Labour Day

The gig economy is an economy that focuses on short-term engagements. In this economy, employees become independent contractors or “micro-entrepreneurs” who work when they want and how they want. This nontraditional work environment is not new to the American economy. In fact, the practice of out-bidding others for jobs can be traced back to the first half of the 20th century (Anderson). However, researchers point to smartphone apps and online marketplaces as the instigators of the sudden…

Election night, 1984, brought to an end the era of Liberal domination in the House of Commons, “nearly sixteen consecutive years” (Stevie Cameron 2005, pg. 15). Brian Mulroney, leader of the progressive conservatives, since 1983, (Cameron, pg. 16) swept through the nation obtaining “50 percent of the popular vote” (Professor Lewis). This historic victory was the culmination of a nation’s exhaustion and discontentment with the then current Liberal government (Cameron, pg. 14). The Mulroney…

Between 1945 and 1952, the Labour Government were faced with many problems, Britain had lost a quarter of its wealth and there was a shortage of raw materials. To help meet the needs of people, Labour introduced new reforms which made up the Welfare State. These reforms were introduced to abolish the 'Five Giants' - want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness. The Labour Government were partially effective in meeting the needs of the people. Poverty was a major issue in Britain which…

I also believe a relativist would have a different view than universalism. Child labor exists in gold digging industry in Philippines because there is a demand in their economic. For example, the price to pay children to do the job is much less than to bring in advance technology and to afford modern machine. Because the size of children is smaller, it’s easier for the children to go under water and go underground to work. Indeed, a cultural relativist perspective would emphasizes that the…

Indentured workers were always available, and indenture practice never halted, the practice only diminished when slavery became available and more profitable to business. Indenture work was a solution established to bring labors to British colonies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Although initially all the servants came from England, throughout the colonial period migrants from other countries joined the flow of servants to British America; Scottish, Irish, and German immigrants…

Child Labour: A Solution According to the International Labour Organization, there is an estimated 250 million children working in the developing countries, of whom at least 120 million are working full time (Child Labour, 2018). This estimate of child labour is variable as what governments constitute as child labour is different across parts of the world. However, no matter which estimate we look at, it is an indisputable fact that child labour is a troubling issue. There are children who are…

Indentured Servitude: From Contract to Freedom With Europe set in a state of turmoil following the Thirty Year’s War thousands of impoverished laborers found themselves without work and without land to harvest. New laws and conspiracy in the church had left a bitter taste among the populace and the stories of the successful settlement of Jamestown, America had been making their way across the Atlantic. It was the demand for labor that colonialist in Jamestown sought that would start the wave of…

Tattoos Do Not Define You Going to work everyday should not be like going to school was, you should not be judged for what you wear, how you look, and the tattoos and piercings you decided to get. It is your body, so you should be aloud to do whatever you want to with it. Many older people are not used to people having tattoos or piercing. For the people who have those things it may be harder for them to get a job. In Barrie Gross’ article “Tattoos in the Workplace: What’s an Employer to Do?”…

The article “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs” by David Gaeber argues that although John Maynard Keynes predicted in 1930 that technological advances were going to make us work less hours, approximately 15 hours a week. Instead technology is making have to work even more hours. “It’s as if someone were out there making up pointless jobs just for the sake of keeping us all working” (Gaeber). Outrageously, pointless employment (bullshit jobs) are those in “professional, managerial, clerical,…

Presently there are laws to prevent child labor, but a century ago it ran ramped. Many factories had jobs that required children to fulfill them, such as collecting cotton under large machines where adults could not fit. Also in the time period many families needed the children of the home to work in order to feed themselves. Often people forget that child labor was not always frowned upon as it is now. When one examines objects from the past, one must realize that their opinion is a completely…