Many people in the US and in other countries are passing through many injustices in their work place. The work place should be a good place to be. When its not a good place they should have the right to do strikes without the interruption of the police or other groups. People who believe in the freedom to express your self and make things be better should apologize this.
Years ago the companies and small business star giving works to people who really need the job because they can pay to them less and they are going to keep working, but now its different, people know very good their rights and they start protesting about the bad treatment that the employers have with them. This protest is sometimes peaceful but in the most of the cases they do strikes to show to the people and the government what they want and how they are being treated. In some cases their reach their goal but not all the time, all because they have to stop their strikes because they are interrupted by the police.
Workers should have the right to protest without interruption if they are not damaging someone else or some property. This could change everything and everyone is in peace and happy. This not mean that the employers have the right to treat their workers badly, they should treat they better and this hole thing can be avoid.
In 1930's the workers where treated badly, people during this times where very racists. This gave me a good idea of what black people passed through this time. Years have passed and now the workers are treated better but not equal, even when the government has the article 23 that says: "Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal pay".
Federal and state laws prohibit employment discrimination on the grounds of race, religion, sex, national origin, age, and disability, but these laws provide no protection from other forms of unfairness in the workplace. Laws in most states permit an employee to sue for the "tort for wrongful discharge." This type of law suit provides some relief for employees from the employment at will doctrine, but is not available for unfairness in general. Workplace Fairness advocates changes in the legal relationship between employers and employees, with elimination of the employment at will doctrine, the addition of a requirement for just cause for the termination of employees, and protection for fair treatment of employees in other aspects of employment. Fair treatment is the most important thing in the jobs because all people have to be treated equal, workers deserve to have the best treatment because they are working hard to give to their families what they need.
Workers have been pass trough many difficulties, but now they have more help from the government. They are treated better than years ago. This is a good change because now people want to work and they are not afraid of what the employers are going to do with them.
An employer cannotdiscriminateagainst a particular employee at any stage of employment because of his/herplace of origin, ancestral country, or physical, cultural, or linguistic characteristics of a certain nationality. The workers have been working hard to to obtain a job with no discrimination but employers still making it hard to do. Sometimes they have to fight and to do strikes to led their voice be heard.
Throughout the decades that followed the Triangle Factory Fire, organized labor grew in size and power, and unrest, protests and strikes became part of the ongoing struggle between management and labor over workers’ rights and labor costs, and productivity and profits. But for many it seemed the stigma of the sweatshop had gone away, that more responsible owners provided stricter accountability and a more mature industry.
Its amazing what people have to do to be heard by the government. When the government said the the employer can't discriminate people because they are going to pay for it, the people still doing it. This shows the desperation to get money by hurting others and not been fair.
The workers have been mistreated in many ways through the years. This became a common situation in all work even when the US said that if guest workers complain about abuses, the employers face deportation, blacklisting or other retaliation. Some companies or small businesses do not use proper security measures in the workplace and that is considered abuse of workers.
In 1911 a tragedy occurred when a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, located just east of Washington Square Park in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan. The factory occupied the eighth, ninth and 10th floors of the building.On the ninth floor, the owners had locked one of the two exit doors to prevent theft. The fire started in a scrap bin on the eighth floor, where employees then notified the 10th floor switchboard, but the ninth floor never received warning. In the end, 146 people died, most of them Jewish and Italian immigrant women. The tragedy outraged the city and galvanized the labor movement. It instantly became a symbol of the struggle between management and labor that had been percolating for some time and would escalate in its aftermath. This is just one important example of what the workers had past through many years ago and now things have not changed. According to four workers of the Walmart's global business, the model of this is based on creating a system that keeps workers in a cycle of low wages, no voice on the job, and dangerous working conditions. This is violation the article 23 of the United Nations Declaration of Rights that says "Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work."
It is so sad that the owners of the companies and business of this country did not follow the rules just for save money. All the people have rights and its not fair that some people work allot and the wages are so low. All the people have to be treated equal in any circumstances.
By many years, worker claiming some sort of right have attempted to pursue their interests. In the past during the middle ages, the Peasants' Revolt in England expressed demand for better wages and working conditions. English peasants fought against the enclosure movement, which took traditionally communal lands and made them private.
The modern concept of labor rights dates to the 19th century after the creation of labor unions following the industrialization processes. Karl Marx stands out as one of the most prominent and earliest advocates to the workers’ rights. His theory was focused on labor issues and advocates his economic system of socialism, a society which would be ruled by the workers. Recent workers rights advocacy has focused on the particular role, exploitation, and needs of women workers etc.
