insufficient to live on? Should they pay wages in the Third World that are equivalent to US wages? Should they provide the same level of medical benefits that are provided in the US? The same levels of work place safety? The international standards as set by the United Nations state: “Wages and benefits paid for a standard working week should meet at least legal or industry minimum wage standards and always be sufficient to meet the basic needs of workers and their families and to provide discretionary
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The Minimum Wage rate policy dramatically affects U.S citizens. The amount of the wage rate‚ shapes people’s well-being; it can either benefit or hinder Americans. Currently‚ it causes a hindrance on low-income. However‚ not everyone agrees that the policy should be adjusted‚ and this is what sparks the nationwide debate. In many states across the country‚ people are protesting and petitioning against the government to increase the federal minimum wage. According to EPI (Economic Policy Institute)
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that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry” (DOL.gov). This was 76 years ago by a Democratic president whose rhetoric sounds like something our current Democratic president would say. President Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor and Standards Act on Saturday June 25‚ 1938 and which effectively ended child labor in America and mandated an hourly wage of twenty-five cents which affected one in every five workers (DOL.gov). The FLSA also guaranteed workers had
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1‚I have conduct an internet research and selected 2 seafood restaurant near my place.The restaurant that I choose are Eastern dragon restaurant and Tian Lai seafood restaurant.After comparing and contrast between the two restaurant I decided to choose Eastern Dragon seafood restaurant.First and foremost‚I would like to talk about the similarity of the two restaurant that I chosen.The first similarity is both also are seafood restaurant and the food are served in between 15 to 30 minutes.The second
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Levels of Product Differentiation in the Global Mobile Phones Market The sixth product level called compliant product is a connecting element between the physical product characteristics and the strategy of the producer company Stanimir Andonov* The article discusses the differentiation among the product offers of companies working in the global markets‚ as well as the strategies which they use and could use in that respect. The main idea of the paper is that the principle “differentiate or
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animal testing was not addressed as an issue until 1876 when Cruelty of Animals began to stand up for animals by expressing disapproval. One of the organization who protest nowadays is PETA. PETA protest by doing demonstrations with signs‚ they protest peacefully so that their message has a bigger impact to their audience. PETA protest because they believe that animals are being mistreated and abused. One of PETA research
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Topic: Hong Kong cinema has been characterized by a strong transnational and global nature. Chinese identity and its relationship with Hollywood. Introduction: In the 1990s of Hong Kong‚ its movies‚ styles‚ stars and filmmakers were exportable to Western market. In the essay I will focus on how Hong Kong cinema become “transnational” and “borderless” in recent years‚ and relying on Hong Kong actors analyse it’s the relationship with Hollywood. Thus Hong Kong cinema in general is a crucial
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Jaquelin Rosas Social Worker Individuals are flooded with the consistent‚ overwhelming quest of who are they meant to be and what purpose they must serve. They dawn over the impending downward spiral of their time and create any scheme to prolong their time. Fortunately‚ my purpose appeared in a series of actions and behaviors that I once ignored so long‚ flooded into me in a matter of minutes. It was to help those‚ who cannot help themselves alone. It was the blessing of a chance encounter of an
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the government for being poor. Poverty is worse in rural areas (with 53 percent of families below the poverty line) because economic opportunities have been scarce. But the urban poor (who are 23 percent of urban families) suffer especially from the low quality of life induced by environmental pollution‚ congestion‚ and violence. As long as job growth remains higher in urban areas‚ migration from rural to urban areas will continually reinforce the ranks of the urban poor. Elderly and female headed
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Working in Fast Food In the essay “Working at McDonald’s” ‚ the author Amitai Etzioni argues that working at McDonald’s or any fast food restaurant does not teach the necessary skills or habits required to succeed in a professional job. He writes that people that work at these fast food places never get to practice entrepreneurship‚ self discipline‚ self supervision‚ or self scheduling. Etzioni compares the job at these places as robots working in an assembly line. According to his research two
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