Labor Practices Paper Jose Cruz PHL/320 6/5/15 Kenneth Ferguson Sweatshop labor is something that has been going on longer than I have been alive‚ but has gotten a lot more attention lately. Since many American companies have been moving to some underdeveloped countries where they can get the same work done‚ for pennies on a dollar. This amounts to million dollar savings and benefits for the company‚ but at what expense? This is a question that is being debated all over the
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University (Internet) MG 420 Labor Relations Instructor: William R Mueller Multiple Choice (2 points each) 1. In the United States‚ the concept that employees are entitled to a voice in the workplace because it is consistent with the fundamental doctrine of our political system is known as: a. exclusive representative b. Industrial democracy c. Participative management d. Critical industrial relations Ch. 1‚ p. 9 2. Which of the following is not considered an argument for treating
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What is an Employer Association? Give an example‚ other than the AMMA. An employer association is a body that is established by a number of employers to look after common business affairs. Their role is to provide services to member employers in the areas of trade and commerce‚ and with employment relations matters and political lobbying (Loudon et al 2009). Loudon et al (2009‚ p. 56) also details that employer associations can “act as a foil for the collective power of unions”‚ for example‚
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able to have the “Fair Labor Standards Act” passed and signed into law. This piece of legislation was a land mark in our history. It banned most child labor; it set a minimum hourly wage and set the standard work week. This was the beginning that made employers develop records to keep track of the wages that they paid to their employees and records of the hours the employees were working. The Supreme Court had been one of the major obstacles to wage-hour and child-labor laws. In the 1936 Presidential
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between employees and employers. The National Relations Act of 1935 (NLRA) gives employees the right to organize and bargain collectively over wages‚ hours‚ and other work conditions. The Act also requires both employer and unions to bargain in good faith. To protect the rights of both employees and employers‚ the NLRA defines certain activities as unfair labor practices. These unfair labor practices are illegal under the NLRA and under state laws. These unfair labor practices can be committed by
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The short story “The Yellow Wall-paper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman should be published in the Atlantic Monthly to heighten the awareness of the unfair treatment of women. In this short story the narrator’s husband John tries to control her. It actually all starts when John believes that his wife is not sick and he thinks that moving to a summer house for the summer will help his wife get better. The narrator does not agree with her husband but goes along with him because he is “a physician of
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The unfair portrayal of young people in the media: The media‚ is an intimidating creation that has taken the stereotypes of teens‚ the way people view teens‚ and the way we view ourselves‚ and has turned it into a delusional farce. The media at this point in time portrays teenagers as generally bad. Well to be honest‚ not generally bad‚ but mostly horrible. We are seen as the cause for alarm and trouble in society. The media portrays us as manic delinquents with no solid past and no concrete future
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When people hear the name Nike they think of great footwear‚ quality apparel and top of the line athletic merchandise. People wear the Nike swooshes with pride‚ thinking what they are wearing will improve their own personal athletic goals‚ or simply boost their self-confidence. Also‚ people purchase the Nike brand because they relate it with so many of the athletes who Nike endorses. Nike being in the market‚ has opened so many doors for athletes and being in the media and advertising positive social
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Treaty of versaille In this essay I will be discussing whether or not the Treaty of Versaille was ‘harsh and unfair’ too Germany. The treaty was set up to cripple Germany so it had no power anymore to start another war. In the conditions in the Treaty of versaille Germany had too accept all blame for the war‚ lost 10% of it’s land‚ had to pay £6600 million in reparations‚ had it’s army cut too just 100‚000 men and was not allowed into the league of nations until it could prove the country was
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Child labor refers to the employment of children at a regular and sustained labor. It is commonly defined as work done by children done under the age of eighteen it is a contributing factor that leads to the interference with his or her education‚ or to be harmful to their health‚ physical‚ mental and moral‚ spiritual or social development. This practice is considered to be exploitative by many international organizations and is illegal in many countries for example Canada. My academic work is
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