Abby’s Blog

The weblog assignment definatly made me try something i’ve never done before i never had a myspace or a facebook so this was all new territory for me. I think it helped me to try something with computers that i had never done before. It seems as though its good to learn more about computers also because pretty much everything is done with computers now so that was one way i could take something away from the weblog assignments. It also forms another way to meet new people as well because you can leave comments on other peoples pages, and you could also learn things that other people write about that they thought were intersting.

I would say that my attitude has somewhat remained the same throughout the course. It seems as though i liked what we started out doing and it kinda went down hill from there though. I liked our analytical project it gave me the chance to explore something i was interested in. I really dont enjoy the weblog stuff though because im kinda slow when it comes to computer stuff like that. The editorial was okay because it was less of  structured so it was easier in ways.

It seems to me like their arent very many rules to this genre i take it as more of how you feel about things is the way you write it.  I was reading an editorial the other day the person who wrote it seemed as though they werent trying to watch what they said at all they just kinda told it how they saw it. But, if i were to decide on the rules i would just say you would probably just have to make sure what your saying is actually acurate.

Ask any union member why they joined the union there in or any union for that matter. They would probably tell you to have a way to have representation when they have to stand up to the bullies theyall boss.  It seems as though in a lot of places there is no happy medium. Most people need the union’s support to help settle disputes between the workers and their bosses. So, why is all of this important?

 In the past few years there are has been a new proposal, that many people probably aren’t aware of, that is designed to make unions stronger and easier to form. This proposal is called the Employee Free Chioce Act. If put into place this act would make card checking the new way to recognizie unions. No longer would there be a need for the ancient vote to have to be taken. All workers would have to is sign a card to for a union. There have been many things that say workers fear putting their jobs in jeopardy by trying to form a union. In Many workplaces people have been fired for even talking about possibly forming a union. Bosses and others in charge don’t  want workers to have a union toprotect them, and give them higher wages. They would rather leave them  vonerable so they can pick them off whenever with no reasoning.

 So, what exactly is this Employee Free Choice Act, and what will it do?  Basically this act would guarantee recognition of a union when the majority of workers sign union cards, this is where the term card checking comes from. It helps workers form contracts, and it would even have stronger punishments for unfair labor practices, so it would certainly keep mean, bully bosses on there toes.

 Many don’t understand what the big deal is and why unions are so important, and great.  Unions provide many positive things that workers feel they need for example: They provide the representation that so many workers feel they need. Plus when someone is a union member they receive higher wages, better healthcare and pension plans, and better and safer working conditions there are also lower poverty levels when there are unions. 

 So, would the Employee Free Choice Act have a positive effect on things? I believe so i guess it depends on how others feel as well.

I recently read an editorial about obesity. I thought this editorial was a fairly decent one it was actually very timely obesity is a growing problem in the United States these day, as well as other parts of the world as well. The editorial was also somewhat funny even though obesity is a serious problem it seemed to have a lighter more relaxed tone that made it actually quite humourous. I think that the techniques that the author used while writing this editorial was very effective. It was very intersting and was able to grab my attention .

I think that writing for a popular audience is way different from writing for an academic audience. When you write for an academic audience your a lot more cautious of what and how you say things, and i always try to make sure i have things to back up or support what i say. When you write for a more popular audience people aren’t as cautious they dont watch what they say as much. It doesnt seem like your trying to watch your grammar as much the tone is just altogether different. When your writing a piece to be read by a more popular audience your focusing on whats going to grab their attention and draw them to want to read what you have to say.

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