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…without stepping on a few feet, it is hard to understand the sheer magnitude in which Wal-Mart does this. With over one million employees, Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the United States. They also offer some of the worst wages and working…

…theories have died. There are employers and managers and employees today adhering vigorously to one or other of them, basing their belief not on research or empirical evidence but on an almost ideological framework of values and assumptions. These help them…

…spent $11 billion on federal works projects and provided employment for 8.5 million persons. They built such things as roads, bridges, and schools. National Labor Relations Act The 1934 National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) created the National Labor…

…on bread and water, but they had to work the long hours or their families would suffer. Along with dependence on wages came vulnerability to the swings of the economy and the whims of the employer. The unhealthy situation for the working class was created…

…of skyrocketing health costs is already beginning to force many employers to drop many important health benefits from the insurance plans they offer new hires, locking many people into jobs they no longer want for fear of losing benefits. Many small businesses have…

…in manning the transport system. With so many young men volunteering to join the army, and with so many casualties in Europe, a gap was created in employment and women were called on to fill these gaps. World War One was to prove a turning point for women…

…need are public discussions about the quality of work: how to improve it; the benefits of such reform for workers and employers alike; and how workers, employers, unions and professional associations, government, and other organizations with a stake…

…The mills of the 1800s mark the rise and fall of the industrial revolution. Still standing tall to this day, the mills served as the source of employment for thousands of young women, children, and immigrants. Without the industrial revolution, we…

…back late for the first time after her visit home, her employers imagine the worst, thinking 'she has perhaps been run over by a car and killed', 'she must have taken it in her head to give herself a holiday. No one is indispensable. I will dismiss her…

…as the dominate employer in Flint. The quantity of GM jobs provided for an economic boom town in the 1960's and 1970's, with money from General Motors trickling down from the workers to every part of the economy, and a growing population creating more homes, roads…