“Hiring People with Intellectual Disabilities” by Linda Andrews
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A 3 page paper which discusses the article “Hiring People with Intellectual Disabilities” by Linda Wasmer Andrews. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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“Older Workers and the 1967 Employment Act”
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A five page paper which looks at the way in which the 1967 Age Discrimination Employment Act is utilised by older workers in cases of unfair dismissal and discrimination, and considers the perception of older employees in general by corporations. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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“Out of this Furnace” and “Fast Food Nation”: A Common Lesson
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A 4 page overview of the books by Thomas Bell and Eric Schlosser. This paper presents the contention that the same societal problems which confronted the Progressives in the early part of the twentieth century, problems similar to those revealed in “Out of this Furnace”, continue to confront us today. “Fast Food Nation” reveals, in fact, the same societal hierarchy and injustices which were present in society some one-hundred years ago. No additional sources are listed.
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“Precarious Employment” and Industrial Relations in Australia
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This 7 page report discusses “precarious employment” in Australia and how it has served as a means through which industrial relations have been reshaped and re-defined. Such employment can be defined as labor that is of limited duration, pays low wages, and offers few or no opportunities for employee input in policies or procedures. It ultimately subverts the concept of work as a means of personal betterment. Precariousness has permeated both standard and non-standard forms of employment in Australia, resulting in significant increases in socio-economic deprivation. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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“The Affections Illustrated in Factory Life"
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A Review of the Story by Harriet Farley A 6 page overview of the factors behind this story published in the mid nineteenth century in the “Lowell Offering”, a publication sponsored by capitalist cotton mill owners purportedly as a creative outlet for their largely female employees. Contends that in reality this publication and stories like Farley’s are just one more component of a carefully crafted scheme to attract a cheap source of labor to the cotton mills. No additional sources are listed.
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“The changing relationship of employer and employee with regard to corporate loyalty”
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A twelve page paper which looks at the ways in which the new flexible economy has tended to mediate against mutual commitment and loyalty between employer and employee, the effects that these changes might have on personal and social values and long-term goals, and the ways in which the negative impact could be alleviated by looking towards a different relationship with corporate organisations, Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: JLLoyalty.rtf

“The New American Workplace, Transforming Work Systems in the United States”: A Review of the Book by Applebaum and Batt
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A 6 page overview of the content and ideology presented in this extensive book about workplace evolution. These authors condense the findings of over two-hundred studies of the numerous changes which have occurred in the American workplace since the early years of our industrial history and identify common lessons which are available in these case studies. No additional sources are listed.
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“Three Strikes”: A Review of the Early History of Labor Unrest
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A 5 page analysis of the circumstances and meanings presented in the book by Howard Zinn, Dana Frank, and Robin Kelley. Broken into three major sections, each authored by either Zinn, Frank, or Kelley, this book details the bloody Colorado Coal Strike of 1913-1914, the Detroit Woolworth's Strike of 1937, and the New York Musicians Strike of 1936-1937. Although only the Detroit Woolworth Strike was won, these labor strikes will forever memorialize internal labor movement relations of the early half of the twentieth century. The author of this paper contends that the progress made in these strikes are directly applicable to the contemporary working environment as well. No additional sources are listed.
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“Working Class Majority” and “Nickel and Dimed”
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A comparison of the content and message contained in these books by Michael Zweig and Barbara Ehrenreich. Each of these authors targets the latter half of the 1990s to present an expose of a societal situation which they find unacceptable. Both are concerned with the definition of class in America and the societal factors which interact to define the respective classes. While Zweig approaches the problems of class in America from a statistical perspective Ehrenreich takes a slightly different approach, shedding her identity as an award-winning journalist and infiltrating blue collar America as an unskilled worker. No additional sources are listed.
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