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Labor in Two Poems, 2007.
This paper discusses the subject of labor in the poems "The Chimney Sweeper" by William Blake, and "Hard Work" By Stephen Dunn.
1,018 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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In this article, the writer introduces, discusses and analyzes the poems "The Chimney Sweeper" by William Blake and "Hard Work" By Stephen Dunn. Specifically, the writer discusses how the two poets view labor - young people's labor in particular. The writer notes that both of these poems use labor and work as their central theme. The biggest difference in the two works is the reason the boys must work hard. The writer points out that in Blake's poem, the young boy has been sold to a chimney sweep and lives almost like a slave, while in Dunn's poem, the young boy is not working to survive, or to save his family. The writer concludes that work does not have to be something without opportunity, but when a person has no other choices in life, like the chimney sweep, then work is the very worst thing that can happen to a person, and it can even lead to his death.
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"William Blake's chilling poem is a criticism of a society that allowed young boys to be sold into servitude in an attempt to save a poverty-stricken family, while Dunn's poem shows the boredom and control in a factory assembly line. Both poems take a dim view of hard work such as this, and both show that finding alternatives can make all the difference in a person's life. The young chimney sweep has little choice in his profession, but the young man who works on the assembly line knows that is not the work he wants to do for the rest of his life, and that he has choices to make his life better. The chimney sweep ultimately has no hope, while the boy does, and that is the biggest separation between the two characters. Without hope, the chimney sweep has nothing to live for, while the modern boy has far fewer worries and concerns. He has hope for the future, and with hope, anything is possible."
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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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Poems of Robert Frost, 2002.
Studies the theme of death and loss in three poems by Robert Frost.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 97.95
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This essay analyzes three poems by Robert Frost, all of which portray themes of death, and loss, in the contexts of the survivors. Frost reveals a life that is dominated by hard labor and isolation, and the poems each provide a different context for thinking about what it means to survive the death of others. This paper considers the themes of death in relation to Frost's use of language as a way to evaluate the poetry.
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"In this essay, I will be exploring three poems by Frost, each of which depicts a tragedy that evokes both the sorrows of those who survive death, and which, in the writing, refuse to romanticize the grief. In Death of the Hired Man, Home Burial, and Out, Out - , three different families are represented in their most intimate relations to death. More than the content of the stories themselves, however, it is Frost's language that portrays the depths of human suffering. In each poem, the conflict is not contained in the experience of grief, or loss, but in the inconsolable suffering that haunts the living. The reader, thus, is asked not to mourn the dead, but to ache for the survivors, to realize a reality that is not romantic, or stoic, but written in the lives of those who endure their hardships. Here it is the loneliness, the isolation, the losses, and the relentless toll of labor and sacrifice that characterizes every day. Here, death merges into the process of surviving, but not without reminding us all that death is about the living."
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Robert Frost Poems, 2002.
This paper introduces, discuss and analyzes two poems "Mowing," and "Mending Wall," by Robert Frost.
1,205 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 0 sources, $ 41.95
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The writer of this paper establishes some points of similarity and difference in the two works, by Robert Frost. It shows how both "Mowing" and "Mending Wall" celebrate the joy of honest labor, but with two very different results. In "Mowing," the man is satisfied by his labor, but in "Mending Wall," the man is not.
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"The narrator in "Mending Wall" never names himself, but he does not need to. It is clear who he is as the lines of the poem develop themselves. He is a gentle man, who does not really need the fence to show what land is his, and what land belongs to his neighbors. "Before I built a wall I?d ask to know / What I was walling in or walling out,/ And to whom I was like to give offence" (Frost). Frost shows he is kind and gentle by the way he speaks of the hunters, as if he is not one of them, and that they please their dogs at the expense of the poor rabbits they are chasing (Frost). He makes it clear from the very beginning of the poem that he does not enjoy having the wall, and does not see a need for it, as he thinks that nature does not like the wall either, that is why she sends "ground swells" in the frozen ground, to break the wall in places, and pull it apart (Frost)."
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The Labor Unions, 2002.
This paper presents the history of labor unions, labor law and labor relations in the United States.
2,690 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 80.95
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This paper points out that by acting on behalf of a large group, the labor unions have more power than if the employees acted alone. This paper describes and compares United Airline?s and Ford Motor Company?s labor practices and problems. This paper presents an ideal employer-labor relationship.
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"Congress, starting to feel pressure for groups like the AFL, created the U.S. Department of Labor. The department has a mandate to protect and extend the rights of wageworkers. A children?s bureau was created. In 1914, the first law to protect workers was enacted, the Clayton Act said that ?the labor of A Human Being is not a commodity or an article of commerce.? Because of this change in the legal status of work and labor, those things were no longer subject to the Sherman Act provisions that had been the legal basis for injunctions against union organizations. The Clayton Act allowed for strikes, boycotts, peaceful picketing and dramatically limited the use of injunctions in labor disputes."
