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Essays 511 - 540

4 Articles Summarized and Reviewed

in the past but in the spot on which they stand" (Ryden, 1999, p. 513). Ryden (1999) illustrates how the social function of lite...

Economic Growth and Trade Liberalization

well as many organisations such as Oxfam and the United Nations (Beattie, 2002). Trade liberalisation may increase the support tha...

Human Resource Management and Issues of Employee Safety, Health, and Wellness

almost inevitably linked with high levels of stress, and therefore tends to be counter-productive when assessed in terms of the me...

Economics and Trade Liberalization

Obviously, much of this process will depend on the extent to which trade barriers,...

France and Korea's Different Labor Strike Patterns

Accumulation (SSA) approach, which utilizes Marxist political theory concerning accumulation, in part, and Regulation Theory (RT),...

Positive Impact of Globalization

possible to make an international phone call or surf the Internet from a caf? in Shanghai, while sipping a cappuccino (Micklethwai...

The Devil in the White City by Larson

is something that cannot be ignored. It was after all the Civil War that freed the slaves. Black people, or Negroes as they were r...

Law and Rights of Workers

One of the most commonly discussed realms of workers rights if fair pay. Federal law specifies a minimum wage that a worker can b...

Six Questions on Economics Answered

the way no enforceable rights will lead to opportunism. Coases theorem states that property rights give the market stability by al...

Labor Issues in Canada

where they are paid per piece rather than by the hour (Hammadieh, 1998). The hourly wage typically ranges between $2.50 and $4.00 ...

Overview of Labor Relations

What, then is a grievance procedure? This is defined as a procedure that has been established by a collective bargaining agreement...

Retail Industry Labor Issues

1999 many companies, such as Iceland and Sainsburys had already brought in the policy rather than leaving it until the last minuet...

Q and A on Business Unions and Marxism

considered its political potential to be highly significant" (1971, 39). Marx attached a great deal of political significance to t...

Industrial Relationist Theory, Social Reform, and Labor Movements

Not everyone does well in the capitalist system. Those who do well are hurt by unions, but those who have had a hard time in the s...

1978's Airline Deregulation Act

The Act changed the subsidy rates air carriers received for carrying U.S. Postal Service mail so that the carriers revenues were n...

Opposition to Illegal Immigration Arguments

of fields. A few of these points are: * "Each year more than 1.3 million legal and illegal aliens settle permanently in the U.S. ...

Labor Unions and Strikes

in terms of labor unions. These individuals had to endure extremely long days in deplorable conditions. When the miners first tr...

Organizations, HRM, and the Impact of Trends in the Labor Market

trends which the employers cannot change or influence, these are social trends such as increased knowledge due to the flow of info...

Hard Times by Charles Dickens' and Impact of Rapid Industrialization

In five pages the effects of rapid industrialization in 19th century England are examined within the context of Dickens' novel in ...

U.S. and France Labor and Social Security Issues

In six pages this paper compares the U.S. and France in terms of each country's Social Security systems and the impact of labor ...

Housing Policy of the UK

In ten pages this paper discusses how existing housing policies by the Conservatives have been adapted by the New Labour party in ...

Chapter Summaries of Das Kapital by Karl Marx

money back into circulation so that he can later withdraw it through the sale of the same commodity. Essentially, the buyer lets t...

MLB and Umpires Association

In eight pages this report examines the discord between Major League Baseball and its umpires in a discussion of collective bargai...

Review of Labor and Monopoly Capital The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century

The writer reviews the Harry Braverman book Labor and Monopoly Capital The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century. The write...

North American Free Trade Agreement Overview

In 5 pages NAFTA is examined in an overview of its impact upon globalization, tariffs, labor movements, its advantages and disadva...

Brazil's History

In twenty five pages a history of Brazil is presented with the capital, labor, and land aspects of its economic development the pr...

Twenty First Century Labor

discourse on these subjects and it was clear that the defining directive for unions is based in the call for a way of safeguarding...

1930 Salt March Led by Mohandas K. Gandhi

In six pages this paper discusses the relationship between Indian labor and activist Mohandas K. Gandhi in a consideration of his ...

Exploitation of the State and the Perspectives of Karl Marx

In seven pages this paper examines how Marx's philosophy describes the exploitation of the state in such writings as 'Value, Price...

Pay Equity

"oppressive child labor" was defined. Under this act those who are not paid the required level can reclaim the lost wages as wel...