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A History of the U.S. Labor Movement from Presidents Richard Nixon to G.W. Bush

March 1970, for the first time in the history of the U.S. Postal Service, there was a walkout in Brooklyn which grew to include ov...

Exploitation and Promotion of Child Labor by the U.S.

In five pages this paper presents the argument that many Americans exploit and promote global child labor without even knowing it....

Reinventing Free Labor by Gunther Peck

In five pages this paper examines the author's arguments regarding the history of immigration and labor in America. Thre sources ...

Sociological Perspective Applied to Gays in the Workplace

In eleven pages gays in the workplace is examined through the sociological perspectives offered by the division of labor theory of...

The Political Career of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

In six pages this paper emphasizes Powell's chairmanship of the House Committee on Labor and Education between 1961 and 1966. The...

Twenty First Century Labor Unions

In five pages this paper discusses how labor unions will have to change to successfully confront the challenges of the twenty firs...

Capital and Labor Theories of Melvyn Dubofsky

The connection between capital and labor as theorized by Melvyn Dubofsky is examined in a paper consisting of 7 pages with governm...

Prison Labor Hazards

In seven pages this paper assesses the commercial labor uses of prison inmates in terms of the hazards they may pose. Eight sourc...

Corporate Governance and Industrial Relations

and poor, and despite the existence of trade unions, poor representation of workers rights and workers interests in comparison to ...

Trade and International Factor Movements

comparative advantage, or a lack of comparative disadvantage, deepening on which trade theory is considered. May of these trade th...

Evaluating Childbirth Pain Management Alternative Proposal

drugs. In reality, pain management in labor delivery can include not only pharmacological approaches but also behavioral approach...

Society and the Impact of Economic Forces

sexes. Then there are other theories that put all their energy into the idea that the economy drives everything. Bourdieu (1998)...

Analysis of America's Airlines

is a huge factor in terms of how well airlines will do on a profit (or lack thereof) basis. The problem here is that rising fuel c...

Schedule Project Planning

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United Kingdom's Internal Labor Market

labour, but does have do some similarities, however it appears to depart from the central market in behaviour characteristics. The...

Contemporary Business Relevance of Trade Unions

Businesses do not strive to work their employees to death for nothing more than subsistence wages. When General Motors soug...

Twentieth Century British Trade Unions

ensured that workers, government and employers all contributed to the social fund, and thereby provided health care and disability...

Advanced Practice Nursing Care and Ida Jean Orlando's Theory

to identify and to relate in terms of actual patient care. Ida Jean Orlando created a conceptual view of the nursing process whic...

The Application of California Labor Law in an Understanding of Vacation Pay

not act within the 72-hour time limit (Important Wage Payment Compliance Issue, 2001). Analysis ABC Company. has acted in e...

Canada's Changes in Technology and Labor

future of Canadian unions. The economic environment present during the 1980s and 90s served to promote human dislocation and org...

Labor Impacts of Water Immersion

water immersion during labor. The dependent variables presented include: cervical progress, contraction pattern, use of analgesi...

Labor and Public Activism of Women

duties of men" (Craik 5). Craik argued that women already had a position, a role, and a work-based duty, that was the underpinnin...

Economic Philosophies of John Kenneth Galbraith

did the so-called "technostructure" - the idea that technology can have an impact on the economy (Landry, 1998). Furthermo...

J.P. Morgan Chase, Citibank, and Executive Compensation

corporation has a net profit of $49 million every day (Hoovers, Caione, 2004). J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is the second largest fina...

U.S. Labor and Environmental Legislation and its Impact

do work under tough environmental standards and this is deemed to be unfair in the competitive global marketplace. Compliance with...

Postwar Period to Present Day Government and Union Labor relations

of investment in industry was the major factor, to which the response was the development of Thatcherism....

An Inside Look at the Labor Union in Thomas Bell's 'Out of This Furnace'

American history. Bell provides an interesting outline of the regional history of Pittsburgh but through "Out of This Furnace" he...

E Pluribus Unum Neighborhood Center Funding Proposal

course. No government funds on any level - federal, state or local - are available to the child care program, and the larger prog...

Effects of the Child Labor Act of 1916 on Woodrow Wilson's Presidency

unions had become large and powerful. In fact, Wilson ran on a progressive platform and so it would only seem natural that he woul...

Antidumping Problems and U.S. Steel Tariff Resolution Options

than apparent is the fact that South Korea will have imposed tariffs but Mexico and Canada will not. Such favoritism does not bod...