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    kiki strike

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    Kiki Strike Kiki Strike is written by Kirsten Miller and is about independence‚ trust‚ friendship and adventure. It was published May 30‚ 2006 and is classified as Fantasy Fiction. The main character in this book is Ananka Fishbein who tells the story in first person. This book is about a 14 year old girl‚ Ananka‚ who meets the strange Kiki Strike. Together they form a group‚ The Irregulars‚ consisting of 6 girls‚ each with a significant talent. They try to find the secret of the underground

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    The Teacher's Strike

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    TURZAR‚ ALMA F. BSE-B12 THE TEACHER’S STRIKE It was April of 1990 when the teacher’s strike began and ended at the end of May of the same year. The teachers’ strike at our Boystown/ Girlstown in Manila where I studied High School was classified as one of the major crises in the life of the Sisters and our Founder‚ Msgr. Aloysius Schwartz. At first‚ Fr. Al misjudged the situation and treated it as nothing

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    Ups Strike

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    The 1997 Teamster strike against UPS was not simply a victory‚ but a smashing victory for the US working class and therefore offers many valuable lessons for today’s labor militants‚ both with respect to the strategic orientation and the day-to-day tactics. UPS is a “Fortune 500” company‚ meaning it is one of the most profitable in the nation‚ boasting of a $1.15 billion profit margin prior to the strike. In 1992‚ the workforce was evenly divided between full-time and part-time workers‚ but by 1996

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    The Right to Strike

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    | | |The Right to Strike | |Mini Case 3 | Seven of the employer’s 11 concrete truck drivers

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    strike action

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    Strike action   A strike is a collective withdrawal of labour by employees. Under such action‚ employees refuse to perform all work‚ not just selected duties. Strikes are usually‚ but not always‚ organised by a union. The purpose of a strike is to pressure an employer (or other third party) into complying with particular demands or refraining from doing something.   Under the federal Fair Work Act 2009 strike action may be ’protected action’ if undertaken during a bargaining period for an enterprise

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    SAFETY PROBLEMS OF RAILWAY PASSANGERS IN EXPRESS RAILWAYS Although Indian Railways have progressed a lot‚ both quantitatively and qualitatively‚ during the last few years‚ this system is still plagued by a number of problems which require immediate attention. A lot has been done‚ but a lot more is yet to be done. Some of the major problems faced by the Indian Railways are briefly discussed as under: Safety Indian Railways have been in the news albeit for wrong reasons. With the rapid increase

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    Drone Strikes

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    The Ethical Implications of the Current Government Drone Strike Polices 8/1/12 Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) first made their appearance in 1919 when Elmer Sperry‚ who also invented the gyroscope and autopilot‚ attacked a captured German ship with the first UAV loaded down to with explosives(("U.s. army unmanned‚" 2010). At the time this was a revolutionary weapon‚ but if we fast forward 80 years from the time of that experiment‚ UAVs became a common and prolific part of the modern battlefield

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    Indian Railway Problems

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    Name | Designation | Contact Numbers | Office of the Minister of Railways | Dr. C. P. Joshi  mr@rb.railnet.gov.in | Minister (Addl. Charge) | +91 11 23386645‚23381213 ( Off.)  +91 11 23387333 (Fax) +91 11 23383676 (Fax) | | | Office of the Minister of State for Railways | Shri K. H. Muniyappa  khmuni@sansad.nic.in | Minister of State | +91 11 23388190‚ 23382490 ( Off.)  +91 11 23381634 (Fax) +91 11 23792703‚ 23794481 ( Res.)  +91 11 23794481 (Fax) | | | Shri P. Anand Kumar

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    Indian Railways Analysis

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    Indian Railways | Prepared By | | Mahesh G | | | Contents Scope: 2 Indian Railways - Background: 2 Market Structure: 6 Conclusion: 9 Bibliography: 10 Scope: This brief study aims at analyzing the market structure of Indian Railways. It starts with the history of railways and explores the various characteristics of railways. It also provides a brief comparison of Indian railways vis-à-vis World Railway system. Indian Railways - Background: Indian railways come

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    Patco Strike

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    PATCO Strike Andrea Leak Webster University Abstract This research paper will inspect one of the most important events in the late twentieth century within the United States labor history. It has transformed the labor relations development to altitudes. President Ronald Reagan‚ in 1981 dismissed of approximately eleven thousand employees of the Professional Air Traffic Controller Organization (PATCO). It stood out as an event of unmatched worth during the labor decline era. The PATCO strike

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