...Running head: Oklahoma Labor Law: Right to Work Laws Oklahoma Labor Law: Right to Work Laws Kidong Kim. Student The University of Central Oklahoma Today, twenty two states apply right to work laws in the U.S. Right to work laws provide the right to freedom to association to labor. “A Right to Work law guarantees that no person can be compelled, as a condition of employment, to join or not to pay dues to a labor union” (The Right to Work Principle). These common laws give the right to worker to join the unions or not to join unions. There are many reasons why these states took Right to work laws but one of the important things are that these laws help labor a lot, such as these lead higher wages, create jobs, and improve union duties. The twenty two states have Right to work laws. They chose that in the 1940’s and 1950’s after the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 passed by U.S. congress. The Taft-Hartley Act permits that each state can make Right to Work laws. It was legislated in response to the belief that the pro-union Wagner Act of 1935 gave unions too much power (Taft-Hartley Act). In September 2001, Oklahoma got into the member of right to work states. Oklahoma became the twenty second right to work state. Oklahoma is most recent adapter state of Right to work laws. After the right to work law pass, Oklahoma’s economy has been grew up. According to the National Institute for Labor Relations Research of U.S, Oklahoma is the only state which increases worker’s income between...
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...In Eastern Oklahoma there is a particularly high density of Native Americans relative to the total population, and this has had a substantial effect on the region, historically, as well as in the present day. One of the most highly concentrated native enclaves in Oklahoma is the proliferation of members of the Cherokee Nation in the northeastern corner of the state, including Adair County. According to the 2010 Census, Adair County’s population is 43.3% Native American, and almost the largest single portion of the Cherokee Nation lives in Adair and the neighboring counties, such as the Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, and Wagoner Counties, as well as nine more. There are smaller portions of other Native American tribes and nations living in the...
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...Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central United States. Oklahoma is the 20th most extensive and the 28th most populous of the 50 United States. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning "red people". The capital of Oklahoma the state is Oklahoma City. The population of Oklahoma is estimated to about 3.878 million in 2014. The secretary of the state is Chris Benge and the senators are Jim Inhofe and James Lankford. The State flag features an Osage warrior's shield on a blue background. An olive branch and a calumet, or peace pipe, lay across the shield. Seven eagle feathers decorate the shield. Both of these items are symbols of peace. The design was officially adopted as Oklahoma's flag in 1925. In 1941 the word "Oklahoma" was added beneath the shield. The land that today makes up Oklahoma was added to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Throughout the 19th century, the U.S. government relocated Indian tribes from the southeastern United States to the area, and by 1900, over 30 Indian tribes had been moved to what was originally called the Indian Territories. At the same time, ranchers in Texas began to move into the area in search of new pasture lands, and the government eventually opened the land to settlement, creating “land runs” in which settlers were allowed to cross the border at a particular hour to claim homesteads. Settlers who broke the law and crossed the border sooner than allowed were...
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...A Cherokee finds herself in Oklahoma I am a Cherokee woman my name is Lily, my family and I lived in harmony and peace with the white settlers. Some of them want to live in peace and some just do not accept us. There are White settlers that want to steal our land. My ancestors have been here for many years. Long before these white men ever came over to this land, so why are they trying to take our land away from us? In my land of what they call the State of Georgia, their government refused to accept our Cherokee government. They think there is something they call gold on our land, and that Georgia passed a law to make us give up our land so they could have all the gold in the rivers. It seems that the gold was more desirable to the white settlers than our lives. Mr. Jackson wanted to remove us off the land because he says it’s highly valuable. Maybe, if they had asked we could have shared it. We are not the savages they think we are. Our people did not want to lose this land! We took our case to the government and their court and fought for our land. It did not do much as there were only white people there and most of them will not let us keep our land or they would not have the power to help us. We have our own government so John Ridge and Andrew Jackson had to both make a deal for our land, but it did not go exactly as they said it would. This gave Americans exactly what they had wanted from the Indians. Because they didn’t really have a say over the authority...
