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The Ethics of Labor Unions in the U.S. Labor Unions were formed to fight for the rights of workers. In the U.S. labor unions helped to establish child labor laws, enacted a 5 day work week, health insurance and pensions. They also fought for fair wages. Originally the labor unions of the 1800’s were mostly for craft guilds. They helped to establish workplace standards. With the industrial revolution, these guilds saw factories as a threat to their livelihood. “Unions were formed by these…

Home Depot’s Diversity Home Depot’s objective is for all individuals to feel that they are treated fairly, and included. This involves individuals as customers, and employees. This organization pledges, “At The Home Depot Canada, we support and promote diversity as part of your core values. Our diversity and inclusion strategy represents our ongoing commitment to our associates and communities to prove an environment that is, and feels inclusive to all.” (Homedepot, 2015). As stated above,…

My Summary of “Florida’s Farmers Look At Irma’s Damage: ‘Probably The Worst We’ve Seen’” In “Florida’s Farmers Look At Irma’s Damage: ‘ Probably The Worst We’ve Seen’”, Dan Charles explains the effects of Irma on Florida’s agriculture. To emphasise his points, Charles provides readers with a great deal of statistics and details. For example, he notes how over half of the citrus crop, a quarter of the sugar crop, and a tenth of vegetables were lost along with supplies necessary to grow these…

Have you ever been victim to hate or discrimination? Are you part of a minority group? Was the person who discriminated you a different race? The answer to most of these questions is… yes. Sadly since the beginning of mankind there has always been someone who is excluded, or has been viewed as different. We as people have a natural instinct to stick with the people we most relate to, and tend to shove those who are different away. Does this always have to be the case? In most situations…. it…

Is Affirmative action fair? 1 Is affirmative action fair? Does affirmative action help America? No, affirmative action was needed in the past, but has spiraled out of proportion and needs to be fixed. (6) Affirmative action is not fair because it promotes discrimination, unfair workspace, and un-equal opportunity. 2 What is affirmative action? Affirmative action today is when any person or business goes out of their way to accept someone into anything because of their skin color, gender, or…

Faced with poor working conditions, unionizing was a way to gain something together. Workers felt the need to protect their common interests; better wages, reasonable hours, safer working conditions, and health benefits for families, and some died trying to change America (Falcon, 2003). Unfortunately, employers often fought back with power and money against the union through lawsuits and legislation, but sometimes with an armed mob of mercenaries (Grabianowski). Interestingly, The Pinkerton…

1. The opinion that Jordan is trying to get us to accept is that even though many things have been done to improve race relations in America, it still is not enough. She basically says that people need to actually put effort and want to improve race relations. 2. Jordan’s essay is primarily logical appeals. The arguments she gives are almost all logical appeals. For example when she talks about how she has never seen a racist baby. It makes a lot of logical sense because who has seen a racist…

EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) v. Abercrombie and Fitch Stores, Inc. was a case where the EEOC sued Abercrombie because the company refused to give a job to a woman named Samantha Elauf because of her head scarf. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc is a national chain of clothing stores that requires its employees to follow the “Look Policy” that reflects the Store’s style and forbids black clothing and any sort of caps. It claimed that the company violated Title Vll of the civil…

series lay in the acceptance of the weapon system as the first self-loading rifle reaching operational status in the world. This occurred at a time when other national military forces were still relying on the tried and true, albeit slow-loading, bolt-action type rifles. The M1 Garand, however, was not only…

Walter Gordon Merritt highly favored the “open shop” because he believed it allowed for union members and non-union members the opportunity to be employed. They had the chance if they were non-union members to join the union once employed as well. There was no discrimination against either unionist or non-unionist at “open shops” which was the great thing about them. Merritt believed closed shops “means closing the doors of industry to all but union men and closing transportation and the markets…