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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences was founded by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer V.P. Louis B. Mayer to forestall unionization in Hollywood. During the height of the Great Depression, labor strife nearly destroyed the Academy and the Oscars.

Activists and labor groups continue to campaign a doctrine of unionization against corporate globalization with anti-sweatshop success in different approaches. Where the movement first connected in social conscience, which approach will shape its future?

The steep decline in unionization is part of a wider drop in concerted political action on the streets of the USA

Leaders will be faced with all types of ethical issues. The more they know about ethics the stronger they will be in facing these challenges.

Because automotive workers have lived the good life they have encured heavy debt. This heavy debt may force workers to reject pay decreases.

Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino failed to convince an Administrative Law Judge that the Union had violated "laboratory conditions" of a certification election.

The Labor Management Partnership at Kaiser Permanente makes it not only the best place to work but the best place to receive healthcare. This is a perspective from an insider.

New legislation will require American Auto Manufacturers to increase fuel efficiency. These manufacturers are fighting hard to thwart the legislation. However, they do so at their own demise.

Ford needs to go through some heavy reformation in order to survive.

As management members and business owners we detest dealing with unions in our businesses. Unfortunately, the government has allowed people to collectively bargain for compensation & wages, benefits and terms of employment.

Obama portrays himelf a thoughtful Democrat who carefully considers both sides of controversial issues.

This is about the Mayan civilization's many conflicts both with foreign invaders as well as with dominant cultures within Mexico.

This is a review of the book "the wal-mart effect."

People are uncertain about the future of the American labor market and are susceptible to joining unions.

When today's employment market being what it is, some business still think it is smart to use Temp. Agencies. However, there are more cost effective, efficient, easier to use methods to replace your Assistant for a day or two.

Lakeland Electric workers will now be part of the Utility Workers Union of America.

Global pay is important to remain globally competitive!

Reprint of an Op Ed I wrote on another site edited for republishing here on taxation and property rights.

This article is a concise overview of the public release of a 15000 video tape library of the Walmart elite.

The virtual fence built under the aegis of Department of Homeland Security's Secure Border Initiative will be replaced

Frank Capra won three Academy Awards as Best Director.

The virtual fence built under the aegis of Department of Homeland Security's Secure Border Initiative will be replaced

Posted to a Washington University website in August 06, this piece has influenced the ongoing debate over education reform at that University.

Juan and Eva Perón, two Argentineans whose notorious political lives thrust them squarely into the international spotlight, were both loved and hated by different groups for their brand of political thought and have left behind a nationwide political movement, Peronism.

In Jefferson Cowie's book Capital Moves, he explores the relationship RCA had with its employees, a relationship of serial monogamy marked by difficulties staying “married” to its communities.

This is a piece about how to support the average worker, American or otherwise.

History Research Paper

Thw Writers Guild of America, locked in bitter contract negotiations

After three months, rumor has it a tentative agreement may have been reached.

A Case Study Analysis on WalMart

The Employee Free Choice Act is either the greatest legislation ever crafted or a piece of partisan baloney. So which is it? Slicing through the rhetoric to examine the bill and what it means to you.

A cure-all solution for the ethical crises of Sweatshops in 93 pages? Fat chance, but Can We Put And End To Sweatshops? raises the bar, giving the debate direction. Joined by 8 swift, but intelligent counter essays, the negotiating table is cleared.

An assortment of outlines and lectures on the Gilded Age and the 1970s for college level history courses.

An analysis of three movements for social change in 20th century America: the Progressive movement, the New Deal labor movement, and the Civil Rights movement.

An analysis of the groups left behind (including immigrants and farmers) during the prosperity in the United States during the 1920s.

Many industries are supported by labor unions. Do you think it would benefit tower workers to have a labor union that they could join?

A detailed outline of the history of the American political party, including details on each era of political party and why parties have come to exist.

What directions should the labor movement take in aiming to revitalize unions in the new global market place? This article examines one growing ideological framework gaining notoriety.

The hopes of Whole Foods Market Team members in Madison, WI to secure a labor contract suffered the definitive blow November 2002 as the company, citing two petitions from team workers, refused to recognize the UFCW Local 1444; denying a NLRB reelection.

Video games, long considered mindless entertainment at best or dangerous violence at times, are actually important measures of the social and artistic evolution of America's youth.

So why have unions lost their luster and appeal? Well the question is easier asked than answered. The truth remains that conflicting ideologies are at the heart of the game.

A brief analysis of this HBS case study.

When the Carnegies arrived in 1848, Pittsburgh was already a bustling industrial city. But the city had begun to pay an environmental price for its success.

about the suggested home based business in malaysia... 100 profitable home based business to be joined in malaysia

How do Unions affect Criminal Justice employees?

Wal-Mart has been establishing itself in China, and has entered, along with the country, a period of rapid growth. Along with growth, the company is connecting more and more with Chinese worker culture.

Ford Motor has survived throughout the years by stepping up to the plate to deal with labor relations. As the company faces its biggest threat of uncertainty, it once again finds itself hoping labor relations can save it from utter defeat.

This article examines the importance of The Great Depression, Working-Class strife, and the CPUSA in John Steinbeck's In Dubious Battle.

A look at labor relations pitting unions against management and comments on whether unions are still relevant today

A look at how a lsck of social responsibility in the food industry is affecting its workers and its consumers.

Contrasting Hoover's passive leadership, Roosevelt energetically tried everything he could to push the American economy back into action. In a hundred days, he passed over fifteen bills to boost the economy and create new jobs.

Companies who operated with sweatshops were not uncommon in 1911, and are probably more prominent today than we as American would like to believe. In that year, the Triangle Waist Company, then located in Washington Place in Manhattan, was one of those sweatshops.

Bulosan's work is analyzed to determine whether it best represents the genre of Realism, valuing individual choice, or Naturalism, holding environment important above all.

Greedy and powerful American companies are using their clout to fight efforts in China to combat economic inequality there. They want to keep wages low there so they can drive wages down here and everywhere else.

Even if you're well-versed in Michigan politics, Jacob Woods is a name you probably don't recognize. But he'll appear on the same ballot as Jennifer Granholm and Dick DeVos this November.

This is a preliminary research paper that looks into the underclass argument. It explores the definition, the causes, and solutions. Focuses on whether there is such a thing as an underclass.

Sam worked for a while at the J.C. Penney group of stores. He began to realize that opportunities existed in the large scale discount retailing business (nickel and dime stores).

FedEx, already under siege from labor groups, was dealt another blow by the House on Friday when an amendment passed removing the company from governance under the Railway Labor Act