The council-manager form is a system of local government, which combines a strong political leadership of elected officials who make up the council, with a nominated local government manager. The city council serves as the primary legislative body of the city, and appoints the chief executive officer, who is called a city manager, whose duty is to monitor daily municipial affairs, implement a budget, implement city politics and legislative initiatives. In the council-manager government, the council members are the leaders and policy makers, elected as community representatives, The manager is elected by the council, and is council is responsible to the council. If the manager does not respond to the wishes of the council, then the council has the authority to terminate the manager at any time. In this sense, the tasks performed by the manager are tested every day. The conclusion is that all power is centralized in the elected council.
<span>The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut document was directly influenced by the "English Bill of Rights," since both documents sought to set in clear terms the limits of the power of the state. </span>
At that time, strikes were never encouraged by the government, and the wages and job security were never guaranteed. Which are some of the many reasons why strikes were organized.