International Trade Union Confederation

levels: the Confederation, the cantons, and the communes. The way Switzerland handles matters is through the principle of subsidiarity, where a smaller branch of the government can handle issues and solve them, instead of having the more powerful branch of government handle those issues. In Switzerland, the people hold the most power, which allows the people to vote on the country’s issues and voice their opinions to each of the individual parts of the political systems. The confederation, the highest

and unethical treatment towards their Orca whales. Capitalist: 1. : (n) a wealthy person who uses money to invest in trade and industry for profit in accordance with the principles of capitalism 2. : (adj) practicing, supporting, or based on the principles of capitalism America is often described as a capitalist country because of the many monopolies that control different trades within the nation. Checks and Balances: A system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another

An assumption that dominates American historical studies is that the wealth and prosperity of the country would be much less without the existence of a powerful central government. This theme is but part of a larger, and now international, orthodoxy that larger political jurisdictions, as long as they are "democratic," foster liberty and economic growth while smaller ones stifle it. In Europe, elites hold up an all-European government as the golden road to a brighter and wealthier future. Others

dates back to 1986. Argentina and Brazil reached a bilateral agreement which specified the abolishing of all trade barriers over ten years. Five years later, under the Treaty of Asunción, this agreement was extended, with a view to establish a Common Market in the area (Blomström and Kokko, 1997). During the whole period of 1990s, more than 15 agreements including free trade areas or customs unions appeared in Latin America, such as Andean

Introduction: Since confederation, