Call to Improve Living and Working Conditions Before World War I

Workers rights is not a usual topic in this day and age. Many people say that we have crossed that hump and it is not worry because of all of the progress that we have made. This is not true, many are denied these rights. A factory in Juarez fired 90 workers who were trying to form a union to get better rights(Document F). It is not a privilege to be able to form a union, it is a right of any worker to be able to form one. The are on the forefront of achieving change in the lives of people who don’t have a voice. It is crucial for them to have one to combat factories, a factory worker described her factory as, “the factory culture oppressive and demoralizing” (Document D). This is not far for the workers who work day in and day out on a wage

SOCIAL JUSTICE refers to the concept of a society in which justice is involved or achieved in every aspect in life. As part of individuality in the society they have to have social justice

1.“Under its guidance, trades and industries covering over ninety percent of all industrial employees have adopted codes of fair competition...Child labor has been eliminated. The work day and the work week have been shortened. Minimum wages have been established” (Text 3, Lines 27-30).

Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (2014) emphasizes that everyone has the right to work willingly in healthy conditions, free of discrimination. Article 23 also states that individuals need to be compensated for their work, and have the right to unionize. Though

After the Second World War a new concept of welfare provision was brought into effect through a wave of new reforms. This new concept was one of a right to be provided with welfare and that, the welfare that was provided would be fair and equal to all. However it is argued by some that specific stereotypes or discriminations, such as gender roles, affected the creation of the new reforms. This essay shall discuss the extent that the assumptions about the family and gender roles, made by policy makers, affected the creation and accessibility of the services that were made available to different citizens.

Today, many of these basic concepts are taken as common practice in the workplace while others are challenges still facing the employees of today. Child Labor laws were enacted within the 50 years following the knights. Fighting speculation and outlawing monopolistic practices was addressed through the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The 8-hour workday and overtime was addressed under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Additionally, the arbitration of disputes between labor and management advocated by the Knights, has become a cornerstone of conflict resolution for labor relations. The Knights however, viewed these gains as the end to a means. These gains would be brought about through raising the working class by raising the intellectual, moral, and social life of the worker (Budd, 2010).

Today, many of these basic concepts are taken as common practice in the workplace while others still are challenges facing the employees of today. Child Labor laws were enacted within the 50 years following the knights. Fighting speculation and outlawing monopolistic practices was addressed through the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The 8-hour workday and overtime was addressed under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Additionally, the arbitration of disputes between labor and management, advocated by the Knights, has become a cornerstone of conflict resolution for labor relations. The Knights however, viewed these gains as the end to a means. These gains would be brought about through raising the working class by raising the intellectual, moral, and social life of the worker (Budd, 2010).

The Twenty One Demands were created during World War 1 by the Japanese Empire under Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu transported to the government of the Republic of China on Jan 8 of 1915. The demands would highly expand Japanese control of Manchuria and of the Chinese economy, and were objected by the US and Britain. In the final settlement Japan acquired somewhat, but lost a good deal of trust and status in Britain and also the United States. They were an example of foreign imperialism as a result of it was a trial by Japan to overcome China whereas they were too weak to resist. The Chinese people replied with a boycott of Japanese goods; Japan's exports to China declined forty percent. Britain was insulted and Japan was no longer trusted

The implementation of the Fair Work Act 2009 which came into force on January 1st 2010, was to create a national workplace relations system for the purpose of setting wages and conditions of employment. This legislation is overlooked by the Fair Work Commission and ombudsman, whose role is to maintain a safety net of minimum wages and conditions and ensure compliance with the Fair Work Act. The creation of the Fair Work Act (2009) is to regulate business cooperation’s for the purpose of providing safety nets for minimum wages and entitlements, flexible working arrangements and ensure fairness at the workplace. Under the Fair Work Act 2009, ten National Employment Standards

There is only one major employment-related treaty article which has direct effect and that is the principle that men and women should be paid equally for carrying out work of equal value. This is Article 157 of the Treaty of Rome. The first two clauses are the important ones. They read as follows:

In other words, social justice is linked to the common good and exercise of authority.

The way of life before World War I (WWI) and the way of life after greatly differ. This new way of living is the indirect cause of every direct cause of the Great Depression. During the Industrial Revolution, or time before WWI, people all over the country worked, not only men but also boys, because “the Industrial Revolution transitioned the United States from a rural to an urban society” (The Industrial Revolution in the United States, 2014). They worked long hours and had low pay. According to statistics, “most workers in the worked over 10-hour a day, yet earned between 20 to 40 percent less than the minimum pay necessary for a decent life” (The Industrial Revolution in the United States, 2014). These people’s lives revolved around having very few money and only having necessities. People already had a hard time coming across food, so when WWI began, obtaining food became a big problem. This was not only because they need to feed soldiers, but also their allies’ soldiers. During this time, farming had to expand to feed the citizens of the Unite States and of the Allies. Farming expanded, but a lot of the crops and food went to away from US citizens and there became a need for rationing. Food had to be rationed by the government. The rationing was called “Food Will Win the War” (Food Will Win the War: On the Homefront in World War I, 2014) to encourage voluntary food conservation. It was said to have been voluntary because the government did not want to force businesses

a fundamental labor standard of the highest priority, necessary for building a sustainable, just and

Social justice helps us in creating human interactions in society and social institutions. These institutions can provide us with what is good for the person and for our associations with others. This happens so long as our institutions are

I have proceeded to discuss whether in my opinion the laws in each country favour the employee, employer or government as well as discussing what the impacts are of the laws on organizational ability to employ Human Resource Management principles in the