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Forced Labor, 2002.
A look at forced labor in the U.S. during colonial times.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 10 sources, £ 69.95
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This paper discusses forced labor in Colonial North America. It discusses how African slaves were transported to the continent from the very early 16th century. Native Indians, however, served as the first slave laborers for colonialists, as European landowners in colonial North America originally met their need for forced labor by enslaving Natives. The paper focuses on the brutality and exploitation that were prevalent in the system at large.
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Labour Reproduction Force, 2008.
This paper looks at the changes in the Canadian population from a labour force reproduction perspective.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 22.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that a labour force reproduction (LFR) perspective allows insights into how populations reproduce themselves in the context of economic change, with fertility and immigration being contributory factors over time. As this essay argues, in discussing how the Canadian population is (re)produced from a LFR perspective, the use of this perspective allows us to understand critical issues of power and, in particular, who gains from such a reproduction process. In this analysis, one can see how a labour force reproduction perspective allows us to understand how fertility rates and immigration factor into postwar Canadian economic growth. The writer concludes that changes in the LFR model reflect broader economic changes under globalization that reveal how corporate interests profit significantly from this reproduction process.
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"However, the LFR model extended far beyond the shop floor, and can be understood as part of a larger vision of social organization whereby the single-wage earning family was promoted as the primary model for both the reproduction of labour - in the form of children - as well as of consumption. Thus, industrialists such as Ford recognized that it was in the self-interests of industry that they create well-paying jobs, as these well-paid workers were also prosperous consumers of the products assembly line mass production was creating across North America. Thus, the Fordist LFR model can be seen as a cycle by which the industrial economy reproduces itself over time."
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Reproduction of the Canadian Labor Force, 2008.
An analysis of the meaning and effect of the reproduction of the Canadian labor force.
1,026 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 25.95
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This paper addresses the question of what it means to say that the Canadian population is reproduced from the perspective of labor force reproduction. It discusses the effects of the intersection of fertility and immigration over labor force reproduction. It then discusses how this reproduction has shaped the economic structures of society in the interest of big business.
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"Thus, the labor force of Canada was not biologically reproducing itself on a generational basis by the last decades of the twentieth century. In order to meet this shortfall, the Government of Canada resorted to immigration to supply a labor force to meet the demands of the Canadian economy. These demands are complex, for the Labor Force Reproduction model indicates that the economy needs a labor supply not only in terms of production but also to consume the goods produced. As a result, in the years in which the Canadian fertility rates were declining (after 1956) the Canadian immigration levels were increasing. From 1954 to 1992 Canada accepted 5.7 million immigrants. These immigrants fulfilled a wide number of economic roles in Canadian society, from contributing as business class immigrants and supplying entrepreneurial investment funds, to those who work in the commercial and corporate sectors. In addition, we must not forget the significant numbers of immigrants who worked as unpaid labor - often women - and so subsidized the paid labor force in Canada."
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Labor Force Participation Rates in Canada, 2008.
An analysis of the increasing participating rates of women and decreasing participation rates of men in the Canadian labor force.
2,172 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 8 sources, APA, £ 47.95
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This paper analyzes the factors that determine the historical trends in labor force participation rates in Canada. It describes the changes in rates based on gender, race and age. The paper then focuses on women's increasing participation rates and men's dropping participation rates over time. The paper contains graphs and tables illustrating its points.
Table of Contents:
About Participation Rates
Participation Rates across Time
Labor Force in Canada
Women's Increasing Participating Rates
Men's Dropping Participation Rates
The Aging Population
Decreasing Youth's Participation Rate
Conclusions
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"Another factor that generated mutations in the Canadian participation rates has a macroeconomic nature and is linked to globalization and market liberalization. Free circulation of products and services between countries has generated immigration to Canada. As such, currently, the Canadian workforce is formed of both locals and foreigners. Future predictions include a general decrease in youth and men's participation rates, a stagnation of women's participation rates and also a stagnation of immigrants' participation rates."
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Gender Discrimination in the Canadian Labour Force, 2005.
An analysis of gender discrimination in the Canadian labour force, particularly as it relates to wages.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 7 sources, £ 24.95
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This paper addresses gender discrimination in the Canadian labour force. The paper makes the argument that there is a wage gap between men and women in Canada. The paper discusses theories as to why this wage gap may exist and if this is likely to change in the future.
