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    175366 : August 11‚ 2008 J-PHIL MARINE‚ INC. and/or JESUS CANDAVA and NORMAN SHIPPING SERVICES‚ petitioners‚ v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and WARLITO E. DUMALAOG‚ Respondents. D E C I S I O N CARPIO MORALES‚ J.: Warlito E. Dumalaog (respondent)‚ who served as cook aboard vessels plying overseas‚ filed on March 4‚ 2002 before the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) a pro-forma complaint1 against petitioners ─ manning agency J-Phil Marine‚ Inc. (J-Phil)‚ its then

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    Florence Nightingale is remembered throughout the world for her heroic‚ almost superhuman labors in the field of nursing. Florence Nightingale was born in Italy in 1820 and was named Florence after her birthplace. A brilliant childFlorence attained outstanding academic achievement in her years attending school. Florence grew up to be a lively and attractive young woman‚ admired in her families elite social circle and was expected to make a good marriage‚ but Florence had other concerns.

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    Child labor since the Industrial Revolution Child labor has changed dramatically since the time of the industrial revolution. Teens everywhere can now have part time jobs that aren’t hazardous to their health and follow strict child labor laws. Although pretty much all our ancestors weren’t so lucky. During n the Industrial Revolution there were no child labor laws. The factory owners just saw it as jobs that could be done by anyone‚ and grown men would not stand for such low pay so who better

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    Child Labor Child Labor is a fairly big problem in the U.S. as well as many other countries. Children all over are being forced to work in factories or other harmful environments and so to put an end to it‚ our government created a law determining the age required for children to be able to start working in order to protect them. Except there is one problem with the new law. Children are now not capable of applying for a job‚ no matter how much they aspire to get one. If children were allowed to

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    Imagine a child‚ a ten year old girl‚ working long hours at a sewing machine. She is covered in dirt and grime‚ and cringes whenever somebody walks by. Soon‚ two large men come up and grab her back‚ pulling her own body over her head like a jacket‚ transforming the child into a sweatshirt and then laying her down with other identical sweatshirts which echo with the laughter of other children. A haunting video on globalmarch.org shows that to our very eyes through cinematography. It strikes a chord

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    injuries to child employees before the public spoke up in 1904 with the creation of the National Child Labor Committee. One out of five boys would spend his twelve hours of his day laboring at steel and textile factories for the hardly livable wage of ten cents. The social and political unrest created by the institution of child labor throughout the Gilded Age and Progressive Era had a crucial and lasting influence on American industry‚ as it set the precedent for all modern labor laws and working

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    Child Labor: The World’s Biggest Perpetrators     Catherine Miller‚ Gabby Tomlinson‚ Becca Pineda‚ Pilar Garcia     December 2014                           Issues such as child labor can be considered social problems. Social problems are defined  as “conditions that are evaluated as wrong‚ widespread‚ and changeable” (Loseke‚ 2003‚ p.7).  Social construction theory refers to the process of how social problems are made. First‚ social  construction theories are presented to claims­makers who deem the theories as a social problem 

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    the negative history of child labor‚ our teacher explained various incidents in which children were hurt on the job‚ over worked‚ underpaid‚ and largely unhappy. Because of this‚ I‚ along with many of my peers‚ walked away from class that day with the conclusion that all child labor is bad. Sadly‚ many people share the same view point on child labor as my peers and I did after learning about it in history class and fail to see the other side of child labor; that child labor can actually be good. Despite

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    Civilization 300 May 2024 Child Labor during the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution took place from 1760 to 1840‚ reaching all areas of the globe. First starting in Great Britain‚ then spreading to the rest of Europe‚ and finally westward to the United States‚ this 80-year period modernized the globe through advancements in technology‚ production‚ urbanization‚ and economics. As a result‚ the workforce was forever altered. With a significant change in the workforce‚ child labor practices became

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    Child Labor in the Dominican Republic When people travel to the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean‚ they tend to keep their eyes on the white‚ sandy‚ beaches with their crystal clear water and focus on the rich history of the notorious pirates. Many tourists would not come across the many unfortunate children that face abuse and neglect. These children are being held back from a future that could be promising‚ but it will never be within their reach because the children’s maltreatment is being hidden

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