Should Minimum Wage Be Increased?
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A 5 page paper which discusses many aspects of raising the minimum wage. The information provided illustrates that we should not increase minimum wage, but perhaps look elsewhere for answers to helping the poor. Minimum wage has proven to be more harmful than helpful. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: RAminwage.wps

Should Prisoners Receive Free Education & Healthcare?
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A 5 page research paper/argumentative essay that addresses this question. The writer first outlines the cost of these programs, as well as the need for health and education programs, and then discusses how using prison labor is a growing trend in the US, arguing that if prisoners were paid what their services are worth, they could pay for the services that they receive. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khprfree.rtf

Should Public Sector Employees Be Allowed To Strike?
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An 8 page paper. Depending on the laws of the specific state, many unionized public sector employees are allowed to strike; others are prevented from striking by state law. Any unionized organization eventually discusses the possibility of striking in order to prove points important to them at the time. The question is whether public sector employees should have the same right to strike as those employed in the private sector. The position presented here is that they should not. Bibliography lists six sources.
Filename: Pubsect.wps

Significant Events In 1966
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This 6 page paper discusses three significant events in 1966, one political, one social, and one economic. The events explained are: the attempt of the Japanese CP to engage other nations in establishing a united front against the U.S. escalation of the war in Vietnam, the founding of the National Organization for Women and the airline strike. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PG1966.rtf

Slavery: From Ancient Times to the Modern Day
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This 6 page paper addresses questions about modern slavery but also looks at the history of slavery globally. Should the United States, a country that once held slaves but denounces slavery, tolerate slavery in other nations? This concept is explored. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA720Slv.rtf

Social Security and Labor Issues: A Comparison Between France and the U.S.
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A 6 page overview of the Social Security programs of France and the United States. Reports that each system is in desperate need of revision but that labor issues are of utmost concern as well. Discusses the 1995 labor strikes in France which resulted for proposed Social Security reform and suggests that the same could occur in the United States. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPfrncLb.wps

Sweatshops: Variation in Views
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A 3 page consideration of the different views that are in play regarding third world sweat shops. There is considerable contrast between the view that the establishment of these types of businesses benefit those that are ultimately employed in them and the view that sweat shops amount to no more than American businesses taking advantage of cheap labor. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPsweat2.rtf

Teamsters Union
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A 6 page paper on the Teamsters union. The writer gives a brief history of the union, its recent declines, projected gains, and an outlook for the future. Bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: Teamster.wps

The 1997 UPS Strike
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This 10 page paper discusses the UPS strike in August 1997. The writer discusses the issues, the strategy used by the union, the outcome, the lessons gained from this strike and why the American public supported this strike. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: PGupssrk.rtf

The American Labor Movement
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(5 pp) The history of the American Labor Movement seems to be one of action and then reaction The second attempt at unionizing workers was called The Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, it began inauspiciously in 1869 as a secret society, with a private ritual, passwords, and a grip. Secrecy, which continued until 1881, would forestall possible reprisals by employers. The Knights excluded only liquor dealers, p rofessional gamblers, lawyers,bankers, and stockbrokers, and sang the song: Hurrah, hurrah, for labor, it is mustering all its powers, And shall march along to victory with the banner of eight hours. Times have moved from stressing the rights of the American worker to stressing the rights of the American working family. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BBlaborM.doc

The American Labor Union: Radical Changes for the Future?
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A 6 page overview of the problems confronting labor unions. The author reviews the reasons for these problems and considers the suggestions of Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), who is calling for a move away from the antiquated labor unions of yesterday and toward more effective mega unions of the day. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PPunion2.rtf

The Art of Negotiation
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A 10 page research paper which examines how the eight principles of successful negotiation as outlined by Fisher and Ury in their book Getting to YES: negotiating agreement without giving in (1991) could be applied to a hypothetical business scenario. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Negoart.wps

The Baseball Strike of 1994
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This 5 page report discusses the Major League Baseball strike of 1994 in the context of labor and management negotiations and the advice offered in the 1981 book “Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving in” by Roger Fisher and William Ury. Had the players’ association and the owners been willing to seriously consider and apply the principles presented in Fisher and Ury’s 1981 book, “Getting to Yes,” the publicly-aired negativity could have been lessened, the resentment might have been contained, and an equitable agreement might have been reached without the negation of an entire baseball season. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: BWstrk94.rtf

The Biases of Labor Organizations
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An 8 page overview of national labor organizations and the effect of the political environment on these organizations. Suggests that it is impossible to form an unbiased national labor organization given the varying political arena across the United States and the varying interests of those genders, races, and ethnicities which make up the membership of these organizations. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Laborg.wps

The Causes of Inequality in the Workplace
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This 10 page paper looks at whether inequalities and discrimination in the work place 'just happen' or have root causes. The paper argues the root cause can be seen as the prevalence of open and covert racism in both social and institutional forms. The bibliography cites 20 sources.
Filename: TEdiscrm.wps

The Color of Green - Changing the Wave of American Immigration
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A 5 page paper that argues the fact that recent attempts by the U.S. government to stem the wave of illegal immigration have proved to be futile and that the time has come to take a different approach to this growing problem. This paper focuses on the fact that the American nation was built on the concept of immigration and stresses the fact that employers who import and exploit illegal workers should absorb the full impact of government measures taken to rectify this situation. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: LCGreen.doc

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