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"Gender Discrimination in the Canadian Labour Force Gender discrimination continues to be a problem in the Canadian workforce. Women in particular are still experiencing a wage gap in the labour force. According to Lois Moorcroft in Newfoundland Women Want Pay Equity Too, "...Full-time working women still earn only 72.5 per cent of men's salaries" (Moorcroft 2005: 6). A great deal of time and effort is being spent in order to try and rectify this situation. For example, In the 1950s, the federal government and seven of the ten provinces enacted legislation enabling 'equal pay for equal work (England and Gad 2002: 283)."
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A Labour Force 'System', 2008.
This paper focuses on how Canadian workers can be motivated to perceive employment in constructive ways.
1,742 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 6 sources, APA, £ 39.95
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The paper stresses how no system of labour force development can hope to solve problems of employment and labour development in Canada. The paper contends, however, that a labour force development culture can make a vast difference. The paper explains the value of life long learning (LLL) and of employers seeing the merits in older workers. The paper emphasizes how the key is to get people seeing work, and looking for it, in a positive way.
Outline:
Introduction
Age as a Factor
Self-Sufficiency
Concluding Notes
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"The concept of Life Long Learning (LLL) needs to be instilled in all Canadians. Morris is correct in stating the need for a new orientation. (2000) All workers need to approach working life in a spirit of learning. If laid off, this is a chance for new learning. If unemployed for a period of time, this too, is time for learning that may be of various kinds. Knowledge and skills are both important. For example, a person who cannot find a government training program can find low cost or free ways to improve his or her English. If knowing English, the person can perfect their French, and if needing to acquire various skills in supervised non-unionized environments will accept the worker who comes to learn, minus pay, for a set number of hours per week. It is just another way that constructive learning of skills and knowledge is found by volunteering. The individual needs to have an attitude towards working and employers that is 'win-win' and cooperative. Many industries still depend on the person who shows that he or she is willing to learn, that an effort will be made."
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Women in Canada's Labor Force: 1880-1920, 2002.
Discusses the occupational options that working class women had in Canada in 1880-1920s.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 8 sources, £ 56.95
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This paper will clearly demonstrate that Canadian society between 1880 and 1920 saw significant enlargement in terms of women's gender roles, but even at the end of WWI, women's participation in the labor force was perceived to be a temporary necessity. As the wartime economy returned to its civilian form, most Canadians expected gender roles to return to their previous (im)balance. The seeds for the emancipation of women, however, had been sewn and it was only a matter of time before they would grow.
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Immigrants in the Labor Force, 2007.
An analysis of the positive and negative impact of immigration on the United States.
1,896 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 42.95
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This paper looks at the impact of immigrants upon the United States' domestic economy in terms of the contributions they make and the burdens they compel other Americans to shoulder. At the same time, the paper offers some recommendations and, ultimately, solutions which offer a means by which America can successfully marry immigration inflows with its economic needs as well as with the needs of its native-born population. The paper includes a brief annotated bibliography.
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"To close briefly, the preceding paper has looked at immigration in the United States and its impact upon the American economy. Simply put, while the typical immigrant brings many things to America, there is mounting evidence that he or she creates complications for the native-born. At the same time, fears about illegal immigration and what it means for America abounds and there is no reason that this concern will abate any time soon. Ultimately, the best things America can do appear to be the following: tighten border security, increase the educational and professional requirements for immigrants; and put money into punishing those who profit from illegal immigration. If this is done, then there is hope for the future."
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Labour's Labor, 2006.
A review of an article discussing the impact and damage of WWII on the British economy.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, £ 18.95
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This paper discusses how following World War II, the British economy, its social structures, and its infrastructure, were all considerably damaged by the years of war over the European continent. Unions, as Dorfman points out, entered the post-World War II era as one of the nation's policy focal points in what would otherwise have been a political vacuum (par.1). It further discusses how in the decades following the war, Unions provided the citizenry, in the form of workers, with adequate representation within the structures of government and ensured that many policies and programs were enacted that would ensure not only work related rights and assurance but also social programs. The Unions within Britain for three decades held considerable sway over policy decisions as well as policy formulation.
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Justice Delayed, 2002.
This paper explores restitution and the forced auto laborers of the Holocaust.
5,431 words (approx. 21.7 pages), 43 sources, APA, £ 94.95
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The paper describes how General Motors and Ford became an integral part of the Nazi war effort in Germany. The paper discusses the subhuman conditions faced by slaves and forced laborers who performed strenuous, back-breaking work for these corporations. The paper addresses how a modern state came to rely heavily on forced labor through cruel and oppressive measures. The paper looks at the compensation finally offered by Ford, Volkswagen, Daimler-Benz and General Motors and the survivors' reaction to this.
