White-collar worker

The wonderful concept of humans is that, regardless of what they are told, they will inevitably do whatever they please. Someone that is told to not often increases their desire to do, even if what they are doing is justifiable in their own eyes, it is often received with a negative connotation. Prostitutes do not do what they do out of spite, or as an “I’ll show you!” with an uplifted shaking fist to “the man.” Deeming an occupation “illegal” will cause those who have that particular job to…

as Steinbeck explains what sets humanity apart from all other species—what makes us so different that we can excel and progress. Steinbeck explains that it is our hard work that builds us up, and in this way I believe he alludes to to the migrant workers as if to say that while they deserve fair wages, unions, and better working conditions, their hard work is not required to diminish. The quotation above adopts an almost biblical tone as it speaks of the toils of man, rapturous in its conviction…

Latin American social movements have stimulated silenced divisions of the community including indigenous people, students, LGBT, the unemployed, undereducated and all those who have been excluded from the promised ideal globalized economy. The movements, which include non-violent protests; maintaining culture; and addressing the educational achievement gap have deployed a wide array of strategies and actions which have been outcome oriented. The movements have helped to synthesize old ways of…

Entering the labor market or continuing education beyond a certain point is a very important individual level investment decision. An important determinant of the demand for education is its expected benefits. The benefits depend upon the value of an individual’s labour input, which in turn depends upon the level of education. Hence, the education-wage relationship can be used to measure the returns to schooling. The rural and urban sectors differ widely in terms of the education and employment…

Music is an important cultural aspect of everyday life of people living in northern Mexico and Mexican-Americans within the southern United States. One such type of music that is very popular among these people is cumbia, which is a dance-oriented music style originating from afro-Cuban roots that has spread throughout Latin America and wherever Latin Americans settle. Cumbia has grown from its origins across northern Mexico and the southern United States and plays in important role in the…

women in the developing world come to first world countries and take up low paying jobs such as nannies, maids, and even sex workers. These women leave their entire lives behind to support their families, yet they are still expected to fulfill all the duties of a “superwoman”. This paradigm is demonstrated in Barbara Ehrenreich’s piece, Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy, which explained the story of Josephine Perera, a nanny from Sri Lanka, who moved to Greece to…

document that sets out the high risk construction work activities to be carried out at a workplace, the hazards arising from these activities and the measures to be put in place to control the risks. A study done by David (2012) on how the managers and workers interpret and use the safe work method statement in the Australian construction industry in order to explore if there was a gap between work as imagined and work as performed found that there is gap that exists between work as imagined and…

globalization, Korean companies chose to exploit their workers more than ever. Yet what brought by the socio-cultural globalization was the awareness of democracy and human rights. Influenced by the trend of thought, workers began to fight for their rights. The contrast between economic and socio-cultural globalization could even seem contrary, which can be seen in the case of foreign workers. As Moon points out,…

her family face conflicts with the legal system, the perpetual state of being short on money, and the depiction of their labor. Viramontes’s novel effortlessly demonstrates how the life of migrant workers are both demanding and brutal through exemplifying Estrella and her family 's life as migrant workers. One of the biggest hardships that Estrella and her family encounter relate to the fact that their work depends on factors that they cannot control. As Viramontes explains in the first…

I am just finishing my first year at CTE. I am a junior in high school, and I need to start thinking about what career I should pursue right now. In CTE I am in Building Technology which involves framing, little bit of Plumbing and a little bit electrical. I am interested in Heating and ventilating for plumbing, but on the other hand I am also interested in construction work like rough building. I don 't know much about Plumbing at all, but I know a little bit more on the construction piece and…