TRADE UNIONISM‚ COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND NATION BUILDING: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE Charles N. Okolie Introduction It is a well known fact that the growth and development of any nation depends on the structures it has carved out for itself. In Nigeria‚ amidst the various arms of the government which has been working tirelessly to ensure the growth and sustenance of the Nigerian state is the emergence of trade unions. The colonial influence in Nigeria has left much to be desired. The emergence
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Fair trade is about better prices‚ local sustainability‚ good working conditions‚ and fair requirements of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world. By requiring companies to pay sustainable prices‚ Fair trade addresses the injustices of conventional trade‚ which discriminates against the poorest and weakest producers. It allows them to improve their position and have more control over their lives. Today‚ more than six million people‚ farmers‚ producers‚ workers and their families‚
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Fair Trade Today I want to talk about „Fair Trade“. At first I tell you something about the generall things (What is FT ? My second point ist he organisation‚ then the principles‚ goals the Ft Label and the use of money. 1. Fair Trade FT is a controlled Trade‚ in which the prices fort he products are settled eighter. The strategy ist hat producer should get a eighter and safer income. It is concentrated on goods from the 3rd word and southern countries which are exported to the industrial countries
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Trade Union A trade union is an organization of employees formed on a continuous basis for the purpose of securing diverse range of benefits. It is a continuous association of wage earners for the purpose of maintaining and improving the conditions of their working lives. The Trade Union Act 1926 defines a trade union as a combination‚ whether temporary or permanent‚ formed primarily for the purpose of regulating the relations between workmen and employers or between workmen and workmen‚ or between
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Trade secrets Are not currently defined under any specific rule of evidence under Philippine law. And yet time and again‚ their protection is sought and their enforcement pursued before our courts. Trade secrets are‚ after all‚ recognized as confidential under many laws‚ which provide penalties for the breach of confidentiality. Protection of trade secrets The Revised Penal Code‚ for one‚ penalizes the revelation of industrial or trade secrets of an employer by an employee. Also‚ the
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Trade and merchants play a major role in Christianity and Islam from their origins to the 1500’s‚ and even though both had similar attributes yet differed as well. Christians and Islam both had a negative outlook‚ both had their religious viewpoints‚ as well as both changed their views towards trade. Despite this‚ Christianity began to open up to trade‚ even tolerating it‚ while Muslims became stricter on merchants and trade. Furthermore‚ Both Islam and Christianity had a negative attitudes for
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Foreign Direct Investment in Nepal Current status‚ prospects and challenges Ratnakar Adhikari SAWTEE Working Paper No. 01/13 Foreign Direct Investment in Nepal Current status‚ prospects and challenges Working Paper No. 01/13 South Asia Watch on Trade‚ Economics and Environment (SAWTEE) 26 Mamata Galli P.O. Box: 19366 Tukucha Marg Baluwatar Kathmandu Nepal Tel: 977-1-4444438 / 4424360 Fax: 977-1-4444570 Email: sawtee@sawtee.org Web: www.sawtee.org Views expressed in SAWTEE
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Many things helped drive the sugar trade. Demand‚ slavery‚ and climate played a major role in the driving of the sugar trade. Demand was greatly increasing throughout the years. The climate of the caribbean islands where cane sugar was grown. Slavery provided “free” work to produce sugar which in turn increased profits for the farmers. In England‚ sugar was not shipped there until the year 1317. But once the sugar was becoming a popular import‚ it boomed. Sugar consumption and import grew tremendously
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3/18/14 APWH P. 2 What drove the sugar trade? “Give me some sugar!” When most people hear that phrase‚ it usually means someone wants a kiss. But in the late 1600s and early 1700s‚ people want to plant sugar. True‚ it started some 9000 years ago in New Guinea‚ but it took a while before the rest of the world caught on. During this time‚ there was a movement called the sugar trade. Although there were many forces driving the sugar trade‚ what mainly drove it were the ideal land masses
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* Occurs when a firm invest directly in a foreign country. * Becomes a multinational enterprise * FDI can be both – Greenfield (establish new ops) Acquisition/Merger (with existing firms) * Flow of FDI –refers to the amount of FDI over a time period. * Stock of FDI - total accumulated value of foreign-owned assets * Outflows – flows of FDI out of a country * Inflows – flows of FDI into a country Gross fixed capital formation summarises the total amount of capital
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