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    Labor Cases

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     petitioner‚ vs. HON. TOMAS ACHACOSO‚ in his capacity as Administrator of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration‚ and FERDIE MARQUEZ‚ respondents. TOPIC: The invalidity of the power of the Secretary of Labor to issue warrants of arrest and seizure under Article 38 of the Labor Code‚ prohibiting illegal recruitment. FACTS: Rosalie Tesoro filed a sworn statement with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) charging petitioner Hortencia Salazar‚ viz: “Upang ireklamo sa

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    Child Labor

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    CHILD LABOR One of the biggest discussions about human rights in the world is child labor‚ which includes either legal and illegal types of labor for children. According to "The Children’s Rights Convention(CRC)"‚ everyone who is under 18 is agreed to be a child‚ and has the rights as those mentioned in the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights". As adults‚ children also have rights about their work life‚ which are mentioned in the Article 32 of the CRC. Although this article declares that

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    British Colonial Military

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    Brigitte Schweigert HST 327.01 February 20‚ 2017 The Military in British Colonies of North America There has been some sort of military in existence alongside some sort of America. In British colonial times‚ the military consisted of a militia for the colonies and provincial armies. In analyzing the military‚ it is important to look at the composition of the military‚ the military members’ reasons for serving in the military‚ and their understanding of their service. In this paper‚ those aspects

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    dispatched eleven hundred troops to Virginia‚ recalled his governor‚ and appointed a commission to determine the causes of the dissatisfaction. Bacon’s Rebellion is considered to be the most important event in the establishment of democracy in colonial America because the right to vote and social equality were denied to the farmers by the local government. The right to vote is a small but crucial part of the democracy. During the first half of the 17th century the farmers on the plantations in Virginia

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    Colonial Period and Immigration America would forever change with the migration that swept from Europe in the 1700‘s. Each colony became its own‚ with strong individuality which in the later history of the United States became the birth of the concept of "states rights." From the first educational systems to the right to participate in our own government‚ the colonial period was a time of change. Today‚ the United States is the outcome of two principal forces-the immigration of European people

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    Labor Laws

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    LABOR LAWS AND EOBI PAKISTAN Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) is the primary public social security scheme for workers in Pakistan providing pensions to workers. In many labor laws remedial‚ beneficial and welfare clauses and sections were provided but none from these laws or others provide such coverage of the old-age risk thus it was necessary to make a law that can provide security in the eve of old age when a man becomes handicap to work hard‚ condition of invalidity and in the

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    A Labor Union

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    A labor union is a legal organization formed together‚ usually made up of people with in the same industry. Its purpose is to protect its members from unfair treatment as well as from being overworked and underpaid. The first American organized union dates back to 1794‚ in Philadelphia a group of shoemakers gathered together to form the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers. “They formed to maintain price structure and resist cheaper competition’ (United States History‚ par. 1). It was in 1866

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    Colonial Era Timeline

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    Sam White APUSH 2 Timeline Colonial Era (1620-1763) 1. 1620 Pilgrims land on Plymouth Rock 1.1. Mayflower Compact agrees to submit to will of the majority 1.2. Earliest democracy from puritan roots 2. 1691 Glorious (Bloodless Revolution) 2.1. Lead to Salutary Neglect 2.2. Allowed independence to flourish 3. 1670 Bacon’s Rebellion 3.1. Former indentured servants revolt 3.2. Early instance of class warfare 3.3. Indentured servitude begins to die off as popularity of slavery rises

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    Labor relations

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    exercise of managerial prerogative. Today‚ union and management meet periodically to negotiate collective agreements‚ which‚ besides establishing the terms and conditions of employment‚ are intended to prevent interruptions of business operations by labor strikes during the life of the contracts. Traditionally‚ the emphasis in general negotiations was upon settling questions arising out of employment-such as hours‚ wages‚ and working conditions. More recently‚ however‚ considerable attention has been

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    Post Colonial Essay

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    identities. Post-colonial literature can be considered as a body of literary writings that reacts to the discourse of colonization. Post-colonial writers focus on issues such as de-colonization and the political and cultural independence of people formerly subjugated to colonial rule. However post-colonial literature cannot be described only by the definition above‚ many other issues have to be considered in order to fully understand post-colonial texts. In order to understand post-colonial texts‚ one

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