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Lessons for the Labor Movement, 2007.
An analysis of the history and development of labor and labor organizations in Canada.
1,059 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper discusses the positive and negative lessons that history can provide to today's unions and trade unions in Canada. It describes the influence that the state and the nature of the economy have on labor and labor organizations and their activities. The paper also discusses trade unions and their role, as well as other developments in the history of the labor movement. Finally the paper looks at fthe ree market economy and its implications in increasing job insecurity and wage and benefit rollbacks.
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"Free market economy increased job insecurity and wage and benefit rollbacks and continues to be the basis of today's economy in Canada. The labor movement of today is faced with these challenges as well as the relocation and closing down of many industrial plants and factories all over Canada. Also, today Canada's labor movement needs to have a broader agenda as it faces with all the challenges of the global economy as well as the effects of the decline of state intervention within the context of this new global economy. It also needs to recognize the cultural, social and ethnic diversity that makes up the Canadian workforce today. Additionally it has to become concerned with the status of part-time and temporary employees whose number is increasing steadily, as many employers are cutting out full-time jobs with full benefits."
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The New Labour, 2005.
An examination of how the Labour party has changed under the leadership of Tony Blair.
2,497 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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This paper examines how New Labour has distinguished itself from traditional Keynesian Labour, assuming that it has to deal with a mixed economy in which the private sector has been given more and more importance. It looks at how consequently, polemics have emerged around the question of knowing if Labour is closer to the centre-left or to the "New Right". It also discusses how New Labour has met serious difficulties to be considered as a proper political social democrat ideology rather than a pragmatic approach to rising Britain's socio-economic difficulties.
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New Labour as a Fundamentally New Political Ideology or As a Pragmatic Political Programme
New Labour in the Logic of a Historical Change Process of the Labour Party
New Labour's Main Objectives
New Labour: A Real Shift in Governing Strategies?
New Labour's Welfare Reforms and its "Distinctiveness"
New Labour's Governing Strategies as Distinctive from Those Of Old Labour and Thatcherism?
New Labour Closer to the Centre-Left or to the "New Right"?
Conclusion
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"New Labour is certainly not particularly distinctive from its governing predecessors in terms of depoliticisation. In 1998, Gordon Brown, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, established that the Bank of England would be independent in the determination of interest rates. Consequently the Blair government reject a level of political responsibility in the implementation of core economic policies: indeed, interest rates used to be a fundamental economic tool for British governments under Old Labour's Keynesianism to solve Britain's relative economic decline. It is also a policy in rupture with Thatcherism's monetarist policies which tried to fight the inflation by regulating the amount of money in circulation. "
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Labor Unions, 2008.
This paper explores the influence of public labor unions today.
2,226 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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The paper discusses the history of labor unions and disagrees with the belief that labor unions are archaic and provide few benefits to workers in the 21st century. The paper explores the political power and influence that labor unions have in shaping Senate and House legislation in the US, in addition to monitoring the policies that may impact domestic labor. The paper shows how labor union influence in contemporary United States politics and public policy has gained momentum in shaping the outcome of domestic and foreign policy.
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The Contemporary Role of Labor Unions
The Labor Union Power Game
Changes that Impacted the Labor Union Political Strategy
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"The original form and function of the labor union was to provide protection, benefits and a political voice for workers in manufacturing and skilled trades. In the early 20th century, the AFL-CIO was formed, and influential movers such as Samuel Gompers aided in the facilitation of increased wages and benefits for textile and manufacturing workers. The power of labor unions progressed so quickly and drastically, that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt included a labor regulation policy in the New Deal in the early 1930's. As a result, the Department of Labor was established to monitor the authenticity of labor unions in addition to regulating the practices and extent of power of these advocacy groups."
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Fair Labor Standards Act, 2008.
A brief overview of the consequences of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
774 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 27.95
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This paper examines how one of the most important laws concerning child labor was the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. It looks at how with its provisions imposing severe civil and criminal penalties and allowing for confiscation of good made with child labor, the Fair Labor Standards Act forced employers to stop using children in thousands of jobs. With remarkable success, the law simply outlawed child labor.
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"Among the social reform advocates of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, no issue roused more determined calls for action than child labor. Florence Kelly of Hull House was among the first to report on the matter, but soon there were numerous rigorously researched reports, telling of children underpaid, overworked, uneducated, and profoundly unhappy with their lot. While many of the working children were in agriculture, the worst conditions were in manufacturing, whether in southern textile mills, northern canneries, urban tenements, or mountain coal mines. "
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Child Labor, 2002.
An examination of global child labor practices.
