Labor historians

theorized about the birth of the division of labor. His observation and explanation made it much more possible to identify how societies naturally move towards capitalism and the implications it has on societies. Jean Jacques Rousseau also theorized at great length about the progression of mankind and the motivation that led to the creation of government. Rousseau and Smith shared similar beliefs about how societies were formed and how the division of labor came to be. However, they disagreed…

Utilitarianism vs. Kantianism: Child Labor in the Entertainment Industry A prevailing, yet controversial, social practice that has been occurring for hundreds of years is child labor. The thought of child labor provokes a myriad of images, ranging from children working in arduous conditions in factories to children harvesting produce from their family farm in the rural countryside. To truly define child labor in one sentence would be blanketing the built-in tensions and complexities that the…

On Labor Day of 1971, Nixon directly addresses the tiring and exhausting life of individuals of the working class, all overcome in order to receive their paycheck at the end of the week. This speech, which he read to a crowd of over 30,000 Americans, argued…

All around the world, children are put into child labor where there lives are put in danger. Children in child labor live in dangerous conditions, even though they produce products that we use daily. These children work for billion dollar companies like Hershey and Nike, but the children are treated horribly. People around the world agree that this is wrong and that it has to stop, but not much change has been made. In child labor, children are deprived of a life with school and in replace they…

countries in terms of parental leave benefits. It was not until 1993 that unpaid parental leave was mandated under the U.S. family and medical leave act (FMLA). Even with the enactment of FMLA, it contains many restrictions that made more than half of the labor force ineligible. In addition, take up rate among eligible workers is modest compared to European countries. Moreover, FMLA only guarantees up to 12 weeks which is lower in comparison with other OECD countries where paid leave ranges…

Human Migration has long been recognized as an important means of redistributing labor to promote regional growth \citep{krieg1997occupational}. Each year a small fraction of the labor force moves between different provinces in Canada. Numerous studies focus on provincial mobility in Canada. However most of the studies are based on census data and estimation of provincial net migration rate to determine overall gain and loss of a province \citep{bernard2008interprovincial, chen2009inter,…

recognized on the first Monday of September, called Labor Day. Along with this holiday, it is a symbolization of the end of summer for many and is celebrated with different celebrations such as parties and parades. In the late 1800s, the average American workers just to have a roof over their family’s heads worked 12 hours a day and 7 days a week. During Labor Day, American workers are able to have a day of rest and get to spend time with family. Labor Day is actually represents the struggle and…

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The Civil Right to Equal Pay In the United States, the notion that women can perform any task at the same ability as a man is normally considered the truth. There are female physicians, female police officers, and females serving in the army. All of these occupations lead one to believe that women can do any job a man can do, but the simple truth is that women still do not get paid equally when compared to men. Even after the passing of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, women working full time “still…

more likely to hold part time jobs prior to the war, but with the lack of labor supply, they were able to gain better full time employment. Arguably, at the time of the second world war, the average american was more sexist or more racist, but on the homefront, all labor was needed, beggars cannot be choosers. The mass of women working helped set a precedent for after the war, in which women were more welcome within the labor force. “By 1950 the percentage of employed women was almost back to…