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American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 2004.
An overview of this federation of labor unions on the North American continent.
1,543 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), a federation of autonomous labor unions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, and U.S. dependencies, was formed in 1955 by the merger of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). This paper traces the history of the AFL-CIO, including the events that led up to the 1955 merger. It also discusses the organization's political leanings, operations, and presidents.
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"From the start of Kirkland's term, the AFL-CIO was forced to adapt to a number of adverse economic trends. Union membership dropped from 33% of all U.S. workers in 1960 to 14% in the late 1990s. To shore up organized labor's declining influence, the AFL-CIO concentrated on organizing service workers and public employees and improving labor unity. In 1981 the UAW rejoined the union; the Teamsters (1988) and United Mine Workers (1989) later followed."
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Federal-Sector Labor Relations in Reagan Administration, 1994.
Looks at govt. initiatives to establish dominance over labor in postal service & air control. History of federal labor law, objectives, strikes, deregulation, negotiations, politics and job stress.
3,600 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 18 sources, $ 127.95
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"FEDERAL-SECTOR LABOR RELATIONS
AND THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION
Introduction
The Reagan Administration entered office with an agenda. An important part of this agenda was a restructuring of the labor-management relationship in the United States (Ritter, 1990, pp. 12-14). The three principal approaches to gaining this objective that were implemented by the Reagan Administration were to reconstitute the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) through the appointment of members sharing Reagan Administration philosophies, recasting labor relations law at the federal level, and establishing a dominant control by the Reagan Administration of federal-sector labor relations (Schmidt, 1994, pp. 133-147). This research examines the initiatives of.."
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Child Labor and the Industrial Revolution, 1997.
This is an examination of social values and child labor reform during the Industrial Revolution and the Victorian Era.
2,130 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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This paper talks about the roots of Child Labor Laws by examining the use of children as laborers beginning in the Middle Ages, through the Industrial Revolution and into the Victorian Era. It traces the abhorrent conditions these children faced, especially during the Industrial Revolution, where times where extremely difficult, through the Victorian Era the The National Child Labor Committee was formed, and strict laws were passed regarding children. These laws regulated and enforced working conditions, hours and ages that could be employed.
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"It was thought to be a benefit for children to work, so they could get a head start on building a life for themselves. Poor children could contribute to society by working, and through self-reliance and determinism could break free from poverty.
"The prevalent attitude was that the laissez-faire economic system had made America great, and that any interference in the natural way of things was "unscientific, irrational, and unjust" (Trattner, 1970: 32). Social Darwinism also supported child labor and the lack of regulation. Society valued individualism and self-reliance, and saw any regulation of industry as obstructing a natural process that should be allowed to progress free of restraints. Each person should try their hardest to get rich, and nobody should interfere with a person's right to accumulate wealth, even at the expense of others."
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Child Labor in the Industrial Revolution, 2002.
A look at the development of child labor during the British Industrial Revolution and its problems.
848 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper covers the social, economical and agricultural reasons for the development of child labor during the British Industrial Revolution. The paper discusses the exploitation of children by greedy factory owners and the results on the children themselves.
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"The British Industrial Revolution changed the social and economic life of Britain. It established a completely new way of living and working. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, Britain?s economy was based on agriculture as its main economic activity. Because of the use of new food crops, such as corn and potatoes, and a decline in the mortality of diseases, Britain experienced tremendous population growth. The population growth demanded the production of more goods, which soon brought about the development of textile factories. These technological, agricultural and political changes led to the demand of more people which led to child labor in factories."
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Child Labor in the Industrial Revolution, 2005.
This paper discusses the issue of child labor in the industrial revolution of nineteenth century England.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, $ 71.95
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The moral precepts of child labor are analyzed in this paper, by depicting the historical and confessional stories of children and their lifestyles in factories or in the mines of Great Britain. By understanding the cruelty of long hours and choice of children as young as 7 years old to work in these environments, the writer points out that there is a direct issue of immorality on the part of the industrial system of England, by exploiting these children to do the work grown men and women should have accomplished.
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"This study examines the industrial revolution through the scope of child labor, which was paramount to the mass production methods that were occurring within textile factories and mines of England. In this manner, many young children were forced into work due to the lack of economic stability for the poor working classes. Furthermore, the child labor of the British industrial revolution offered little job security, even though guilds would take in apprentices under certain nefarious guidelines."
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Labor and Industrial Relations in South Africa, 2008.
A discussion of the impact of the unique political and socio-economic situation in South Africa on labor relations and human resource management.
