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    Labour unions were created under the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to protect workers during the Great Depression. At the time‚ many companies would give workers low paying jobs with longer hours‚ usually in unsafe conditions with poor treatment and few benefits. Unions were created to strengthen the say of employees and fight back against the practices of these companies through the Wagner Act of 1935‚ which allowed employees to create or join unions to collectively bargain with their

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    Rights and Freedoms of Aboriginal people over the past Century The rights and freedoms of Aboriginal Australians have changed tremendously over the past decade. The treatment given to the indigenous population of Australia has been an aggravating issue‚ ever since the white settlement in Australia. As a matter of protection‚ the Australian governments have implemented‚ rules‚ and policies such as‚ ‘the policy of protection’‚ assimilation‚ integration‚ paternalism‚ and self-determination‚ gradually

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    justice? Justice has been a striving issue for American citizens for years. These citizen’s justices include those in which should be granted in the workplace. Labor unions have resulted from the mistreatment of employees and the unsafe or unfair working conditions‚ a very common occurrence during the Industrial Revolution. In an endless struggle for justice‚ organized labor unions fought‚ and continue to fight for rights deserved in working environments. The evolution of labor unions during the Industrial

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    In 1861‚ America was at war with itself‚ with the 16th President of the United States fighting to keep it whole. Viewed by many as the most influential President‚ Abraham Lincoln would preserve the Union‚ abolish slavery‚ strengthen the federal government‚ and modernize the economy (AAREG). On February 12‚ 1809‚ Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin on the Sinking Spring farm near Hodgenville‚ Kentucky. His parents‚ Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln‚ were hardworking farmers. Abraham’s youth was

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    [Type the document subtitle] Employee involvement (also called participative management) refers to the degree to which employee’s influence how their work is organized and carried out. Employee involvement has become a natural process in every organization‚ but the level of involvement varies with the situation. In some organizations‚ almost everyone has a high degree of involvement in some corporate-wide decisions during a given year‚ whereas other organizations might give employees only low levels

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    Political Sustainability of the EU by Cristóbal Fernández de Soto T. The European Union —as we know it— is ill fated because of its structural legitimacy deficit. If only the ideal of Europe remains for the greatest part of the people‚ its governance is perceived as decision-making centred (Germany and the rest)‚ distant from citizen’s aspirations (both for the German constituency and for the rest)‚ distant from citizen’s experiences (technocratic rule by unelected bureaucrats)‚ impose by the

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    A union is an organized group of workers who are dedicated to protecting members’ interests‚ negotiating with businesses and corporations on their behalves‚ to improve their wages‚ working conditions and hours. Trade Unions ensure that workers receive fair treatment‚ protection and various other benefits in the workplace. These include‚ - but are not limited to- social security payment‚ overtime pay and minimum wage. Its role is not only confined to protecting employees‚ but also stabilizing economic

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    The Soviet Union strategic decision was to expand communism not only on the European continent but as well as across the international system. This was apparent following the West intervention in the Russian Civil War that the Soviet Union would support communist revolutionary groups advocated for an overthrow of Western liberal capitalist regimes and established a communist state. In phase I (1917-1941) and phase III (1945-1985)‚ the Soviet Union would attempt to undermine Western regimes‚ through

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    US and the Soviet Union lasted from the late 1940s to the early 1990s. The US and the Soviet Union are in a state of political tension without direct military conflict. The US aims to contain the spread of communism. The United States feared specifically a domino effect‚ that the communism of the USSR would spread from one country to the next‚ destabilizing one nation which would‚ in turn‚ destabilize the next and allow for communist regimes to takeover the region. The Soviet Union sought to expand

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    economic benefit from reducing interregional trade and tariff barriers La Raison d’Etre Successful economic union requires favorable economic‚ political‚ cultural‚ and geographic factors as a basis for success. Major flaws in any one factor can destroy a union unless the other factors provide sufficient strength to overcome the weakness. Economic Factors Every type of economic union shares the development and enlargement of market opportunities as a basic orientation; usually‚ markets are enlarged

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