Judith came from a Puerto Rican family that lived in Jersey. Throughout her life she was put into situations of others stereotyping her for being a Latin woman. One of those times was for Career Day at her catholic school. The girls were supposed to dress formal with the tailored skirts and silk blouses to look professional. However‚ she wasn’t dressed appropriately to the occasion and that caused her teachers as well as her classmates to look at her as a “negative models” Another one of her
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Epidural Epidemic Drugs in Labor: Are They Really Necessary. . . or Even Safe? The use of epidurals is so common today that many perinatal professionals are calling the 1990s the age of the epidural epidemic. Believed by many in the medical profession to be safe and effective‚ the epidural seems now to be regarded as a veritable panacea for dealing with the pain of childbirth. It is true that most women experience pain during the course of labor. This pain can be intense and very real‚ even for
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Child labor is not an easy issue to resolve. Many of these children are from very poor families and work to pay for their family and/or their education. Deprived families are lacked income which has led to some children seeking different‚ lower paid work‚ selling drugs and even prostitution in some cases. Other ways with schemes to help children would likely be needed so that this labor can be phased out. Child Labor Past: The worst took place in the 1800’s and early 1900’s when such industrialization
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Summary and Response to “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” In “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria‚” Judith Ortiz Cofer illustrates several hardships she suffered due to the universal‚ misleading stereotypes propagated by the media. Cofer demonstrates various stereotypes that Latin women are subjected to‚ such as an experience in which she was regarded as a waitress at a California restaurant‚ and “the Hispanic woman as the ‘Hot Tamale’ or sexual
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TITLE ( LABOR – exertion by human beings of physical or mental efforts‚ or both‚ towards the production of goods and services. Labor also means that sector or groups in a society which derives its livelihood chiefly from rendition of work or services in exchange for compensation under managerial direction. (Mendoza: 2001) CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS ( ART. 1. NAME OF DECREE “Labor Code of the Philippines” ? ART. 2. DATE OF EFFECTIVITY ( The Labor Code took
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Labor Unions: Aging Dinosaur or Sleeping Giant? The Labor Movement and Unionism Background and Brief History Higher wages! Shorter workdays! Better working conditions! These famous words echoed throughout the United States beginning in ô1790 with the skilled craftsmenö (Dessler‚ 1997‚ p. 544). For the last two-hundred years‚ workers of all trades have been fighting for their rights and ôseeking methods of improving their living standards‚ working conditions‚ and job securityö (Boone‚ 1996
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AC Ransom Labor Union v. NLRC (1986) Doctrines: •Since a corporate employer is an artificial person‚ it must have an officer who can be presumed to be theemployer‚ being the “person acting in the interest of the employer.” Facts :On June 6‚ 1961‚ employees of AC Ransom‚ most being members of the AC Ransom Labor Union‚ went on strike. The said strike was lifted on June 21 with most of the strikers being allowed to resume their work. However‚twenty two strikers were refused reinstatement.During
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Labor Unions: Relevant or Irrelevant? Good or Bad? During previous years‚ labor unions were used by industry workers as a way to make their voices heard and to push for change regarding unfair treatment. To some‚ these unions were seen as a form of threat but to others it was a way to bring the workforce together and make it beneficial to not one or a few‚ but to all. Labor unions have become irrelevant in the United States today. They were an important and fundamental part of the history of United
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Book review: "Bad Neighbor Policy: Washington’s futile war on drugs in Latin America" Edited by Ted Galen Carpenter Overview Introduction 3 I Modest results after thirty years of war 4 The war on drugs consequences on the drugs crops cultivation 4 The war on drugs consequences on the Latin American opinion 5 II The American strategy on the drug war: definitively a bad strategy? 8 The United States’ strategy on the war on drugs 8 The causes of the
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