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Management, Labor, and Strikes

$6.00 per week (Columbia Encyclopedia, 2004). In 1806, the Philadelphias Journeymen Cordwainers union called a strike, however, th...

U.S. History, Labor, and Equality Questions

who threatened the racial caste system for that matter (747). When threats failed to yield results, planters could call upon the p...

Karl Marx on Labor's Value

In five pages this paper discusses Karl Marx's Das Kapital in an overview of his concepts and theories regarding labor's value. T...

Labor Force Diversity

is one of great diversity. While there has been much controversy in recent years about immigration in this country, the reality i...

Parr, Sutherland, and Bullen Article Analysis on Urban and Rural Children's Labor and Economic Responsibilities

or wages in order to sustain the family lifestyle. In all cases, middle and upper class children who do not have the same labor ob...

U.S. Labor Unions

The movement opened doors for women and African Americans that had up until then been shut tight. In short, the Knights of Labor ...

The Impact on Labor Relations as a Result of Airline Deregulation

In a paper containing six pages the 1978 airline deregulation impact upon labor relations is examined through a discussion of such...

Cinematic Depiction of Unions in Hoffa, Wall Street, and The Grapes of Wrath

In five pages this paper examines how these films depict U.S. labor unions in an evaluation of whether or not management and labor...

The First Industrial Revolution in the United States (1800-1890)

of communication. Communication was provided by rail and wire systems, creating more and more jobs and industries supporting job...

Paul Willis' Learning to Labor

In five pages this paper provides a review of Learning to Labor by Paul Willis' chapter 3 'Class and Institutional Form of Culture...

Late Nineteenth Century Labor's Rise

that the people should participate (Bennett, 2001). In effect, the government should be run by the people (2001). This is not by a...

Labor Union President and Activist Philip Murray

In seven pages this paper discusses the life and labor relations involvement of Scottish born Philip Murray who assisted in the fo...

Construction Industry and Part Time Employment

In fifteen pages Australia's part time labor market is examined with the construction industry's labor market also generally discu...

Consultant Report on Canada as a Relocation Site for Business

In twelve pages this paper considers the advantages of Canada in terms of its diligent and educated labor force, its sound economi...

The Exploitation of Child Labor

Tabasco State and are considered by UNICEF to be in the worst of all the terrible circumstances (Bachman 41). In Brazil, an...

The Issue of Child Labor

5 pages and 10 sources. This paper provides an overview of the issue of child labor and its use in many different countries. Spe...

Comedies of William Shakespeare and Love

In ten pages this paper discusses the obstacles to love in the comedies of William Shakespeare including All's Well That Ends Well...

The Railway Labor Act (RLA)

This research paper reports on the Railway Labor Act (RLA) . It describes the Act, as well as additional legislation that also per...

Water Immersion During Labor

This 10 page paper explains how the use of water during labor is used in Sydney, Australia. This paper outlines how water-birthing...

Child Labour

the last century (Haralambos and Holborn, 2004). Prior to this it was common for children to work, even seen as beneficial to thei...

Management/Labor Conflict in "The Grapes of Wrath"

people were desperate for jobs, the owners and those who hired the migrants paid them pennies; as Steinbeck says: "They were hungr...

Labor and the New Labour Party

suspicious of capitalism (Allison, 1998). But, the honeymoon seems to be over. The New Labour Party is criticized for dithering o...

Shakespeare, Love, and Loyalty

In five pages this report examines the plays Love's Labor's Lost and A Midsummer Night's Dream in terms of William Shakespeare's d...

Karl Marx's Capital Concepts Related to Labor

various conditions need to be fulfilled. Marx explains how buying labor is different than buying a commodity. It is expressed tha...

France's Labor Issues

In nine pages this paper discusses France's approach to labor in a consideration of its workforce, rights of workers, and the infl...

Poverty Articles by Paul Collier and David Dollar and David Slater and Morag Bell Reviewed

if we look at where the aid is going is currently giving the greatest poverty relief to the South East Asian area and the least to...

Elastic and Inelastic Economies and the Impact of Labor Cost Increases

In six pages this paper discusses how elastic and inelastic labor demands are affected by a labor unit tax on industry. Five sour...

Important U.S. Labor and Union Policies

In six pages this paper considers the Knights of Labor, the Wagner Act, an the AFL CIO's role in the development of U.S. labor and...

Exchange Process, Money, Commodities, and Karl Marx

In six pages this paper considers the first two chapters of Karl Marx's economic text in a discussion of commodity concepts and la...

A Statistical View of Labor Production

knowledge in regards to labor productivity. It goes without saying that productivity is a highly desirable quality for businesses ...