771 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 27.95
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This paper examines how South Africa's unique cultural, socio-economic, and political situation imposes difficult challenges for labor relations and human resource management. The paper explains that since the end of apartheid, the country has faced the problem of how to bring about substantive equality, including economic equality. The paper then looks at how the new South African government eschewed the redistribution approach, and instead opted to implement systematic and sometimes extreme forms of affirmative action. The paper also points out that a good example of the affirmative action policies the new South African government put in place is the Black Economic Empowerment initiative (BEE), which was established with the Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Act in 2004. The writer believes that this initiative is a good one from a human rights perspective. However, from a human resources point of view, the challenge of this situation must be that artificially speeding up the promotion of people who have been systematically denied good education for so long, creates a danger that under-qualified people will be in management positions. The paper concludes that the problem of providing adequate training for people who have for so long been excluded from management positions is likely the biggest current problem facing human resources managers, as South Africa continues to change towards becoming a normal society.
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"However, despite such descriptions, this initiative does primarily aim to improve the economic lot of blacks - given that it is they who suffer most from inequality. It does this with measures such as legislation and regulation, which aim among other things to put more blacks in management. For example, there is the balanced scorecard, which assesses whether there is sufficient black ownership of companies, sufficient black senior management, sufficient black human resource development and employment equity, etc. These factors are imposed as codes on state bodies, public companies and foreign investment companies. How well companies do on the score card affects vital economic factors, such as whether they are awarded contracts (Alexander, 2004)."
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Congress and American Politics, 2002.
Describe the role of Congress in United States Politics.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 97.95
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This paper will detail the history of the American Congress and compare it to the government of other countries. This paper will also note the reform of Congress in American government and the distinct role it play in the democracy of our country.
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The AFL-CIO Labor Union, 2004.
A discussion of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).
2,226 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 19 sources, APA, $ 69.95
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This paper examines the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the largest association of organized labor in the United States. The paper looks at the key issues of the organization, such as its attempt to influence politics, its position on Iraq, its focus on civil rights, its stance on immigration and its role as an umbrella organization. The paper discusses the organization's methods to achieve its goals and notes the challenges it faces in the future.
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"The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is the largest association of organized labor in the United States, representing roughly 13 million of the country's estimated 16.4 million union members. It is an umbrella organization, consisting of 86 different national and international unions, and has members employed in virtually every field (Ness, 2002, p. 359). With its mission to "unify the diverse interests of organized labor into a single voice," the AFL-CIO coordinates its national program on a state and local level through state and regional branches of the organization. They have 50 state federations of labor and more than 600 central labor councils. These organizations formulate national policy and coordinate state and regional activities (Ness, 2002, p. 361). The union itself is headed by the President and the Executive Council."
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Emotional Labor and the Hospitality Industry, 2005.
A proposal for a study on the concept of emotional labor.
1,866 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 59.95
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This paper proposes a Masters-level study of emotional labor as it is related to the hospitality industry. The paper includes a literature search on the concepts of emotional labor and emotional intelligence as they apply to the hospitality industry as well as a description of the methodology to be used for the study.
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"There is growing competition in hospitality industry and these places must be full of guests to survive. And these guests must be ready to pay for the premium services. Hotels have to offer not simply good, but excellent customer service. So excellent, in fact, that guest doesn't mind paying a little more for it. Business travellers want to feel in touch with the world, without needing a systems engineer to help them. So hotels need to give them access to advanced business and entertainment services from wherever they are in the hotel. "
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Emotional Labor in the Hospitality Industry, 2004.
A critical analysis of the emotional labor skill as a forgotten entity.
1,593 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper examines how customer service, regardless of venue, albeit clinical, retail, collections, telemarketing or hospitality, is one on the most difficult employment areas within which to be employed. It looks at how servicing people requires the service agent to be respectful, courteous, ethical, and have the ability to resolve problems, inquiries, and/or complaints as quickly and expeditiously as possible at all times. It explores how the required skill of emotion labor is generally not recognizable by customer or employer, as both entities have removed themselves from the front lines of customer service and how, in order to maximize the quality of offered guest services, there exists a need for both employer and employee to recognize the value of emotional labor.
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"The emotional labor phenomenon in psychology is a complex process to understand when attempting to explain something that is yet to be recognized by occupational therapists, psychologists, social workers, or business professionals. Emotional labor, as a skill, can best be defined as the being able to emotionally engage and or detach from a situation pursuit of excellent customer service (Ohlson, 2004). Further, the concept of emotional labor cannot be defined without adding the construct of emotional work to the definition. Both emotional labor and emotional work are intricately combined to form what is generally termed as value related job requirements. Knowing that all labor is emotional, what separates the novice from the artist is the emotion tied to the work."
