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    This essay is going to examine the cultural phenomenon of the closure of British mines due to the decisions made by Margaret Thatcher during her political career, resulting in a shift of resources. British mines began to rapidly close during Margaret Thatchers political career in the 1980’s. Due to Thatcher’s ideology of monetarism and neo-liberalism, there was a decline in the Marxism system of economic and political thought. Under a conservative government, the revenue and productivity numbers…

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    The following case was originally dealt with by a deciding officer, and then the appellant appealed to the Chief Appeals Officer, the decision of the Chief Appeals Officer was appealed in the High Court, but was later dismissed by the Supreme Court. The case was in relation to an area of employment law, which concerns itself with the contract of an employee. The question in hand was whether the demonstrator, Sandra Mahon was employed under a contract of service or rather a contract for…

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    Certain state benefits e.g. statutory sick pay available to Ee. Irreducible minimum: The courts have developed various tests to see employee/self employed. Irreducible minimum: A contractual relationship between the Claimants and the Def; Mutuality of obligation; Personal service and control. Dacas V Brook Street Bureau [2004] Mrs Dacas was no longer need as a cleaner in the hostel (own by council) and she sue the council and the agency for a claim in unfair dismissal. Held: She was not employed…

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    discrimination and health and safety. Employment contracts, minimum wage, health and safety, anti-discrimination rules, equal rights or pay, dismissal and redundancy, unfair working conditions, sick pay, holiday entitlements, training, disciplinary procedures, union rights. 1.3Outline why legislation relating to employment…

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    UCATT and GMB, made claims for failure to refer in relation to a transfer of an undertaking and collective redundancies on 9 June 2011 and 1 July 2011. Management employees, Mr Ryder and Mr Rowe made claims as individuals. They were not members of any Union. Insofar as the claims were not made directly against HMS they would be liable to meet awards made against Kinetic if there were a transfer to them of an undertaking within the meaning of TUPE on 9 June 2011 in which the individual Claimants…

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    that is, “Industrial capitalism, as it operated in the 19th century America, was anti-human, anti-Christian, anti-democratic, anti-freedom, misanthropic and psycho-pathetic in its practices, and destructive to individual workers, who organized labor unions to fight for freedom, democracy, and justice in both the workplace and society.” Clearly 19th century industrial capitalist had no regard for human virtue or much of a soul either. Young children, some, younger than 12, most, no older than 18,…

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    During the first half of the 19th century, socialist parties and trade unions were formed by workers of the middle class. As the trade unions functioned as mutual aid societies, they provided assistance to the unemployed. The working class worked under harsh conditions and the working and living conditions of these industrial workers had to be changed. The most important socialist party was formed in Germany in 1975 by two Marxist leaders, by the names of Wilhelm Liebknecht and August Bebel,…

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    they want her to leave the sheriff needs to come get her and take her home. After that, she again refuses to leave and storms out of the office and goes into the weaving room and instead gets up on one of the tables after creating a sign stating “Union” and hold it up for everyone to…

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    Confucianism states that the individual must put the country ahead of himself or herself, but the most violent fight in South Korea right now is the clash between the labor unions and the Chaebol. The workers are subjugated to poor working conditions along with smaller wages. “Workers must work for a better life”[1], this statement seems correct at its inception but it lends a view into the average Korean blue collar worker. It paints the picture that by giving up their self-happiness and…

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    Norms: As stated in module three of the course lecture, “norms are shared expectations and beliefs about ways to behave" (Muskat, Winter 2016). Our group norms were to exercise confidentiality; to follow the order of participation, where the leaders spoke during the task group meetings unless someone else was assigned to do so; and to be respectful of other members in the group by remaining professional throughout the session. In following the order of participation; we had to keep in mind that…

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