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...The Oklahoma Regional Food Bank was created on the 15 of May 1980, which was the 21st food bank to be created in the United States of America and the first in the region. It was formally known as the Oklahoma City food bank. The Food Bank serves a total of 53 counties in Oklahoma. The majority served are children, working poor and senior citizens. In its first year of operation, the Regional Food Bank distributed 280,000 pounds of food, which is now distributed every three days. The nonprofit provides enough food to feed more than 116,000 people every week with administrative and fundraising costs of less than four percent. Since its inception in 1980, the Regional Food Bank has distributed nearly 590 million pounds of food to families who find themselves in need. The food bank also offers programs such as: Backpack Program: Provides chronically hungry elementary school students with a backpack full of kid-friendly, non-perishable, nutritious food every Friday to sustain them over weekends and school holidays. Kids Café: Provides a safe haven, tutoring and nutritious...
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...The city of Oklahoma City has experienced a great loss this summer, they have lost something that can never be replaced and that they may never be able to recover from. This thing or should I say, this person was someone the city has built itself around and the person who represented all of what Oklahoma City stood for. Oklahoma City was honest, tough, both physically and mentally, and had the qualities of a great leader or so that’s what we thought this person stood for. This individual was the center piece of an entire city and was the hero and champion that Oklahoma City. As of now this person has turned his back on the city he once called home and has taken his talents to the west coast. This individual is none other than Kevin Durant....
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...Tim McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing Born to the family of Mr. and Mrs. Bill McVeigh, Tim McVeigh was hit hard by the separation of his parents at age 10 in 1978,something he hardly showed. He rarely spoke about his mother and spoke fondly about his father. Being a low achiever in high school and not so interested in college, he hit the job market in the mid-1980s, a time when the men with the blue-collar skill were hardly needed. In high school Tim was really obsessed with guns, such that by the time he was 20, he was able to explode bombs and even shoot guns Tim was raised up in a conservative family; an exclusive one in the absence of the mother who had left with Jennifer, Tim’s sister at age 4.Bill McVeigh worked the midnight shift in an auto plant that his father had put his 30 years. Tim’s sister Patty took the role of the house’s disciplinarian even though she was barely 2 years older than Tim. He had his way of having friends around by having a skateboarding ramp and a haunted house at their house’s basement. Bill McVeigh bought Tim a 22-caliber rifle which he used in the woods before acquiring a semiautomatic BB gun which he was really proud of. His way of passing time during boring classes was drawing guns and had this patriotic way of talking about defending America. A few computer classes here and there he got him bored so he took up a job as a truck driver. The only two things he found interesting about this job was that he could carry a gun besides...
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...victim to brutality, injustice, wrongs and intolerance, terrorism cannot be eradicated. Terrorism was a dormant issue in the media until the attacks on the USA. The organized use of violence to target non-combatants for political purposes, is one of the most effective ways to gain media attention. Mainly used by extremist groups in the hopes of gaining recognition for their cause (weather it is religious, political or otherwise.) Several attacks on the US have recently made headlines. The attack on the USS Cole (October 12, 2000), US Embassy bombings in Kenya + Tanzania (August 7, 1998), Oklahoma City bombing (April 19, 1995) and finally the World Trade Centre bombing on February 26 1993. What we need to recognize about terrorism is its message. Attacks are always perfectly planned and precise, almost showing that they could do better. It was a clear, beautiful day in the town of Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. Richard Williams arrived to work as normal, waving and smiling to his co-workers as he headed through the hallways of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building where he was the assistant manager. He responded to a few e-mails and noted some voicemails as he contemplated his day. Shortly after 9 a.m. the building he had worked in for years suddenly became his worst nightmare as that day will go down in history. Just around 9:02 am, a massive explosion rocked its walls and...
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...conspiracy in connection with the bombing and is serving life in prison. 22 years later, the Oklahoma City Bombing is known as the deadliest act of homegrown terrorism in the nation’s history. 5 thousand pounds of explosives were inside of the Ryder truck that Timothy McVeigh parked in front of the Murrah Building. In a matter of seconds, the bomb went off killing 168 people, and injuring hundreds more. Along with the injured people, some additional damage that was caused by this act of terror includes cars that were incinerated and more than 300 buildings that were...
