CHILD LABOUR Who really makes your clothes? Of course we all love a good shop-most of your pocket money probably goes on latest high street labels. But although that top you bought last weekend might look good hanging on your wardrobe‚ would you be so chuffed if you know who made it? Maybe you have to empty the dishwasher‚ tidy the house or wash your folks car for your pocket money. But imagine having to work for 12 hours a day-without any kind of break-in a dusty‚ dirty factory for only a few pence
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GLOBAL DIVISION OF LABOUR Aim The aim of the following essay is to define and explain the subject of Global Division of Labour. This definition will be analysed to assess the positive and negative impacts of global division of labour on various parties involved in the process‚ across different continents and economies. A practical example of a furniture manufacturing business in Italy will be discussed. The unique African situation will be raised as well. The analysis and discussion of the
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(Bryman‚ 2004) under chapter 5 performative labour‚ emotional labour can be defined as state of affairs between employees as part of their working roles needing to express feelings and emotions preferably to seem as though their emotions are deeply held within their job requirements. The type of emotions delivered can be encouraging or undesirable emotions or in other words‚ positive or negative emotions. All though there can be negative or positive emotional labour‚ in this chapter the author focuses more
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And repeat the life she had Ending in post-partum bleeding‚ Atieno Yo. CHAPTER ONE: CHILD DOMESTIC LABOUR IN KENYA 3 INTRODUCTION Domestic work abuses the rights of children and consequently is an intolerable form of child labour. Unfortunately‚ it forms the largest employer of girls under sixteen years around the world. It is the most common and traditional form of a child labour‚ especially among girls because it is viewed as an essential part of the upbringing of a child. The majority
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The formation of the United Nations (1945) Kegley (2007) mentions that the failure of the League of Nations‚ brought about the creation of the United Nations in 1945. Following the planning of the American‚ British and Soviet allies for a new international organization to maintain peace and security‚ the United Nations came into existence on 24 October 1945. Today‚ the United Nations has many departments that deal with vast global issues mainly humanitarian‚ economic and social. The creation of
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In Marx’s Communist Manifesto‚ capitalist societies are discussed at length. An important thing that is noted is that capitalist societies experience a new sense of time. Six characteristics are described as to why capitalistic societies are in a state of “radical transformation”. First trait is “cultural social sublimation”. This means everyone in the society conform to certain behaviors and expectations. For example‚ in the fashion industry certain trends are made and the population is expected
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Discovering Emotional Labour Emotional work is the control of a person’s feeling in order to display the appropriate emotions to others in different situations (Hochschild‚ 1983: Pg.7). In other words‚ a person has to put aside his or her own feelings and shows the right emotions in the right place at the right time. This concept can be applied to many aspects of our daily life and when used in terms of it being sold for a wage‚ Hochschild (1983) define it as emotional labour. By focusing on the
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Heracles and the twelve labours The story of why Heracles initially had done the 12 labours was that he had killed his first wife and had wanted to repay for his sins. So he had prayed to the gods and was told that him to bind himself for eight years as servant to king Eurystheus and perform ten tasks for him. The ten tasks had turned in to 12 for the reasons of Heracles had help in on and gained from another. King Eurystheus decided Heracles first task would be to bring him the skin of the invulnerable
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International Labour Conference‚ 95th Session‚ 2006 Report V(1) The employment relationship Fifth item on the agenda International Labour Office Geneva ISBN 92-2-116611-2 ISSN 0074-6681 First published 2005 The designations employed in ILO publications‚ which are in conformity with United Nations practice‚ and the presentation of material therein do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the International Labour Office concerning the legal status
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is difficult in a global economy characterized by cut throat competition‚ increasing cost‚ expanding power of labour‚ rapid technological changes‚ growing customer expectations etc. Human resources are wealth of an organization which can help in achieving its goals. The problem of employees satisfaction is regarded as a very significant factor in workers morale‚ absenteeism and labour turnover. The amount of co-operation that management may deceive from the employees would depend greatly on the
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