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    By 1990 Walmart was the nation’s number one retailer. At that time, it also went international. Walmart is the largest employer in the United States employing 2.1 million full-time employees. They are the largest employer in 25 states. Walmart is known for having the lowest competitive prices on merchandise. Local and small businesses cannot compete with Walmart’s low prices because they hold the power over other businesses in the economy. Walmart is able to sell merchandise at low prices…

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    During the 1930s, there was a great deal of labor and union activism. American unions and organizations nearly tripled their membership from the early 1930s to the end of the decade. A union is defined as an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers (Dictionary.com). Unions began to form because workers were fed up with unfair working conditions such as, unfair wages and extremely long work hours. Forming unions…

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    The Effect of Cesar Chavez’ farm work movement of labor, race, and immigration policies in the United States was that people found Cesar a role model and people also became fans. When the Grape and Delano March happened it was for the workers that were not getting support, so says Cesar Chavez. This was making immigrants struggle. I personally think this might have changed these citizens' lives and made them have a fair life as others that did not struggle and were not immigrants. These events…

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    Mason Skills Training Program will be facilitated in partnership with Building Futures, a pre-apprenticeship to registered apprenticeship workforce partnership developed by the Community Services Agency of the Metropolitan Washington Council of the AFL-CIO. Building Futures connects lower-skilled adults to the hundreds of new jobs expected in the Washington, DC area over the next five years. The workforce partnership targets basic trades with particularly high demand, including carpentry,…

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    Low Wage Jobs

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    Rise Up Who would be affected if minimum wage was raised? Who would be affected if more companies offered benefits to their employees? It is a common misconception that only young workers new to the work force would benefit from this raise, the harsh reality is that the average low wage worker is 35 years old and is often the bread-winner and sole provider for their household, this is according to an article published on EPI (Dan Essrow).These low wage jobs are affecting the United States…

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    A second academic study from the New York University Journal Of Legislation & Public Policy discusses a 2008 Supreme Court case, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, which dealt with photo I.D. laws in Indiana. This Supreme Court had a majority of conservative members, who had been appointed by Republican Presidents, and ruled to uphold a strict photo identification law. Since the decision, fourteen additional states decided to enact a photo identification requirement. Moreover, the…

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    It’s no secret that water is essential for life. From humans to animals, we all need water in order to survive. Water should be universally considered and accepted as a human right, just like air. Through Resolution 64/292 the United Nations officially declared water as a human right in 2010 (UN). As stated by the researchers of, a huge problem we’re facing in this day and age is “privatization of water for corporate interest rather than human rights” (Johnson). When water rights are given to…

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    management’s success was Pyrrhic victory that helped lead to a much larger and stronger organized labor movement in many other industries and labor union affiliations and umbrella organizations like the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). In April 2008, Blair Mountain was chosen for the list of protected places on the National Register of Historic Places. The decision has been contested by the state of West Virginia, therefore this nomination is…

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    9-1 Improvement Act

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    of congress to aggressively pursue the issue. In addition to pressure, the mere understanding that there is broad support from the community, reinforces the fact that someone has their back when they vote on the bill. Trade Organizations like the AFL-CIO, and other labor organization, as well as local community groups are able to deliver messages in a more consistent manner because of their collective presence and funding. It can be very costly for the average constituent to hire a lobbyist or…

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    Inequality In America

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    In the business world of today the CEOs and members of Wall Street seem to keep going up and up and the workers of Main Street seem to be staying the same or going down. The distribution of wealth keeps growing as CEOs are coming home with bigger and bigger paychecks. President Obama gave a speech in December of 2013, which centered on economic mobility to shed light on the debate over wealth distribution. The workers of America struggling to be able to pay the bills, be prepared for retirement…

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