Labor spies

PAC also faces two possible substantial court cases involving sexual harassment of an employee an unfair labor practices from a fired employee. The sexual harassment law suit stems from an employees who claims she reported two incidents to PAC HR but no actions were taken. Previous incident along with the two possible court case has spurred unionizing among…

was not viable. I needed to go back to work as soon as possible. The second career I picked was Chemist. I love chemistry. Since I was in middle school, I loved Chemistry. However, I found out in the Occupational Outlook Handbook from the Bureau of Labor Statistics website that the job outlook for the next 10 years was only 4.9%. Since I was looking to be employed and remain employed, that definitely was not the path that I needed to follow. The third career that I selected was Forensic…

Division of Labor and the Role of Money in Exchange In their works, Adam Smith and Karl Marx prove to have differing opinions on money and the division of labor. Although they understand money as a representation of value and as a medium of exchange, they arrive at different conclusions about the role of money in social life. Smith sees the division of labor as a constructive system and a means of furthering exchange, leading to the use of money. Marx, on the other hand, finds labor to turn…

theorized that the value is a function of a worker’s labor. In Capital Volume One, Karl Marx illuminates this idea and adds nuances to it, explaining underlying relationships between labor and value. Namely, Marx introduces the concept of socially necessary labor-time and uses it as a point of departure for considering the links between labor, value, and material wealth. In Capital, Marx elucidates the intrinsic role of socially necessary labor-time in a commodity’s value, then uses his analysis…

Career Path Profile The career path that I am going to pursue in the field of Exercise Science is Occupational Therapy. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Occupational Therapists treat injured, ill or disabled patients through the therapeutic use of everyday activities. This specific type of therapy began to slowly surface around the 17000’s. This was during the time where mentally ill were treated horribly and were dangerous to civilization. Two men,…

Unions exist in almost every industry from manufacturing and construction to banking and government. Their objective is to represent workers by acting as a bridge between management and employees. Among other important issues, unions facilitate negotiations for increased wages, benefits, and improved working conditions. While a union’s historical purpose is to offer redress for employer violations of employees’ civil liberties and moral rights the tactics that unions have taken in doing so also…

occurs because of others. It can’t be blamed on individuals. There are five different sources of exploitation. One was touched upon in the previous section that is the labor theory of value. Meaning that capitalist will do whatever it costs to earn profit such as hiring illegal migrant workers. Another source is the objectification of labor, “the more objects the worker produces the fewer can he possess and the more he falls under the dominion of his product, capital” (Farganis, 38) meaning…

value depends entirely upon utility” (Page 434, The History of Economic Thought, A Reader). Utility is the single most important element to value and it is has two dimensions, duration and intensity. Essentially anything that a person is will to labor for and desire for must have some utility because it must be creating some type of pleasure for that person at a given time. Humans will eventually reach a point where having more of a commodity will yield less utility and, therefore, less…

freedom, Karl Marx employs the Labor Theory of Value to argue for the abolition of private property. Marx wrote after the Industrial Revolution in a society going through a drastic change. He perceives private property as a source of alienation and a major obstacle for the attainment of individual freedom. In response to Locke’s premise, Marx would argue that workers’ labor does not grant them any property whereas the capitalist class has all the property but performs no labor. Before John…

force tremendously with great dedication and passion for a better life for all working men. Gompers pushed to end child labor and a limited workday with manageable working conditions. Samuel Gompers changed the lives of working individuals and with great motivation and preparation, he was able to contribute the eight hour work day, better working conditions, and an end to child labor. Motivation Samuel Gompers had incredible motivation to challenge the working industry to improve the lives of…