A Dispute Arose in a Small Factory and the Workers

question 30

Essay

A dispute arose in a small factory and the workers decided to strike concerning the firing of an employee for union-organizing activity. As the strike wore on without resolution, the employer hired what the employer called permanent replacements for the strikers. Eventually, the strike was settled. Are the fired workers entitled to getting their jobs back?

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Definitions:

Rationalization

A defense mechanism in which controversial behaviors or feelings are justified and explained in a seemingly rational or logical manner to avoid the true explanation.

Projection

An ego defense mechanism whereby individuals attribute to other people characteristics or impulses they do not wish to acknowledge in themselves.

Defecating

The act of expelling feces from the body's large intestine through the anus.

Ego Ideal

A component of the personality comprising the standards and aspirations for behaviors that one strives to achieve.