Labor spies

departments. Together these projects were generally in the vein of records management and description. However, time has not been split evenly between them. My main field study project was working with Benjamin Scott Blake, the head labor archivist, on the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) records. The AFL-CIO is the largest federation of unions in the United States. It represents fifty-six unions, both American and international, working together…

Australian Labor Party is the oldest political organization in the political history of Australia, since it was formed in the 1890s and it had a representative in the first federal government that was elected in 1901. The major purpose of its formation was the early trade unions that existed by that period, and since then, it has maintained a close relationship with the trade unions in Australia. The party’s national platform provides the supporters and members with a clear outline of labor’s…

Department of Labor, 2015). CollegeGrad.com includes that “all state architectural registration boards require architecture graduates to complete a lengthy paid internship—generally 3 years of experience—before they may sit for the Architect Registration Examination”…

the main idea of exchange value is that commodities could be exchanged at different quantities with the same use-value. Commodities contain both use and exchange value, but ultimately, a commodity is a product of human labor. This is the main reason commodities are commensurable. Labor is what gives a commodity an exchange value. There is also other reason why commodities are commensurable. Without a use-value, commodity wouldn’t need to be obtained, making them useless. If there is no…

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…

of any good or commodity was best measured in labor. “If among a nation of hunters, for example, it usually costs twice the labour to kill a beaver which it does to kill a deer, one beaver should naturally exchange for or be worth two deer” (SMITH, 41). Smith continues by noting that it is natural for a good or commodity that requires double the labor of another to produce to be worth double the price of that commodity. Smithe refers to this labor cost as the natural value, or real value of a…

Now is not the time for condemnation. We don’t want to fall into any unfair labor practices. If our employees our contemplating joining up with the union, it is most likely because they feel dissatisfied with how we are treating them; that they are being treated unfairly, unjustly and they believe the union will improve their work…

The Knights of Labor was a nationally recognized labor organization in America during the 1880’s who sought to achieve things like an eight hour work day, better pay, and ending child labor. These working condition reforms would definitely be things that could help expand the opportunity for people in the working class to gain more self definition or rather gain a higher standpoint in American society where they would no longer be looked at as cogs who have to work terrible hours for terrible…

Midterm: Part One Karl Marx is known for his work on commodity fetishism. A commodity is an object considered to be merchandise or a possession. Marx referred to a commodity as having its’ exchange value determined by how much labor and time was put into producing that certain object or desired item. The fetishism part of a commodity is defined as the habitual act of characterizing commodities with possessing qualities that are human-like or larger than life. Marx sees commodity fetishism as…

The 1947 Labor Management Relations Act commonly inferred to as the Taft-Hartley Act is a United States law by the Federal governance that restricts some of the activities and powers held by the Labor Unions. The Act is still in effect with its sponsorship steered by the former Senator Robert A. Taft together with Representative Fred A. Hartley. It was enacted into law after an overcoming act to former U.S 's President Harry S.Truman who had Veto installed with a decree to practicing slavery of…