New labor history

Property Rights One of the largest objections against lessening immigration restrictions has to do with property rights. Those against immigration many times compare countries to households, with citizens being members of the household, and immigrants as a housemate who is not paying the monthly rent3. They will argue that if US natives would not let someone into their home and use their private property, then, there is no reason to let them into the country. It is the idea that the people and…

(1985) recognized that the gender division of labor and the differential positions of women and men in the spheres of production and reproduction would mean that the new policy shifts would lead to very different outcomes for women and men. Rising unemployment and fall in income for men in a household made women to take up extra productive and reproductive activities to provide for the family. The structural adjustment policies encouraged mobility of labor, which does not recognise women because…

however, a skilled labor shortage could prove problematic. An article published by the economist looked at the labor shortage experienced in Atlanta, in particular, the Atlanta Media Campus and Studios. Although this article brought up some valid information, it oversimplified the issue as a whole. This paper will address some of the points not mentioned in the article and conclude with how the information is relevant and helpful to the article. In order to understand why a skilled labor…

Barbara Ehrenreich’s book “Nickle and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America” was mainly focused on poverty in the United States, but her experiences with low-wage employment display many struggles women have succeeding in our currently sex-stratified labor market. Her experiments in Florida, Maine, and Minnesota demonstrate how women’s work is continually devalued in our society through lack of available positions, as well as underpaying for jobs that are specifically targeted towards women. A…

acts and U.S will eventually offer this wonderful privilege. By doing so, it would prove the importance of a paid leave in the U.S along with the great benefits that come along with it. The 1993 FMLA, signed by President Bill Clinton, is a way for new parents, both men and women whom are eligible, to have access to a job-protected leave for a wide range of caregiving purposes such as: care for newborns, newly adopted child, family member, or one’s own self. Eligibility includes employees who…

The world is a forever changing climate of people. This requires companies to change with the times. The introduction of different cultures, beliefs, and diverse backgrounds requires a new approach for managing a larger arrange of people. People no longer work in a time of intolerance. Diversity is about the many differences that make us individuals and also the similarities that bring us together. Companies should diversify the organizations because it is shown that diversification will…

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…

that have a 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…

Public concern the effects of these conditions on children began to rise. Advocates for child labor laws pointed out that children who worked such long hours (sometimes as much as sixty or seventy hours a week) were deprived of education, fresh air, and time to play. They also worried about the physical risks: children in factories had high accident rates. Some states passed laws restricting child labor, but these placed states with restrictions at an economic disadvantage. In response to these…

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…