United States Secretary of Labor

We’re lending money we don’t have to kids who can’t pay it back to educate themselves for jobs that no longer exist.” -Mike Rowe. Mike Rowe is a television star who was a speaker at an event to talk to people about the situation of jobs in the United States. Another speaker ,Wingham Rowan, speaks of the same subject but more about finding the employees rather than the jobs available. The author Robert Reich writes about the same thing as the two speakers. Both the speakers, Mike Rowe and Wingham…

Fearing riots throughout the country that rivaled those of earlier labor disputes, President Theodore Roosevelt, in late 1902, thrust himself and the Presidential office into the disagreement that had been going on for many months between the owners and operators of the anthracite coal mines in Pennsylvania and the workers of those mines. Becoming President of the United States after the assassination of President McKinley, President Roosevelt was an impatient activist that wanted a quick…

did this happen? This way of thinking originates back to world war one, but primarily on college campuses. However, political-correctness has proliferated to an insane degree starting in the nineties that corrupts foundational components of the United States. Deficiency is a key word here considering that the very basis of “political-correctness” hinders ability to see these deficiencies whether it's common sense, money, strength, etc., because it is not “nice” to recognize them for what they…

They have created jobs for people and now employ more than any other company in the U.S. Their median wage is only $8.81 according to an article published in 2012 by former Secretary of Labor under the Clinton Administration, Robert Reich (Why You Shouldn’t Shop at Walmart on Friday, para. 2) Overall, Walmart has a negative impact on our economy due to the pay cuts that many individuals were forced to take to work at Walmart and…

One of the greatest cries for American racial equality has been during the 1960 's Civil Rights Movement. This was the first grand display and radical time in history where African Americans would gather together and stand up for their constitutional rights as American citizens. The movement would later drift away from nonviolent and peaceful protests, towards a new movement called "Black Power," that would change and challenge the cultural and racial war in America. Some of the leading figures…

The major issue was the Alliance's opposition to the gold standard to counter the deflation in agricultural prices. The populist wanted sliver currency because they believe it would make it easy to pay back debt and bring inflation. Document C shows that money was hard to come by between 1870-1880 and show the reason for the farmers wanting a silver currency. Farmers were hit hard with high debt, and it was thought that by going off of the gold standard that there would be massive inflation. If…

other agencies. The Great Depression started in the late 1920s. The Great Depression brought heartache to the world, and required the attention of social workers. Franklin D. Roosevelt became President of the United States in 1933. He appointed Frances Perkins to his cabinet as Secretary of Labor. Frances Perkins was the first woman to be appointed to the cabinet. She was very active in legislation, and was a major contributor to the New Deal. She was a main component behind the uprising of…

Since before the formation of the United States, the issue of slavery has plagued the nation. Slavery, the practice of buying and selling of men and women as property, was ingrained in the very fabric of America’s origins. Article IV section 2 of the Constitution protected the rights of slave owners by prohibited one state from freeing slaves who fled to them from another state. There were nearly half a million slaves in the United States upon its founding on 4 July 1776. The importation of…

raised in New York and now is running to be our next president. In the other hand Democrat candidate Hilary Clinton is an American politician who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State Senator. Washington Post article named,“Is Hilary Clinton the “most experienced” presidential candidate in history?’’by Philip Bump , Bump states that Current President Obama quotes,“Look, I know how hard this job can be. That 's why I know Hillary will be so good at it,”he said."In fact, I don 't…

movement has caused, what benefits have risen and what benefits are still currently in practice today. It all started in Argentina when Military troops decided to take over and run the government. They got rid of everything from political parties, labor unions to all universities (Agosin & Franzen). The military wanted to take away everything from the people especially their voices. Without any of those organizations the people will have a harder time speaking up against the government since…