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- 771: Cesar E. Chavez
- ... and An Agricultural migrant worker. He used nonviolent action to gain recognition and respect from the Migrant farm laborers. Cesar Chavez knew he needed recognition in order to negotiate in collective bargaining for the labor rights of the migrant worker. Agricultural growers and agricultural business corporations where rich and powerful and had never allowed any recognition of any union. Farm workers had been excluded from the right to collective bargaining that ... way on this earth in which you can say yes to man's dignity and know that you're going to be spared some sacrifice." (Project, p.3) Because Chavez was so compassionate about the rights of the Farm workers, they were able to earn better wages, respect and better treatment. They had secured collective bargaining and political protection from the National and California Labor Relations Boards. The workers had secured wages that were closer to being livable wages, they had won human rights that were reflected in safe working conditions in the fields, clean water, toilets, improved housing, and worker's compensation. These were working conditions and rights that with out a Cesar Chavez's visions of ...
- 772: Power Does Not Come From a Gun
- ... hasn't found something he will die for, he isn't fit to live." A leader in the Black community and the recipient of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, King's accomplishment of attaining civil rights for Blacks was a great one, but the road to achievement was long and full of sacrifices. It was a time when Blacks had no rights and most of them accepted this as the way it was and no one could do anything about it. Most of them, but not King. When the police arrested a black woman for sitting in ... marches, making the non-violent resistance stronger than it had ever been before. He succeeded in making people aware that every human being is born equal and that no one should be denied his civil rights. Martin Luther King had a dream and he knew that there was only one way to make it come true, to wake up and to take action. He was a true example of someone ...
- 773: The Theories of Hobbes and Locke
- ... of continual war, fear, and chaos. Similarly, in the sense that we do what is in our best interest, Hobbes says that at one point in time we decided to voluntarily and mutually transfer our rights to another person or group in an attempt to get out of that miserable state of war. Hobbes also contends that if there is not a power to keep people in awe, they will continually be in war against each other. In other words, there is no security without a system such as our own, with consequences for actions that infringe on the rights of others. The crucial part of this system is thus enforcement of policy. Hobbes explains this as, "And covenants, without the sword, are but words, and of no strength to secure a man at all." This makes sense that, without something for people to fear if they go against the laws, they will naturally infringe on the rights of others simply because it may be in their best interest. Hobbes saw government as a single governing body, made up of the power given to it by the masses; a "Leviathan," or giant ...
- 774: Mental Illness
- ... disorders? Secondly, crack babies are born with deformities because of the mother’s negligence, should FAS be considered to fit in that same category of offenses? The final important section in Mental Illness is entitled “Rights of Mental Patients”. Mental patients just as everyone else have rights, which must be recognized and respected. Over the last thirty years there has been an increased concern for the rights of minorities, one of which is the mentally ill. There are a few basic questions that sum up all of the concerns that families, patients, and doctors feel. How much power should psychiatrists have ...
- 775: Ideals of Law and Justice In Different Civilizations
- ... to rise to more acceptable standings with their superior male counterparts, because of their knowledge of the law. In no way were women and slaves equal status to men, but the laws did protect the rights of disadvantaged groups such as slaves and women. Under Hammurabi law, women were allowed to own lands and to draw up legal contracts2. Even though laws such as this existed, male heads of households were allowed access to other women, as well as able to sell off their children and wives as either prostitutes or slaves. Women’s rights were definitely not equal. This inequality did not limit women to just second rate citizens, in fact many women were appointed to high priesthoods by the men in their lives, such as fathers and husbands ... Shagshag3. In these instances women were placed as figure heads in organizations, even though they had to be backed and appointed by a male figure. Women succeeded, but the laws never intended to extend equal rights or opportunities to them. In Rome, the laws that dealt with the rights of women were not so explicitly defined. Women were revered for their minds, and were often admired because of their character. ...
- 776: Dispossable Animals
- ... as human beings. Animals possess the same kinds of feelings and emotions as human beings, and without anesthesia, they are subjected to the pain as well. Mankind often fails to give animals the respect and rights they deserve, they are treated as lifeless, unfeeling scientific specimens and items that we may manipulate at our own convenience and for vanity’s sake. The Facts of Animal Tests - Laboratory research involving animals is ... are available from organizations such as CAAT and PETA. Contact your elected representatives and federal agencies and demand that the validation of non-animal methods become a high-priority. Proven, that mankind often disregards the rights of other living beings, times are changing for the better due to the increasing pressure of the consumer. Society has begun to take notice of this serious global concern because intelligent life should not be ... as human beings. Animals possess the same kinds of feelings and emotions as human beings, and without anesthesia, they are subjected to the pain as well. Mankind often fails to give animals the respect and rights they deserve, they are treated as lifeless, unfeeling scientific specimens and items that we may manipulate at our own convenience and for vanity’s sake. The Facts of Animal Tests - Laboratory research involving animals ...
- 777: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
- ... are nearly fifty percent higher than whites. In employment many unqualified applicants are hired solely in the fact that they are members of a minority group. The Women’s Movement as well as the Civil Rights movement has been negatively affected by affirmative action, all that Martin Luther King Jr. worked and fought for is being denied by affirmative action. I intend to show that affirmative action and any similar programs must not have any place in today’s society, this program and any like it should remain out use. Affirmative action was first put into use during the 1960s. The Civil Rights movement of 1964 emphasized the program. During that era discrimination among minorities and women was extremely high and there were many barriers. Affirmative action required employers to hire regardless of race, the affirmative action of ... now promotes rewarding undeserving candidates. Positions and promotions are given on race rather than merit. Only by following this job-relevant criterion can employers ensure the highest possible productivity from their faculty. The great Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. once gave a famous speech titled “I Have A Dream”. Doctor King spoke “…my children will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content ...
- 778: Civil War
- ... the war. Therefore, reconstruction was definitely needed for the whole nation. Vice President Andrew Johnson became president after Lincoln's assassination. Johnson was ill-suited to the challenges of Reconstruction and of defining African Americans' rights. Therefore, many Moderate Republican, who made up the majority of the Republican party, angry because his failure to protect African American's rights. After congress took over the reconstruction from Johnson, they quickly passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which declared that everyone who was born in the land of United States was a citizen with full civil right, (not guarantee for voting rights). Then Fourteenth Amendment was also passed ...
- 779: China Foreign Investment
- ... identifies the main legal and procedural steps. The essay also details intellectual property law in the PRC focusing on the protection of patents, copyright, trademarks and trade secrets. The essay notes the importance of human rights recognition in a business. 2.0 Background The Sino-Foreign Equity Joint Venture Law in 1979 was seen as a first step by the Chinese government to build a legal structure governing foreign investment. The PRC has continued to develop its legal system that protects investor's rights as well as the rights of their foreign partners. Zhixin (1988) notes that a substantial number of foreign-related tax laws and regulations have been enacted to develop international economic relations. 3.0 Establishing operations in the PRC There ...
- 780: The Downy Woodpecker
- ... similar. Both range across the same territory except the lower southwest where the downy is less often seen. There are really only two ways to distinguish the downy and the hairy. (1) Look at the bill of the two birds. The downy will have a much shorter, stubbier bill. (2) The downy is about 2/3 the size of the hairy. That is another good clue to look for. The downy is most likely to be the one that you see at the feeder ... the nesting site rather than between the birds. After the drumming has united the pair, the actual courtship begins with a curious dance or "weaving" action by both sexes. With their neck stretched out and bill pointed in line with their head and body from side to side balancing on the tips of their tail. Their entire body is elongated. There is also a lot of flitting and chasing from ...
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