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Modern Labor Movement, 2002.
A look at the impact of globalization and immigration on the workforce through a review of "A New Labor Movement for the New Century", by Gregory Mantsios.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper addresses three specific questions involving the modern labor movement. These questions focus on the effects of globalization and immigration on the workforce, both domestic (USA) and foreign. The book, "A New Labor Movement for the New Century", by Gregory Mantsios shall act as a source for this paper.
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Women in the Labor Movement, 2004.
A look at the role of women and minorities in the history of the labor movement.
1,987 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 43.95
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This paper outlines the historical development of the labor movement, especially focusing on role of women and minorities. It describes how women and minorities have suffered in the past and are presently still in process of being granted equal opportunity in labor.
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"The formation of gender and minority roles is prompted by changes or developments in economic conditions, and this can be seen in the way that different some cultures face problems with gender and minority status even though they are economically advanced countries. The economic status of individuals may not necessarily rid them off their stereotyped roles, as even today, as it was in the past, women and minorities still strive for equality in labor."
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American and Soviet Labor Movements, 1990.
This paper compares American and Soviet labor movements: History, development, ideology, economic issues and impact of perestroika.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 9 sources, £ 54.95
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"The following is a comparative study of the American and Soviet labor movements. The fundamental goals of labor movements everywhere are the same--to improve the material and social conditions of life for the ordinary working people who make up the bulk of any nation's population. From their inceptions, however, the labor movements in the United States and Russia (originally the Czarist Russian Empire, now the Soviet Union) have differed widely.
Historical Background--Russia
n the beginning, in the nineteenth century, the Russian labor movement was an integral, if relatively undeveloped, part of the broader European labor movement. The European labor tradition, closely tied to socialist ideology and political ... "
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The Canadian Labour Movement, 2008.
An analysis of the challenges facing the Canadian Labour Movement.
2,103 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 45.95
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The paper discusses how Canadian workers have been victimized for decades by a political economic system which protects business, trade and the financial community interests at the expense of workers. The paper discusses further how globalization has also weakened the Canadian unions. The paper maintains that for Canadian unions to become more effective, the Canadian public must wake up and realize that globalization is just another name for exploitation.
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"This dominance and control has been portrayed as the pursuit of policies which are in the best interests of all Canadians, and has been expressed through government and business support for the free market system and the neo-liberal policy of globalization. Unfortunately for millions of Canadian workers, government policy makers and businessmen interpret the free market system as a system dependent upon the ability of businesses to increase their profits. In their view, anything that diminishes the ability of Canadian businesses and corporations to expand their profit margins is harmful to the economy, and anything that enables Canadian businesses and corporations to maximize their profits is beneficial to the economy."
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Lessons for the Labor Movement, 2007.
An analysis of the history and development of labor and labor organizations in Canada.
1,059 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 25.95
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This paper discusses the positive and negative lessons that history can provide to today's unions and trade unions in Canada. It describes the influence that the state and the nature of the economy have on labor and labor organizations and their activities. The paper also discusses trade unions and their role, as well as other developments in the history of the labor movement. Finally the paper looks at fthe ree market economy and its implications in increasing job insecurity and wage and benefit rollbacks.
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"Free market economy increased job insecurity and wage and benefit rollbacks and continues to be the basis of today's economy in Canada. The labor movement of today is faced with these challenges as well as the relocation and closing down of many industrial plants and factories all over Canada. Also, today Canada's labor movement needs to have a broader agenda as it faces with all the challenges of the global economy as well as the effects of the decline of state intervention within the context of this new global economy. It also needs to recognize the cultural, social and ethnic diversity that makes up the Canadian workforce today. Additionally it has to become concerned with the status of part-time and temporary employees whose number is increasing steadily, as many employers are cutting out full-time jobs with full benefits."
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Poverty and the Labor Movement in American Industrialization, 2005.
Examines social problems and movements during the time of American industrialization (early 1800s).