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"After the autumn of 1941, the German political-economic logic of occupation was set aside and the Third Reich vision of total conquest took over. Taking its cue from the political regime, the automobile industry threw tens of thousands of foreign workers and concentration camp inmates into its battle to produce airplane motors, trucks, tanks, and spare parts. The facilities of the automobile factories had become collections of labor processes and assembly lines which the brutalized men and women deported from their homes could service. The dialectic which haunted the history of this industry- the seemingly inescapable economic vulnerability of its enterprises in a land where most people still couldn't afford to purchase their own cars, coupled with its constant effort to project power and to accumulate wealth- consumed the thousands of laborers working in its factories."
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The Australian Work Force, 2004.
An overview of the aspects that characterize the Australian work force and how it compares to other countries.
1,065 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 26.95
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Since independence, Australia has attempted to maintain standards typical of a Western, liberal democracy that values the quality of life of its work force. The issue of hiring discrimination has become an issue because lifetime employment is becoming more and more rare, and many of Australia?s neighbours implicitly condone the mass employment of children in the textiles industry. This paper shows that, according to the Australian Council of Trade Unions, there are no federal laws in Australia prohibiting forced labor, setting a minimum age for employment, or prohibiting forced or bonded labor by children as exist in the United States, Britain, and Canada. Humanitarian organizations fear that increased trade with these countries will lead to a devolution of Australia?s treatment of workers, young and old. It is for these reasons that the current unregulated system should be audited according to its effects on the population in terms of employment and income levels by age. This study focuses on the nature of publicly-available, quantitative data reflecting the age and salary of Australia?s workers.
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"Australia maintains wage and income restrictions that are more typical of Europe than North America, which may help to explain its young workforce. 20-24 year olds make an average of between 300 and 700 a week, whereas the range increases for 25-29 year olds, who typically make between 400 and 1500 a week. As salary is often more driven by tenure than by educational attainment in Australia, this provides incentives for workers to get into the workforce early. This is not the case in countries like Germany and the United States, where educational attainment is highly valued."
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Labor in Post-War Canada, 2002.
An overview of labor force trends in post-war Canada.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, £ 31.95
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This paper is written about labor force trends during the post-war times in Canada. In other words, within the capitalistic set-up, large-scale production of goods and services is the order of the day, which in turn necessitates the need for a large pool of labor, as well as a large consumer segment to absorb these products.
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Australian Labor Relations, 2002.
An examination of the relationships between management and labor forces in corporate Australia.
1,570 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 36.95
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This paper discusses the industrial relations and labor negotiations within the corporate structure of Australian companies. It examines the history of union density amongst the Australian laboring population, focusing on its decline in recent years. The writer shows how this decline and a corresponding increase in individual responsibility for negotiation has been reinforced by a retreated role of state involvement and resulted in a more independent, innovative, and less adversarial Australian work force.
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"According to a recent article on ?Future Directions for Industrial Relations,? the political thinker Richard Marles criticized what he saw as a shift in Australian labor relations from one which had taken into consideration the unique needs of the worker in contrast to corporate interests, to a more privatized approach to industry where worker?s needs and corporate needs were assumed to be the same. (Marles Online Opinion) He states this is contrary to the overall positive trend in Australian labor policies. Marles traces the history of conflicts between labor and the emerging capital all the way back to the 1890?s. This conflict, he states, in the industrial markets was only resolved in 1904, through the introduction of the Conciliation and Arbitration Court. This ultimately became the Australian Industrial Relations Commission. The Commission?s stated aim was to allow the inherent differing interests of capital and labor in the Australian economy to be resolved through a debate rather than letting the vagaries of the workplace determine how the cost of human toil was bought and sold. (Marles Online Opinion; ?Trade Unionism? The World Book Encyclopedia Online)"
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The Labor Unions, 2002.
This paper presents the history of labor unions, labor law and labor relations in the United States.
2,690 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 56.95
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This paper points out that by acting on behalf of a large group, the labor unions have more power than if the employees acted alone. This paper describes and compares United Airline?s and Ford Motor Company?s labor practices and problems. This paper presents an ideal employer-labor relationship.
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"Congress, starting to feel pressure for groups like the AFL, created the U.S. Department of Labor. The department has a mandate to protect and extend the rights of wageworkers. A children?s bureau was created. In 1914, the first law to protect workers was enacted, the Clayton Act said that ?the labor of A Human Being is not a commodity or an article of commerce.? Because of this change in the legal status of work and labor, those things were no longer subject to the Sherman Act provisions that had been the legal basis for injunctions against union organizations. The Clayton Act allowed for strikes, boycotts, peaceful picketing and dramatically limited the use of injunctions in labor disputes."
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