The International Labour Organization was formed in 1919 as part of the League of Nations to protect workers’ rights. This Organization (ILO) later became part of the United Nations. The UN itself backed workers rights by incorporating two articles of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. The articles 23 and 24. During the Progressive Era the United States began workplace reforms, which received publicity boosts from Upton Sinclair'she Jungle and events such as the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
I started reading Ruben's post and he did a great job explaining what he really thinks about this hole situation, it was very interesting the way that he describe the whites as obsessives persons. I am agreed with him because they did not have reason for doing what they do to the Natives Americans. They had an obsession to gain control of all the land. They just want the land even when the Natives Americans owned thous lands first, they were selfish about everything. In Mykaella's post she explains the history of what the whites did to the Natives Americans and she think that they did not think in what the Natives Americans wanted they just wanted to have the land. I agreed with her opinion because the Natives Americans suffered from the whites action, they did not respect the humans because they were humans too and they treated them like animals, they did not care about all of the population they just cared about themselves. Stephanie's post was very interesting she explained detailed the problem that the Natives Americans had with the treaty that the whites did with them, the Indians were promised to be given help with schools, trade and farming, and also they were promised to be given money. This promise was broken by the Americans. Stephanie said that the Americans wanted to vanish the Indians culture and I am agreed with her because they always thought that the best think to the Indians and it was not. I like Ligny's post, she explains very well the assimilation that the Americans wanted to the Indians. It was shocking to me that the Indians were obligated to change the way they dressed and they had to cut their pony tails. This was shocking to me because i know that when i go to the beauty i do not want to cut my hair because it means allot to me. Arshad's post was explaining the history of Natives Americans like my other classmates do. His opinion is that Natives Americans did what they thought was right and that not many people know the true story that happen in this time. I'm agreed with him because people said what they want and not always what really happen.
The 19th century was a time of major efforts in evangelizing missionary expeditions to all non-Christian people. The whites obligated the Natives Americans to change their names to Christian common names and their cultures too. Even though that in one of the Amendments said that they have freedom of religion they banned the Natives Americans to change that. The whites send troops to the reservation because the Native Americans did not followed the directions that they give.
Whites officials became alarmed at the religious fervor and in December 1890 banned the Ghost Dance on Dakota reservations. The presence of the troops in the reservations exacerbated the situation. General Miles ordered the detention of Big Foot. On December 29 in the same year the soldiers entered the camp demanding all firearms. They put the firearms away but some of them refused. A fight between them began, the soldiers start shooting all the womens and children with the mens. By less then an hour the fight and with 150 Indians killed and 50 wounded. In the army just 25 were killed and 39 wounded.
The Ghost Dance was a ceremonial religious dance connected with the messiah doctrine. During the fall of 1890, the Ghost Dance spread though the Sioux villages of Dakota reservations, revitalizing the Indians. The white superiors were scared because of the crazy dance of the Sioux villages and they said that they need protection. They ordered the officers to arrest Chief Sitting Bull, he was killed on December 15.
The assimilation was a hard time to the Natives Americans, the whites want them to change their names and cultures. Their culture means too much for them so they refused to change. The 19th century was a time of major efforts in evangelizing missionary expeditions to all non-Christian people. The political ideas during the time of assimilation policy are known by many Indians as the progressive era, but more commonly known as the assimilation era. The progressive era thinkers wanted to look beyond legal definitions of equality to create a realistic concept of fairness.
With officials believing in the virtue of Christianity, the United States Government worked to convert American Indians to Christianity and suppress the practice of the Native religions. Federal legislation made education compulsory for Native Americans,they remove students from reservations with the parent authorization. Once they arrived in the school they were usually given new haircuts, uniforms of European-American style clothes, and even new English names, sometimes based on their own, other times assigned at random. It was so hard for them, the whites always think in what they want and what was the best for them but they never think that that was affecting the Natives Americans mental health and their hole lives.
I started reading Arshad's blog and it was really interesting his history and the way he lived in the U.S. I was impressed about the 911 event and how people react to this event. It's so immature how people start saying nick names to other people without knowing that they are hurting their feelings. In Paulette's blog I learned about his heritage her ancestors were from different parts like Spain. I learned something that i did not know about the Japanese the people, they practiced a wide range of religion; they were not limited to only one practice. In Carlo's blog I learned that the jews past through many difficulties because no one want them in their countries except America and Dutch. Is so interesting how people from Spain immigrate to Puerto Rico and form this race. I read his comment about the video and I'm agreed with him, is a good happy medium since we cannot just let in any criminal, but we cannot lock the country up. I find it interesting the heritage of Mykaella because i know her long time ago I never though that she was half part from Guatemala. It was interesting how his father lived and traveled to the United States.
Some lady in Connecticut owed a chimpanzee (chimp) which weighed over 200 pounds and allowed to live in the owners home as a human would. A friend came to visit, and the beast (the chimp) went on a rampage and tore the face off the visitor. The owner called the police who when arrived shot the beast (the chimp). This happened about the same time the Stimulus Package was making its way through Congress.
The New York Post, owned by Rupert Murdoch (who also owns FOX News) published an editorial cartoon illustrating two policemen who shot the chimp dead, with a caption Theyll have to find someone else to write the net Stimulus Bill.