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 10 sources, £ 55.95
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This paper focuses on poverty during the labor movement of American industrialization in the early 1800s. It discusses the research which indicates that poverty was in abundance during this era for those in slavery, as well as for women and immigrants. The paper further discusses how society treated these different groups, and how poverty was both forced into their lives, and was a consistent way of life.
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"Early American industrialization found a growing change in the ability of America to manufacture goods. Yet, with this growth workers sought improved labor conditions, increased pay, and an opportunity to achieve a better life. T. S. Ashton addresses this issue in his book, The Industrial Revolution, 1760-1839, in which he contends that without the inventions that created a world of mass production there would have been no reason for the labor movement to begin (76). Ashton also states that those inventions relied on labor to produce goods, and that the labor is what made manufacturers, such as Robert Peel, wealthy - while at the same time ensuring that the bulk of the workers remained poor. This research establishes the issue of poverty within the labor movement, and further expresses that poverty was not confined to one observed group of people."
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Labor Reparations Movement, 2005.
Analysis of an article on the value of the reparations movement in the U.S.
872 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 21.95
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This paper examines and analyzes K.J. Carillo's article, "Reparations Movement Looks to Gain from Bush's Goree Island Slip" about what can be gained for the reparations movement in the United States after President Bush admitted that the United States was mindful of the past wrongs it had committed in enslaving stolen people from Africa.
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"However, Carrillo does more than simply focus on the "residual value" gained by the reparations movement from what she terms as a slip on President Bush's part. For, she also takes great pains to place in context the significance of Goree Island's notorious "Door of No Return." Carrillo achieves this through descriptions that bring alive the horrors of a place that had witnessed, "human beings...delivered and sorted and weighed and branded with the marks of commercial enterprises and loaded as cargo on a voyage without return." Indeed, Carrillo is unsparing in her efforts to describe the anguish suffered by slaves in societies that prospered by their unpaid labor, while remaining indifferent to their plight."
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Free Trade and The Free Movement of Labor, 1999.
This paper debates the question, do free trade and the free movement of labor exist, and if so, can they bring about prosperity for all.
1,955 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 43.95
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This paper looks at ways in which the first world protects itself from the advantages the third world, by creating a distortion of market forces. It illustrates how political issues are as important as economics issues within the world trade system. This paper examines the rules of economic theory, specifically the free movement of capital investments and the free movement of labor.
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"Over the past three decades, a remarkable internationalisation of the world economy has taken place. Key aspects of this process are free trade and the mobility levels of labour. In an attempt to integrate developing economies into the globalisation process, agencies such as the World Bank and the IMF promote free market ideological policies to poorer countries, sometimes making the implementation of such policies a condition of receiving financial aid. This, they argue, will increase prosperity and levels of development. But do the concepts of free trade and the free movement of labour really exist, let alone increase prosperity? Here we shall examine what these two concepts mean in practice, what their impact on prosperity is, and why objections have been raised towards this kind of liberalisation."
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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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History of Labor Unions, 2002.
A history of the labor movement in America from post World War Two to the present day.
2,265 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 48.95
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This paper explores the history of the labor unions in America, from the end of World War Two. The paper discusses a number of important events and issues relating to the labor movement and labor unions including the "Taft-Hactley Act", "Operation Dixie", the steel industry crisis and the "Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959". After describing these events and their history, the paper takes a look at current trends in the labor movement and offers a general conclusion on the importance of the labor unions in the U.S.
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"As the wartime controls were relaxed after the War, the labor unions resumed their pent-up struggle for higher wages and better living conditions and the country witnessed a massive post-war strike wave. In the first, largest and longest postwar strike (November 1945 to March 1946), the United Automobile Workers Union under the umbrella of the CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) demanded that the General Motors Corp. should increase wages without increasing prices. The strike influenced later bargaining trends in which labor unions won contracts containing provisions for automatic wage increases on the basis of rises in the cost of living."
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Labor Unions' Power, 2008.
This paper discusses the state of the American labor movement today.