2,007 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper discusses how child labor practices of textile industries around the world are an important issue for most people. It looks at how although the United States has seen a change in these practices over the last 200 years, many immigrant children are still employed illegally in textile factories. It shows how worldwide, there have been numerous laws passed on behalf of children?s rights, although many governments are lax in enforcing them. It examines how some governments, are starting to realize the benefits of educating children and have started to implement tougher laws in an effort to end the abuse of their children.
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Introduction
A History of Child Labor in the U.S.
Attempts to Change Child Labor
The Great Depression
Child Labor in the U.S. Today
Liberia and New Child Labor Laws
Child Labor in Indonesia
Pakistan and Bangladesh Child Labor Practices
Russian Child Labor Practices
Startling Statistics and Working Conditions
Examples of Child Labor
Other Countries vs. the U.S.
Conclusion
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"The public finally began to become aware of the horrendous conditions in which the children were forced to work and in 1904 the National Child Labor Committee was formed as a means to regulate or eliminate child labor (unknown, 1991). This committee, combined with state child labor committees, investigated and photographed the children in their poor working conditions, sent pamphlets and leaflets to the public and lobbied the government for stronger child labor laws. From 1902 to 1915 these efforts were responsible for the passage of many state laws which restricted child labor. However, the southern states were reluctant to pass such laws, prompting the passage of federal child labor laws in 1916 and 1918, though these laws were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. In 1924, an amendment was purposed, but failed to be ratified by many states."
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"The Limits of Labour", 2002.
A summary of David Bright's "The Limits of Labour: Class Formation and the Labour Movement in Calgary, 1883-1929".
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David Bright's "The Limits of Labour: Class Formation and the Labour Movement in Calgary, 1883-1929" reflects the new generation of Canadian labour studies. It analyzes the diversity of working class culture in Calgary and cleavages within the working class during the earliest phase of industrialization in Calgary. It dismisses the traditional notion that Calgary's labour movement was ethnically homogenous and conservative.
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International Labour Standards, 2002.
An overview of international labor laws including international trade agreements and their impact on labor standards.
4,400 words (approx. 17.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 160.95
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This paper analyzes existing international labor laws and discusses these laws in the contexts of globalization. Some of the issues covered in this essay include international trade agreements and their impact on labor standards, international laws regarding unions and worker rights, as well as economic contexts of capitalism and imperialism. This paper also offers strategic solutions for international labor laws as a way to anticipate the problems of labor and globalization.
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Domestic Labour and Canadian Women, 2002.
This paper examines domestic labour and the status of domestic labourers.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 62.95
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Unpaid domestic labour is homemaking and childrearing. By definition 'unpaid' labour is exploitation. Paid domestic labour includes live-in nannies and other domestic servants. These are underpaid, overworked and frequently women of colour.
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Division of Labor, 2004.
This paper discusses that the division of labor is a significant concept that involves both the process itself and the effects of the process on laborers.
1,390 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper explains that early political economists considered the division of labor as a fundamental theoretical and practical principle, especially in industrialized, capitalist societies. The author points out that the division of labor involves the actual process of separating labor into distinct roles, which do not let the worker manufacture a completed product, but rather separates the work into dissociated roles that are picked up by different skilled and semi-skilled workers, each completing a part of the process. The paper states that the result and goal of this process is ultimately profit.
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"The relation of the division of labor to productivity and efficiency is often explicit. The first condition that must be met, though, is the quantity of the divided parts that are to be produced and assembled by workers. Without an abundance of parts at each individual work-station, the division of labor would be useless, as the product would stop being constructed at any work-area at which materials were not abundant. In this way, the division of labor evinces the same sort of potential problems faced by the individual worker who is unable to complete a project from start to finish due to a lack of materials at any certain point in the process. What is different in the division of labor, then, can be better assayed through the consideration of a successful process than the consideration of a potential problem."
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The National Labor Relations Board, 2001.
A look at unfair corporate labor practices and the role of The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to administer the appropriate laws.
3,233 words (approx. 12.9 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 93.95
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This paper relates to unfair labor practices that develop in corporations, contracts and professional athletic teams. The paper encompasses the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and why it disciplines and acts upon violating industries and associations. The composition examines five cases and one law review article. Through these cases, comparisons and dissimilarities between the disputing parties are investigated to demonstrate how the NLRB resolves these conflicts. In addition the cases are compared and contrasted to each other to explain how each individual case is unique in its unfair labor practice.
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"The NLRB is acronym for the National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB was formed in 1935 under the Wagner Act and it guarantees non-supervisory employees the rights to self organize, choose their own assembly, and bargain collectively. The National Labor Relations Board is an independent administrative agency authorized by the Wagner Act of 1935 to oversee the laws, to investigate and hold hearings on unfair labor practice complaints, to issue cease and desist orders against employers discovered guilty of unfair practices, to determine the composition of appropriate negotiation units, and to oversee union certifications and decertification secret ballot election."
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