Trucking industry in the United States

devastation of global warming seems inevitable. However, there is a solution to slowing down climate change and eventually fixing it. This solution is the “Clean Power Plan” proposed by President Obama on August 3, 2015. This is also supported by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which claims that this plan is “a historic and important step in reducing carbon pollution from power plants that takes real action on climate change”. Also, this plan…

Yes, this might be correct. Hydraulic fracking industry saved lives by creating job opportunities. A freshman from Ohio University stated that if the oil and natural gas industry had not provided her dad with a job that doubled the salary, she would not be studying at Ohio University (Roscoe, Madison). Additionally, the fracking industry provided 9.8 million jobs in the US, and dropped 13 billion dollars of gas bills per year from 2007 to 2013…

about fracking. (Duggan-Haas & Ross, 2014 pg. 71) I would not feel comfortable living near a well where 180+ chemicals I have trouble producing, are inserted into the ground where I get my drinking water. In addition, I would not support the constant trucking of chemicals and water. It creates noise and pollution which I find very irritating. Also, volatile organic compounds and total dissolved solids are present in wastewater. volatile organic compounds are toxic to humans; they can co-occur…

Introduction Donald Trump advised that the globalization destroyed the US economy. Globalization is disruptive and unfair against the global competitive market. Some exporting countries like China, take advantages of globalization, free trade and financial flows. Millions of workers in the US are unemployed and under poverty due to the negative impact of globalization to the US. Trump has acted to tackle the problems derived from globalization. He announced policies including preventing U.S…

As of late, United States President Donald Trump has reinstated the construction of the pipeline through executive action, despite months of protests in 2016. TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE PROTESTS AND WHY IT WAS HALTED IN THE FIRST PLACE. The Standing Rock reservation was the…

perform the jobs of humans, and as machine learning, “a form of artificial intelligence where the software can respond to new situations, mimicking human learning,” [4] develops they will become cheaper and more productive than human workers. Ford also states that many of the new jobs created from these technological advancements are susceptible to being taken by computers as well instead of being new jobs created for humans…

was incorporated in 1925 with capital of 500,000 pesos ($250,000). Adrian Rene Lajous, a Mexican of aristocratic parentage who was appointed managing director of the firm, knew President Plutarco Elí Calles personally and negotiated customs, tax, and railway freight-rate concessions from the government. Ford obtained a 50 percent rebate on duties for materials imported into Mexico. The company also was promised by the government that there would be no problems with the unions; however, a union…

Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991 required drug and alcohol testing of safety sensitive employees in aviation, trucking, railroads, mass transit, and pipelines. Private employers also saw the value of drug testing and instituted Drug-Free Workplace programs. Today, approximately 90% of Fortune 1000 companies and 62% of all employers in the United States have mandatory drug-testing programs. The public attention about drug testing because for help the community, to maintain…

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…

“A criminal organization that originated in Sicily and was brought to the United States by Italian immigrants in the late nineteenth century”(“Mafia”). They dominated the game in bootlegging, such as speakeasies during the prohibition era in the United States. “The Mafia built its power through extortion (forcing tradesmen and shopkeepers to buy Mafia protection against destruction) and by dominating the bootlegging industry (the illegal production and distribution of liquor) during…