This caused the race baiters in the United States of America (USA) to accuse The New York Post, Fox News, and Rupert Murdoch of racism accusing them of comparing President Obama to the monkey in the cartoon. When in fact that editorial cartoon had nothing to do with racism or President Obama. Because the Stimulus Package WAS NOT written by President Obama. It was orchestrated by Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi from San Francisco. Mrs. Pelosi is of Italian heritage, so if one wanted to equate that cartoon with racism then it could have been racist towards those Americans who enjoy an Italian heritage. True historically in America racist have compared blacks to monkeys. Also the same insults have been lobbed at Americans with an Italian heritage.
In the early part of the 20th century when there was a massive migration from Italy to the United States, many Italian immigrants became organ grinders and roamed the streets playing the music from this box soliciting donations. Traditionally these organ grinders would have a monkey attached to the organ via a leash. This caused many to refer to Italians as monkeys or seeing both Italians and monkeys as being seen as one or together.
The Rev Al Sharpton is accusing The New York Post as racist towards black Americans, when the editorial cartoon clearly was not. This is being done to bring down The New York Post, FOX News, and Rupert Murdoch, all of whom are conservative. This is being fostered by the left (socialist, communist) to complete their take over. In order to achieve total victory they must eliminate all opposition, which is why Al Sharpton and the gang hijacked the racist issue of the cartoon from Italian Americans and transposed it to President Obama. The left will continue to try to eliminate conservative thought while trying to silence conservative talk radio. Folks, these liberals are a hideous bunch.
Reflection: It's amazinghow people areso racisttoday,asthey canout of something sosmallasthiseventsomethingbigrelatedtoracism.I do notvery surprisedthatthey havetheseproblemsin society becauseithas longbeengoingonandit is difficultto changepeopleor theirwayofthinkingbutwe can allhelpto treateveryoneequallyandnotmaking comparisonswith animalsoranything elsethat mayaffect theself esteemof anyone.
I'm Kamil Bartoli I go toAmerica becausethe economic situation inItalyis not the best.I'mtravelingonaboat for 2 weekswhichisdivided intothree classes, asI have not gotmuchmoneyand thefare is$ 30I had tobuythethird class.I'msleepingwithmyluggagebecausethere was not enough spaceonthe deck,washclothesinsaltwaterandgrabbedmyskin allergiesdueto salt.The atmosphereon boardis not thebest,the foodwegiveissouporstew.
August 23, 1887
I'm finally in the U.S. and It's not what I was expecting. Americawas notsupposed to betheland ofopportunityinthe "streetswerepavedwithgold?" That wasmyquestionsince I arrivedat the port.This firstdayinU.S.I hadto findawarm placeto sleep,socoldtonightand hereI amwriting ata street corner, this was notaverygooddaybuttomorrowI have togo out to work tosucceed.
January 6, 1888
Bad timesI have lived thesepast few monthsbutIsurvived,now I haveaplace to live.Ifound ajobsellingfruitfor severalmonthsin a market.I am currentlylivingwithout electricityandlittle beat offood to eat,sometimesevenwithoutfood.ThelittlemoneyI makeworkingfor me is notmuchbut it'sbetterthanearning nothing. They treat melike I'm worthlessand I havetoput up withitbecauseI have to earn some moneytobring mychildrentoItalyfortheUnited Stateswith me.
April 5, 1897
I have saved enough money to send my kids to the U.S. and they are with me now. It's more hard to survived with 3 more people in my house but I'm so happy to have them here with me. One of my kids is sick and i don't have money for the medicines, i don't know what to do. I hope does't get worse until I have money for the medicines.
The Italian immigrants were important in the US but not the most important part because millions of people of other countries like Argentina and Brasil were migrating to the US too. In 1850 less than 4,000 Italians were reported in the US and four years later the population increase to 44,000. Their work in Italy had more to do with agriculture but in the US became mostly urban. They work in jobs like shoe shinning, rag picking, sewer cleaning, and dangerous jobs others didn't want. Italians lived in groups according to their place of origin. The Sicilians lived in New Orleans, the Neapolitans and Calabrians in Minnesota, and mostly northern Italians in California. They lived in filthy conditions but that disappeared with the arrival of new generations of Italians. In the 19th and 20th the Italians became fishermen, shoemaker etc. Learnabout thehistoryof theseimmigrantsdid not affectmypoint ofview becauseIstilldo notunderstand whyanyimmigranthas to go throughsuch badconditionand do notliveallthe samenomatter wherewe comeandwe do.
Italian 'rag-pickers' with their pickings, in their 'homes'.
Years ago the companies and small business star giving works to people who really need the job because they can pay to them less and they are going to keep working, but now its different, people know very good their rights and they start protesting about the bad treatment that the employers have with them. This protest is sometimes peaceful but in the most of the cases they do strikes to show to the people and the government what they want and how they are being treated. In some cases their reach their goal but not all the time, all because they have to stop their strikes because they are interrupted by the police.
