United Food and Commercial Workers

we see the old settlers, the Mexicans, the new arrivals from Europe, and the significance of the United States that shaped the society and economy of the region. More importantly, immigration was a turning point during this period. The social and economic conditions during The Mexican Revolution in 1910-1920 and World War I in 1914-1918 brought one of the largest shifts of population between the United States and Mexico. Many people were fleeing the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz, the…

Introduction In October 2006, commercial beekeepers began reporting hive losses of 30% to 90% and though colony losses are not unexpected after a winter season, it was however the degree of the losses that that sparked concerns (Usdagov, 2016). Honeybee disappearances have occurred periodically in the United States since the 1880’s, but the steady decline of the colonies since 1947 through 2005 has been worrisome. It is during that 58 year span, in which honeybee colonies declined from 5.9…

Fast food is a type of mass-produced food that can be prepared in quantity by a standardized manner quickly and easily, and is sold in inexpensive restaurants as a quick meal or to be taken out. Although any meal with low preparation time can be considered fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with preheated or precooked ingredients, and served to the customer in a packaged form of take out. Fast food restaurants are traditionally distinguished by their…

buzzes. The honey bee population in the United States has been declining at an alarming rate over the past decade. The United States should take action to help preserve the honey bee so that there doesn’t end up being a nationwide crop failure. Though many citizens don’t believe that the honey bee crisis will affect them, the reality may leave sting. With the decrease in honey bees and no one taking action, soon crops will fail and large amounts of our food sources will diminish. Without the…

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser exposes the evolution of the fast food industries and the dangers and the negative ways in which it boomed. The first chapter, The American Way reveals the progressiveness of some fast food founders such as Ray Kroc. As the fast food industry grew and evolved, the way meals were served and made changed as well. The fast food restaurants started out having neon signs to attract customers cruising by on the roads and had waitresses known as carhops serve the…

making sure that the deceased and their families are respected during tragedy. The film provides insight into the handling of dead bodies in Japan, Japanese food, and bathhouses. Bathhouses are not as popular as the used to be in Japan but they are still found around the country, especially in smaller towns. Bathhouses are not found in the United States and as a result, do not hold the cultural significance that they do in Japan. In Japan, bathhouses date back to times when people did not have…

Emma (Yujie) Chen AMS330: Ethnic America Professor Dennis Deslippe Nov 30th, 2015 Lecture Proposal Project Remaking Immigrants’ Culture through Commercial Enclaves There have been many ongoing debates regarding the significance of including studies of immigrants’ cultural and ethnic identities in American historical studies. Within the United States’ racialized landscape, issues about assimilation and acculturations of immigrants by the dominant whites or developments of immigrants’ cultural…

Kentucky Fried Chicken is a fast food restaurant originated in 1952, is the world’s second largest restaurant chain. There are more than 17,000 KFC outlets in more than 115 countries and territories around the world (KCF, 2013). Colonel Sanders was the spokesman for KFC until his death in 1980 after his death; they had an actor portray the Colonel for the KCF commercials. In 1998 KFC created an animated version of the Colonel and it continued until 2001 in the United States. KCF has created…

Ad Analysis: The Big Fan For the first time in United States history, according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the amount of American adults that are classified as overweight, obese, and extremely obese has risen to an astonishing seventy-three percent. This bias against the fat has become more than a stigma in recent years, and more of a lifestyle. Pocrescophobia, popularly known as fat phobia, has caused needless distress to countless people. Understanding…

Fast Foods and Sugary Drinks: the Main Causes Fatal Diseases Food can be classified as unprocessed and processed. On the one hand, unprocessed food are food that are free of any chemicals or food that we consume within a short period of time, we do not store them long. On the other hand, processed foods can either be prepared and served very quickly, like pizza, or usually are sold to customers in a packaged form, such as fried chicken, potato cheeps, chocolates, sodas, and so on. Some…