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Industry & Labor in 19th Century English Literature, 1996.
Examines work, socioeconomics, success, class conflict, gender issues in novels by Charlotte Bronte, Dickens and George Eliot.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 18 sources, $ 119.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine the world of industry and labor as treated by various nineteenth-century British writers. The plan of the research will be to set forth the social and historical context in which such themes emerged in literary works of the period, and then to discuss in detail the manner in which they surfaced.
The decisive historical and social event shaping the literary and political landscape of Britain in the nineteenth century was the Industrial Revolution. Certain aspects of the Industrial Revolution are now familiar, such as urbanization, the rise of industrial capitalism in a country previously dominated by agriculture and the landed aristocracy, and the rise of the middle class. The widespread and growing influence of machine-oriented life had effects that persist into the modern period. In this..."
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The Split within AFL-CIO, 2008.
An analysis of the history of the American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) union federation and the implications of the split within it.
4,180 words (approx. 16.7 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 111.95
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This paper discusses the current split within the American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) union federation. It describes the history of the separate organizations and the history of their merger. It then discusses the changes that have occurred since the AFL-CIO merger. It also looks at the implications of the split within the merged organization and its implications.
Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
History
A Changing Workplace
The Split
Conclusion
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"Acuff says the working relationship with the disaffiliated unions is difficult, but the AFL-CIO's goal is still to someday return those unions to the AFL-CIO fold. There's no question that labor must change to attract workers. But perhaps unions may have a chance for resurgence with the current undercutting of the middle class that is prevalent in the United States today. However, in order for that to be the case, unions must make their commitment to the worker their major priority. While politics is important (politics influences public policy), it cannot be first and center. The worker must perceive there is a benefit to union membership, and that benefit is to work to protect the individual workers rights."
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Labour's Labor, 2006.
A review of an article discussing the impact and damage of WWII on the British economy.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses how following World War II, the British economy, its social structures, and its infrastructure, were all considerably damaged by the years of war over the European continent. Unions, as Dorfman points out, entered the post-World War II era as one of the nation's policy focal points in what would otherwise have been a political vacuum (par.1). It further discusses how in the decades following the war, Unions provided the citizenry, in the form of workers, with adequate representation within the structures of government and ensured that many policies and programs were enacted that would ensure not only work related rights and assurance but also social programs. The Unions within Britain for three decades held considerable sway over policy decisions as well as policy formulation.
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Poverty and the Labor Movement in American Industrialization, 2005.
Examines social problems and movements during the time of American industrialization (early 1800s).
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 10 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper focuses on poverty during the labor movement of American industrialization in the early 1800s. It discusses the research which indicates that poverty was in abundance during this era for those in slavery, as well as for women and immigrants. The paper further discusses how society treated these different groups, and how poverty was both forced into their lives, and was a consistent way of life.
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"Early American industrialization found a growing change in the ability of America to manufacture goods. Yet, with this growth workers sought improved labor conditions, increased pay, and an opportunity to achieve a better life. T. S. Ashton addresses this issue in his book, The Industrial Revolution, 1760-1839, in which he contends that without the inventions that created a world of mass production there would have been no reason for the labor movement to begin (76). Ashton also states that those inventions relied on labor to produce goods, and that the labor is what made manufacturers, such as Robert Peel, wealthy - while at the same time ensuring that the bulk of the workers remained poor. This research establishes the issue of poverty within the labor movement, and further expresses that poverty was not confined to one observed group of people."
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Post-Industrial Society, 2002.
An examination of the changes in society as it moves from industrial to post-industrial.
2,850 words (approx. 11.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 84.95
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This paper mainly discusses the post-industrial society and the transition process from industrial to post-industrial society. By using the articles and the ideas of Castells, Bell, Negri and Hardt, the writer explains how the post-industrial society has emerged, and predicts the shape of post-industrial society in future. The writer also tries to construct his own point of view about the post-industrial society and explains the reason why he calls post-industrial society a digital society.
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"Post-industrial society is a conception of late 20th century, which simply emphasizes the declining dependence of the societies on mass manufacturing industry and the increasing roles of service sector, knowledge and information technologies in production. By contrast the industrial society, which precedes post-industrial society, refers to the mass production (factory-based) as the dominant form of production. I think the best definition regarding post-industrial era has come from Daniel Bell, who is also considered as the father of post-industrial society. He suggests that post industrial society includes the birth and growth of a knowledge class, change from goods to service sectors and change from blue-collar to white-collar occupations. For him, all of these could be based on an increasing dependence on science as a means of innovation as well as a means of technical and social change."
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