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Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich

there are few who are literally starving to death--there is AFDC, shelters, charities--there are two classes in society which are ...

Comparative Analysis of Married Heterosexuals and Married Homosexuals

divorce rates should make a statement about the fate of the traditional family structures. Most statistics state that one in two m...

A Book Review of Ben Hamper's 'Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line'

the majority of the workers at GM during this time period in that his life at GM was not the best in terms of the conditions that ...

Post 1900 US Baseball Labor and Wage Issues

pension scheme. The players were fed up with low wages, especially as the revenue for baseball were increasing with the televising...

European Union Membership of the Czech Republic

necessary in order to meet EU requirements (Miko, et al, 1998). Meeting the environmental requirements of the EU proved to be one ...

Relations Between the US and Russia and the Influence of Mikhail Gorbachev

Gorbachev and Reagan developed a personal relationship based upon mutual admiration, and the humanization of the two men would mak...

US Labor Unions in the Future

more male members than female (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2004). * Of Whites, Asians, Hispanics, Latinos and Blacks, Blacks are m...

Evaluating the EEOC v. Steamship Clerks Union Case

court confused racial discrimination with nepotism (2004). Still, the court ordered the organization to change its admissions pol...

Civil War Letters

Alfonso Heep is an educated Kentucky farmboy who, in agreement with his state government, originally wanted nothing to do with the...

Europe and Prejudice Regarding Age and Race

In fourteen pages this paper examines the European Union for any evidence of age or race discrimination. Thirteen sources are lis...

Arguing in Favor of Unionizing and Legalizing Prostitution

and there is a large underground market for it. The sex industry continues to flourish despite the laws against prostitution. ...

Great Britain, Ireland, and Their EU Relative Positions

In ten pages this paper considers the European Union, differences throughout history between Great Britain and Ireland, and how th...

'Keeping the Peace' with International Law

to provide a structure for keeping the peace. The same is true for international law, the rules of a classroom or the advice of a...

1985 Minnesota Hormel Plant Strike

And what was Hormels perspective toward negotiations and why was the company so insistent on mistreating its workers? Ther...

Merger of Wachovia and First Union Banks

and Tannenbaum, 2001). The question on everyones mind was what was in this buyout for Wachovia. First Union got a seemingly exce...

Cesar Chavez, the Man, the Union Organizer, and the Minority Rights' Activist

told us we had to leave, or go to jail. My mother came out of the house crying, we children knew there was trouble, but we were c...

Literature Review on US History and Unionism

even if it has any kind of future at all - can be discussed and determined. The good news for the labor...

1920s' U.S. Labor Movement

and had existed since about 1900. It had grown quite large over and decade or so and was even able to stage a walk out in 1916. In...

Labor Organizations and September 11, 2001 Effects

rather than gaining in influence. "Writing in The Next Agenda, David Moberg explains that unions are crucial to making democracy ...

Bhopal, India's Union Carbide Plant and Ethics

removed a pressure gauge that was attached to the tank, stuck a hose in the hole and filled the tank with water (Dykes and Graham,...

Life and Career of Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa

department store stock boy, then working in the warehouse at Krogers, a Detroit grocery store chain. This was the age of the Grea...

NAFTA, EU, and Environmental Issues

For example, in 1999 the UK brought in a ban on the sale of asbestos, which is widely acknowledged to be an extremely hazardous bu...

European Taxes and Harmonisation

the issue of general taxation and its harmonisation can be seen as a more controversial issue. To many countries there is a perce...

United Kingdom and Trade Union Recognition

that is some cases there can be a partial recognition, but these are limited. These factors are useful as background knowledge whe...

Trade Unions from an Employer's Perspective

between the unions and the employers it has been argued was merely a symptom of the society in which the unions operated (Kessler-...

European Union and the Reluctance of Switzerland to Join

to more greatly effect the Germany economy. As the time neared for deadlines of assessing national economies for the first wave o...

Union and Confederate Civil War Spies

and shift the direction of battles at almost every turn. Belle Boyd Boyd was perhaps one of the best known spies of her time....

EMU's Future

EU, and therefore it is more probable that it will either disintegrate totally or achieve a much stronger degree of political and ...

20 Years of Important Environmental and Political Events

Century. This collapse has resulted in numerous world developments. One of the most important has been the attempted transition ...

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and the ILGWU

p.PG). At around 1900, most of the workers in the garment industry were Jewish immigrants and attempts at organization had been im...