2,151 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 46.95
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The paper examines three works that analyze the downfall of the American labor movement, but also provide positive information on the transformation of the labor union organizational structure. The paper discusses labor unions' aggressive grassroots campaign, their extension of member demographics and their efforts to establish legitimacy. The paper concludes that, although smaller in size, the influence of labor unions in the political arena is still strong and through expansion and reinvention, labor unions may become the driving force of labor market issues in the 21st century.
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Labor Organization and Movement
Expanding the Grassroots Campaign
Legitimacy and Organizational Structure
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"The state of the modern American labor movement has seen a drastic change since the congressional and election reforms of the 1970's. Not only did the McGovern reforms eliminate the influence of political party leaders, it served to change the strategic approach of labor unions in the political arena. Additionally, the McGovern Reforms of 1972 addressed the partiality in the Democratic delegation, and hindered the labor unions from seating specific delegates that were labor friendly. In this sense, labor unions were forced to choose Democratic candidates much more wisely, and impaired the standard blanket effort to sponsor multiple Democratic candidates in a single race."
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"The Limits of Labour", 2002.
A summary of David Bright's "The Limits of Labour: Class Formation and the Labour Movement in Calgary, 1883-1929".
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 6 sources, £ 42.95
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David Bright's "The Limits of Labour: Class Formation and the Labour Movement in Calgary, 1883-1929" reflects the new generation of Canadian labour studies. It analyzes the diversity of working class culture in Calgary and cleavages within the working class during the earliest phase of industrialization in Calgary. It dismisses the traditional notion that Calgary's labour movement was ethnically homogenous and conservative.
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Heroes of American Labor, 2001.
This paper examines some of the people in the American labor movement including: Pauline Newman, William Shepherd and Upton Sinclair.
1,380 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 32.95
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This paper studies some of the real unknown heroes of the American labor movement who contributed to the boom in manufacturing in the beginning of the last century. It details Pauline Newman's work in the New York Triangle Shirtwaist Factory and its known violations to women workers.
In the factory's terrible fire, 146 women were killed, mostly Jewish. It reports how William Shepherd, a journalist, covered the incident and how Upton Sinclair, the famous writer helped end this slave labor by writing about it. This paper gives an historical overview of this time in American history and concludes that these three people did a great deal in order to end the suffering of the workers.
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"In the beginning years of the last century, working conditions were grave, and life was a struggle for American workers coming from all walks of life. Many of these workers were immigrants, trapped in miserable and dangerous working conditions, struggling for a small livelihood in their new country. The jobs the immigrants performed were vital to America?s booming manufacturing, yet most Americans barely knew these people existed and treated them like outsiders. Who was really fighting for them, then? As we look back upon a time when humans were used freely as slaves and kept in unsafe conditions, we are thankful to a few people who gave voice to all those hurt. As we look back to some of these heroes, such as Pauline Newman, William Shepherd, Upton Sinclair we are better able to understand a story that we can only read about. "
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Labor Unions in the US: 1790 to the 1820s, 2006.
This paper contains an historical overview of the U.S. labor movement between 1790 and the 1820s and discusses the birth pangs of the early efforts which gave way to greater and more secure victories for workers.
1,185 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 27.95
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This paper examines the vital role of labor unions in the U.S. which existed long before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The writer of this paper gives a detailed historic overview of the U.S. labor movement during which time significant innovations and advancements were made to provide the foundation for today's thriving network of unions. The paper also discusses the last decade of the 18th century that saw the institution of unions in its infancy in which new bands of workers united to protect each other and their interests despite being met with much opposition by their employers.
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"The 1820s saw several potential routes to progress on the labor front. A rush of utopian fervor and a desire to avoid some of the industrial hells of Europe prompted the establishment of the Lowell Experiment in 1820, providing a safe, hygienic, clean environment for female textile mill workers in Lowell, Massachusetts. The mill also paid extremely high wages and such benefits as library privileges and sitting rooms. A utopian community was also formed by Robert Owen in Illinois and Indiana in 1825; however, this organization failed after three years.
The women's labor movement was also felt in 1824."
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