Labor Day

“United we bargain, divided we beg,” was the slogan for working class individuals that lead many men and women to come together to demand better hours, working conditions and higher pay. The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) is one legal theory that plays an important role in the way in which many businesses operate and . “The NLRA guarantees the rights of employees to organize and bargain collectively with their employers and to engage in other protected concerted activity.” When an employee…

fashion to keep labor costs low where sweatshops wage are based on the number of items – shirts, shoes, socks – they complete in a shift which shows that they have to work hard and work long. In “Free Trade Agreements and a Global Economy Increase Sweatshops”, a Mexican worker shares his story about spending all day on his feet with hot vapor which usually burned his skin and by the end of the day his arms and shoulders were in pain. They have to meet the quota of 1000 pieces per day which…

separation has left the most hardworking people (mothers) as ‘dependents’ who are considered not working and who have to be supported. This devalues the individuals who work as their child’s caretaker making it appear that raising a child does not include labor intensive work. Even though the future of the economy is in the hands of those who are raising the next generation's human capital they are viewed as a private good. Since human capital accounts for 75% of “the producible forms of…

mandated paid maternal leave; California and New Jersey have six weeks and Rhode Island has four weeks. The amount of money that is paid for the benefit by the employer or employee, is very minuscule; cents on the dollar. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 12% of Americans have access to paid maternity leave, with only 5% of low-wage earners are able to receive paid maternity leave. Researchers have found that women who don’t receive paid maternity leave are more likely to drop…

During the Victorian Era from 1873-1901, the urban working class’ life was unbearable because they often had to work from an early age in mines or streets, grow up and work jobs that no one wanted like scavenging for valuables in toxic water, and live in workhouses which was government housing for the poor. From an early age, a boy or girl born into the working class had to work to survive. Then he or she would have to get a job, if not they would have to live and work in the worst place…

lives of both white and black women. Women in slavery experienced hardships and effects that men in slavery never experienced. One of the primary roles that a slave woman had was motherhood. After the child was old enough for labor, the slave mother was trained to labor in a domestic setting or work in the fields. Young enslaved women were expected to be maids, cleaners and some were employed as wet nurses and even breastfed the children of the slave master. There were more women then men…

workplace are becoming more and more evident. “The proportion of working mothers with children ages 18 and younger at home in the United States has skyrocketed from 47 percent in the mid-1970s to 71 percent last year,” according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor…

in other disapproved activities that are alike. • Appeal to higher loyalties: telling self that the unethical behaviors are the results of an attempt to help or be involved with a higher order ideal or value in mind. However, in the case of child labor and sweatshops, those who knowingly buy the brands, tend to be less inclined to rationalization when the troubles come closer to…

significantly neglected. Hogg mentions that Rusche and Kirchheimer’s thoughts over-stated the conditions within the labor market, when they should have been focusing more on the possible relationship between capitalism and incarceration. The mention of the New York State Penal System above serves, in Hogg’s analysis, an even further limitation of Rusche and Kirchheimer’s work. The actual labor intensive work that was used within the walls of the prison system to produce products is flawed. There…

What sectors will outperform in emerging markets over the next decade? Many emerging markets benefit from a relatively stable political and business environment and an abundant supply of inexpensive labor. These conditions have provided them a competitive advantage in industries such as manufacturing, which allow them to mount the first rungs on the ladder of development. The establishment of factories within these nations spurs export-driven economic…