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...Oklahoma City Bombing “According to one survey,38.5% of the state respondents personally knew a victim of the blast”(Gleick p61).The Oklahoma City Bombing was the largest bombing on U.S. soil before 911,and it is the biggest domestic bombing in Oklahoma history.That bombing wasn't the first one that day but the second one.The Oklahoma City Bombing is known for it’s description ,harmful effects; and the trial. A veteran named Timothy McVeigh had driven a truck that had been full with ammonium nitrate into downtown Oklahoma City twenty two years ago.The Oklahoma City Bombing was a terrorist bombing using a 4,800 pound truck bomb outside the Alfred. P Murrah federal building.Built up anger that Mcveigh had against the U.S. federal government,citizens,and politics lead him to bomb the federal building(Walsh p400).McVeigh decided to bomb the federal building because of all the anger he had built up...
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...Oklahoma City bombing The explosion shook entire city blocks and caused chaos. No one expected for the date April 19, 1995 to be remembered as the tragic event of the Oklahoma City bombing. This event affected the nation as a whole and life would soon to be changed for all. The bombing, caused by political ideals, left widespread destruction, causing changes in security, but healing was possible for those affected by this tragedy after the trial took place. Timothy McVeigh was responsible for the disaster that had destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in 1995. McVeigh was born in Pendleton, New York, growing up with divorced parents, which took a toll on Tim, leading to behavior problems (Williams). Eventually, Timothy began to...
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...One of the more popular cases were a change of venue was implement was the Oklahoma City bombing case. The defendant in the case Timothy McVeigh was tried for his crimes outside of Oklahoma City, even though that is where the offense occurred. There was so much publicity around the trial that it would have been impossible to pick members for a jury who were not biased or had some personal connection to the case. The case was moved to Denver, Colorado where a jury could be picked from individuals with less of a connection to the bombings. This would ensure McVeigh’s constitutional right to a fair and impartial jury. Changes of venue in the federal court system are usually changed for two particular reasons. One reason a change of venue is granted...
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...It's no secret that the NBA playoff system has been a complete mess, allowing lousy Eastern Conference teams into the playoffs and quality Western Conference teams out of contention. Take this season. The Oklahoma City Thunder were eliminated from the playoffs after falling one game short to the New Orleans Pelicans Theoretically, if the Thunder were in the Eastern Conference, they would have been ahead of the Bucks, Celtics and Nets for 6th place in the East. What’s worse is that last year wasn’t any better. Like the Thunder, the Phoenix Suns theoretically would have placed 3rd or 4th in the East, having an equal record to the Bulls and Raptors, and a better record than the Wizards, Nets, Hornets and Hawks (all playoff teams). In fact, for the past 19 seasons, the top 16 teams with the best records have only reached the...
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...Oklahoma City Bombing: 1995 Mary Kate Hudson EMGT 616 – Spring 2015 A rental truck was filled with improvised explosive devices and was left in front of a busy federal building in Oklahoma City. The aftermath of the explosions left over 150 people dead and many more severely injured. This was the worst case of domestic terrorism that the country had seen to date. Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building The Murrah building was named after an Oklahoma federal judge Alfred P. Murrah. It was designed and created in March of 1977 out of reinforced concrete (Locke). The building had nine floors that contained 16 federal buildings including the Social Security Administration, Secret Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Alcohol, Tobacco,...
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...THE OKLAHOMA BOMBING CONSPIRACY The Oklahoma City bombing which occurred on April 19, 1995 has gone down in history as the worst domestic terror attack in the history of the United States. The attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building killed 168 people, including 19 children, and injured over 500 others. The front of the building was blown up with a fertilizer bomb hidden in a rented truck. Timothy McVeigh aged 33, a Persian Gulf War veteran, was responsible for the attack. He has since been convicted and was executed with Potassium Chloride injection on June 11, 2001 at the Federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana. Two other persons indicted in the case were Terry Nichols and Michael Fortier, friends of McVeigh and fellow veterans....
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