrutiny of the history of trade unionism reveals that the employees raised legitimate claims on the relationship with their employers. Employers had an unfair advantage over their employers in ...

- MICHAEL PARENTI’S VIEWS REGARDING MEDIA IN USA Michael Parenti is an American political scientist, historian and cultural critic, who write on scholarly and popular subjects. With respect to US media, Parenti claims that though media maybe spoilt and made difficult by deadlines, space and human error, much of the misleading coverage is the result of ideological productions. He says that researchers practice a lot to avoid the most important details of a story or news, so that no offense is intended on people who have political and economic powers. Their goal is to avoid fishing deep into the ...

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Introduction

The main perspective of this assignment is to analyze the two different jobs from different standpoints in total. Obviously, it is important to consider the things effectively and move with a perfect pace. In the next section, we will start the conversation with financial analysis, opportunity analysis, their linkage and then the personal finance comprehensively. The two jobs which have been selected for the same purpose are Financial Analyst and Opportunity Cost Analyst and different provisions would have been taken into account to complete this particular job in a perfect manner.

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The Pitfalls in Borrowing Money

A. The dangers or risks of borrowing money B. Background of borrowing/ responsibilities of borrower C. Thesis Statement: Borrowing money creates a profile of financially-at-risk individuals that shall be dependent on the characteristic of the borrower, who may the tendency to mismanage and misuse their credit cards. II. Counter-Arguments - There are advantages and disadvantages in borrowing money through loans and credit cards. - The financial problems of the borrower are easily resolved by seeking financial assistance from loans and credit cards for payment of mortgage, car loans, student loans and other emergency needs. ...

Abstract

The essay revolves around the peasants’ war of 1524-2525. The peasants’ war, also known as the revolution of 1525, is the largest insurrection or revolt in the history of Europe before the French Revolution. The goal of this essay is to explain the history before the revolution on the administration, economic situation, the culture of the peasant in ration to their agrarian development and the different social classes that existed. The causes of the war outbreak, movements and the suppression of the peasants’ war 1524 are discussed in the essay. Under the leadership of Martin Luther and Thomas Muntzer, ...

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The purpose of this paper is to provide a basic overview of lean supply chain methodology. This will also provide how the concept was evolved over the years. The paper will provide a brief overview of the basic pillars of lean supply chain and then look at the tools used to implement and monitor lean supply chain methodology. This paper also will discuss the limitations of the current lean supply chains methodology. It will then compare lean supply chain concepts with agile supply chains and green supply chains to bring out the similarities and differences. Finally the paper will provide some ...

The purpose of this case study is to analyze the non-profit charitable organization “Planet Water”: its main purpose, goals, history, services that it provides, significance and contribution to the world society. First of all, the project Planet Water is an American based, internationally aimed non-profit organization, which is focused at supplying the most disadvantaged communes with fresh, clean water, by means of installation special filtration systems in the remote districts. This program also provides educational programs with the purpose of teaching health and hygiene to the children. All their projects are focused on educational establishments such as ...

The Rand Formula relates to an automatic check-off system through which dues to a union are abstracted by the employer from all employees benefiting from the union activities, regardless of whether they are members or not (MacKillop and Miedema, 110). The rationale for this system is to enhance union funding and also to ensure that any person that benefits from the collective power of the union also contributes to the union’s financial well being (CCH canadienne limitee, 681). The formula was introduced in 1946 by Justice Ivan Rand, in order to bring to an end a ninety nine day ...

Question one

Performance appraisal or evaluation is a method by which job performance of an employee is measured. Performance appraisal does feature in legal proceedings. As a measure of protection for employers, the specific set procedures are followed. Performance appraisal should be job based and provide regular feedback between manager and employee. Guidelines are as follows; it should be job related. Focus of performance appraisal should be job based and not on personalities of the employees. Issues that arise during the process should be dealt with as they occur professionally. The employee should interact freely with the manager and express a workplace concerns in a ...

ABF stands for army benevolent fund. It is a national charity for the army in Britain. It provides help in form of charity to people in Britain who are serving or have ever served in the army, or their dependants. The help is in the form of pensions, grants, or even loans. The organization has professional advisers who provide financial advice to the organization. It also has trustees and officers such as chief executive and directors who help in running and managing the organizations goals. Financial ratios are used investment decision making. A firm with attractive records attracts investors ...

Why American education is falling

The standards of American education system have been falling year in and year out compared to other industrialized nations. Based on recent results of scholastic aptitude tests, the American student is by far bettered by the Asian and European counterparts respectively. The causes of failure cannot be isolated and analyzed in a single dimension. Things don’t seem to improve as research findings trickle in i.e. a research shows that despite great proportion of gross national product being spent on education; it’s worth noting that the American elementary and secondary school student never ranked above the median when compared with ...

RPC is a plastic manufacturing conglomerate domiciled in the United Kingdom. The origin of the group can be traced from the merger between five companies in the year 1991, followed by management buyouts of several related plastic manufacturing businesses within the region. The twenty years ending 2011 have been very significant for the group growth wise, which has seen the company make great strides in the growth of different facets of business defined by sales, profitability, as well as the market share of the products that are offered to the market. The company is headquartered in Northampton shire and currently ...

Introduction.

Keynesian theory argues that, in short term, total output is determined by total spending, which mostly consists of investment and consumption, this is the reality for any economy in the world but it doesn’t hold all the time as its subject to alterations caused by microeconomic factors particularly inflation which brings about increased interests rates raising the cost of production and unemployment as firms layoff some workers in order to reduce their cost of production. During the 2008 crisis which was one of the worst worldwide economic downturn one on the worst hit sector was the housing ...

Labor unions are the legally accepted representatives of the workers in most organizations in the United States. Currently, the activities of labor unions are centered on the collective bargaining over working conditions, wages and benefits for the members and also representing members in cases of disputes with the management for violations in provisions of contracts. Other larger unions engage in the electioneering and in lobbying activities and the federal and state levels. In the year 2010, the proportion of workers that belonged to unions in the United States was 11%. In the private sector, union membership has fallen to ...

The Boys and Girls Clubs of America (or BGCA) is a local based national organization that provides to the young people after school activities. With over 4000 independent clubs currently, the club has continued to offer after school programs to more than four million girls and boys. The group aspires to make young people attain their full potentiality by nurturing them to be productive, responsible, caring citizens (Boys & Girls Clubs of America, 2012). The author of this paper however identified funding as an issue that acts as an obstacle towards achieving the group’s goals, mission and objectives. Funding ...

How Western Religious Heritage has shaped up Work Ethics in the West

Work ethics is about how people carry out their jobs or their responsibilities. It also includes how a person feels regarding their career and vocation of their jobs. Work ethics involves respect, good behavior, communication, attitude and even how one relates with others. It is work ethics that shows whom and what a person stands for. Characteristics of work ethics include accountability and honesty. This narrows down to what a person would do or does when they are in a particular situation. The major issue in a situation would involve what is acceptable, right and above board. According to philosophy, if a person does not ...