NOT FINISHED* ~this is what I have so far. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire  Jocelynn Santiago Due: 2/10/14 Mr.Bruno/Baccarella The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire was one of the most tragic fires in New York City up until the terrorist
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“Genteel Women in the Factories” Reflection During the Industrial Revolution‚ many advances were being made in textile factories. New technology in machinery such as the cotton-gin or spinning-jenny were being invented to increase production. This decreased the need for agricultural labor‚ forcing farmers to move into the city to find work in the factories. The types of people to work in these factories were known as the working-class. Employers began to see that they could hire women and children
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Hard Conditions in Factories I believe the Industrial Revolution made lives of workers harder. Even though things seemed easier. What really went on inside the factories was the hard part. Many people worked harder and longer‚ only receiving an unfair minimum wage. It was harder because children worked in factories‚ diseases‚ and unsafe conditions. First‚ children were being worked like dogs in factories. Children became crippled and injured (Document A). This happened when the machines got jammed
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it will be appropriate for the firm to report the resources/assets at their liquidation value. Circumstances under which an enterprise may not be going concern: It will be useful at this juncture to study the circumstances which give indications about the fact that the enterprise is not a going concern or it may cease to be a going concern very soon. In many situations‚ several circumstances may be present at the same time. The circumstances involving liquidity problems: An enterprise is said
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Child Exploitation in Beauty Pageants Beauty pageants should be banned across the world because of the different negative effects it has on children including fake love‚ national endangerment‚ and poor true self confidence. While there have been many attempts to make child beauty pageants illegal‚ it has failed to be banned in America unlike France where it is illegal. On any given day in America‚ 234‚000 sex offenders roam the streets. Many preying on girls where the median age of assaulted girls
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Karen Women Migrant Workers: From Mexico to the U.S. Migrant workers have long played a crucial role in the economy of the United States‚ there has always been a rather heavy flow of both legal and illegal immigrants to the United States. There is a large variety of different jobs available for both legal and illegal immigrants in the United States‚ many women find work with more affluent families and are employed as nannies or maids. Some women find work in factories‚ often turning out clothes
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Migrant workers apparently come from poor countries and have been living in tough financial situation‚ thus they choose to work as maids outside their countries hoping they would find a solution for their crisis. However‚ this situation is getting more serious and controversial than before‚ the rate of domestic workers committing suicide is increasing. what households seek in Lebanon is not to help but slaves to serve them‚ and these maids go through hard work and mistreatment. We hear a lot of
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Many developing countries are currently expanding their tourist industries Why is this the case? Is it a positive development? Nowadays‚ more and more countries are become hospitable to their visitors or aliens. Some places that were totally forbidden once upon a time‚ have become accessible to visitors. Those countries‚ particular some developing countries‚ feel obliged to invest more money in order to extend their tourist industries. But whether such expansion be positive or not is still
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Unfair Dismissal of Agency Workers or Unfair Legislation in the UK for Businesses using Agency Workers? Abstract The contribution encapsulates a legal discussion on the controversial figure of the agency workers‚ from the judicial debate blossomed during the last decade in the British courts‚ as regards their legal characterization‚ until the most recent developments‚ particularly the legislative framework passed in Britain‚ the Agency Workers Regulations. On such footings‚ the investigation focuses
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employees are aware of the health and safety aspects of theirwork (e.g. posting information on notice boards‚ keeping an information filesuch as COSHH‚ training‚ and providing supervision)‚ The need to keep records in relation to infection control using appropriatedocumentation‚ To ensure that the relevant standards‚ policies and guidelines are availablewithin the workplace. Outcome 2.1 The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999‚Both employers
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