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    Labor Unions

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    Labor unions began to emerge after the Civil War when working conditions in factories became harsh and unfair. The lack of safety‚ health conditions‚ and appreciation for the working men began to anger many of them. These men turned to forming an organized group in order to express their opinions and ideas on how to make their jobs more appealing for them. They advocated for shorter working hours‚ more safety codes‚ cleaner facilities‚ and more job opportunities by eliminating machines that replaced

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    Natalia Promyshlennikova Professor Ryan 1 March‚ 2015 The Beginning of a Very Long Fight In the years after the American Civil War‚ the rapid process of industrialization saw an extreme need for a labor force that led to a development of the largest social group at the time - the working class. The workforce was comprised of people of different races‚ genders‚ and ages but only white male skilled workers could rely on a salary that would support their families. Those people that were underpaid

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    Hershey Sued Over African Cocoa Farm Child Labor Accusations An investor group is suing the United States largest chocolate manufacturing company Hershey Co.‚ for allegedly using cocoa that is the product of child labor. The Louisiana Municipal Police Employee’s Retirement System filed a lawsuit in October of 2012‚ which seeks to force Hershey to open its corporate records for investors. This public pension fund‚ made up of Hershey shareholders believes that records could reveal the leading U

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    With nearly 10 percent of the American labor force unemployed and another 7 percent so discouraged by their job prospects that they have either dropped out of the labor force altogether or are working at parttime jobs when they would prefer full-time employment‚ it may come as something of a surprise that within less than a decade‚ the United States may face exactly the opposite problem – not enough workers to fill expected job openings. This remarkable turn of events is likely to occur as

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    child labor in the Philippines increased by almost 30 percent from 4.2 million in 2001 to 5.5 million last year‚ the 2011 Survey on Children of the National Statistics Office (NSO) indicate‚ alarming both the Federation of Free Workers (FFW) and the International Labor Organization (ILO).  The NSO‚ which ran a survey on working children last year‚ also said the number of children engaged in hazardous work increased by 25 percent from 2.4 million in 2001 to 3 million 2011. Hazardous child labor was

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    American International University- Bangladesh Child labor in Informal Job Sector in Bangladesh [pic] Section: J Semester: Fall 2010-11 Department of BBA Submitted By: Mostaq‚ Fahim 10-15442-1 Submitted To: Buddha Dev Biswas Faculty of Arts and Social Science Department of Social Science Letter of Authorization December‚ 2010 To Buddha Dev

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    COLONIALISM‚ POST-COLONIALISM & POST-COLONIAL INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE ABSTRACT Colonialism is the building and maintaining of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. Colonialism normally refers to a period of history from the 15th to the 20th century when people from Europe established colonies on other continents. Collins English Dictionary defines colonialism as "the policy of acquiring and maintaining colonies‚ especially for exploitation." The Stanford Encyclopaedia

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    Division of Labor in Society‚ Émile Durkheim[14] observes that the division of labor appears in all societies and positively correlates with societal advancement because it increases as a society progresses. Durkheim arrived at the same conclusion regarding the positive effects of the division of labor as his theoretical predecessor‚ Adam Smith. In The Wealth of the Nations‚ Smith observes the division of labor results in "a proportionable [sic] increase of the productive powers of labor." [15] While

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    The Colonial Mindset in a Changing Age For hundreds of years‚ the colonial mindset has affected the way humans disperse themselves into society. In her article “Queering the Borderlands: The Challenges of Excavating the Invisible and Unheard‚” Emma Pérez defines the colonial mindset as‚ “… a normative language‚ race‚ culture‚ gender‚ class‚ and sexuality. This colonial imagery is a way of thinking about national histories and identities that must be disputed if contradictions are ever to be understood

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    Employees. Section 8(b) (1) (A) forbids a labor organization or its agents “to restrain or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in section 7”. The section also provides that it is not intended to “impair the rights of a labor organization to prescribe its own rules” concerning membership in the labor organization. Section 8(b) (2)—Causing or Attempting to Cause Discrimination. Section 8(b) (2) makes it an unfair labor practice for a labor organization to cause an employer to discriminate

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