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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The Effects of Trade and Agriculture Advancements in Ancient Civilizations In the earliest civilizations agriculture and trade had fantastic effects on everyday life. The Mesopotamians and Egyptians paved the way for modern day nations to thrive. Irrigation and soil quality had a lot to do with the earliest civilizations crop success or failure (Perry‚ Chase‚ Jacob‚ Jacob & Von Laue‚ 2009). The beginning of trade routes and paths with safe travel helped the civilizations to become quite wealthy
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was breaking up‚ and the British and French wanted to divide up the empires former land for their own respective economic gains. Russia was to be involved too‚ but they were later excluded. This was the Sykes Picot agreement. It was done in secret between the three countries of Britain‚ France and Russia. As previously stated the British and French wanted control in the region for economic reasons‚ but Russia wanted to acquire some land. It was the interest of the Russian Orthodox Church to acquire
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AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT IS MADE AT MUMBAI ON THE 1ST OF MAY‚ 2013‚ BETWEEN M/S. PIYO-G FOOD PRODUCTS‚ HAVING ITS OFFICE AT GAT NO. 271/1‚ AT VILLAGE YEWATI‚ TAL SHRIGONDA‚ DIST AHMEDNAGAR. M.S.‚ HEREINAFTER CALLED AS “PARTY NO.1” (THE TERM INCLUDES THEIR HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS-IN-INTEREST) AND M/S. MOSKOW MARKETING‚ HAVING ITS OFFICE AT SHOP NO.13‚ TOLARAM SMRUTI CO-OP. HSG. SOCIETY‚ CHEMBUR‚ MUMBAI 400074‚ HEREINAFTER CALLED “PARTY NO.2” (THE TERM INCLUDES THEIR HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS-IN-INTEREST)
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Anti-Semitism and the Gentleman’s Agreement Cultural diversity includes opinions‚ appearances‚ values‚ and beliefs‚ as well as the categories of race‚ ethnicity‚ social class‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ and disability (Koppelman‚ 2011). One method of understanding cultural diversity is through films. Films are often used as vehicles to reveal‚ discuss‚ and explore relationships‚ conflicts‚ lessons‚ and/or history. In an attempt to analyze the cultural diversity portrayed in a film‚ I
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THE LABOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN QUALITY FURNITURE MANUFACTURING COMPANY (QFM) AND INDUSTRIAL WORKERS UNITED (IWU)‚ AFL-CIO This agreement is entered into on March 17‚ 2012 by the Quality Furniture Manufacturing Company (QFM)‚ located in St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ and Industrial Workers United (IWU). This agreement covers employees at the St. Louis plant only. Article I—Recognition The company recognizes the IWU as the sole and exclusive collective bargaining agent in all matters pertaining to rates of
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UNFAIR TRADE by Marc Sidwell Adam Smith Institute London 2008 Bibliographical information The Adam Smith Institute has an open access policy. Copyright remains with the copyright holder‚ but users may download‚ save‚ and distribute this work in any format provided: (1) that the Adam Smith Institute is cited; (2) that the web address adamsmith.org is published together with a prominent copy of this notice; (3) the text is used in full without amendment [extracts may be used for criticism or
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slave trade played a key role in the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain. If not for the slave trade‚ the Industrial revolution might have been delayed or never taken place. During the 18th century‚ Britain experienced huge industrial development. Due to this development‚ Britain became one of the wealthiest countries in the world. In this time period Britain was involved with the slave trade more than any other European country. Many people in Britain became wealthy from the slave trade. Some
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during a time where trade was at some points‚ booming between civilizations‚ a system of exchanging information was vital to successful trade‚ on small scales like people within the same area‚ and on larger scales‚ like communities in different regions. Successful trade transactions relied on many things in a time where rule and order was restricted to a geographical location. Thus‚ the exchange of information pertaining to potential trade deals was just as vital as the trade itself. Without that
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The World Trade Center Effect Jamorn D. Driver Columbia Southern University The World Trade Center Effect On the morning of September 11‚ 2001‚ one of the world’s scariest terrorist attacks happened. This attack resulted in the destruction and extensive death killing over 3‚000 people‚ which 343 were New York City firefighters. “The World Trade Center collapsed in a massive cloud of dust and smoke. Once the floor collapsed where the aircraft entered into the building‚ the collapse progressed and
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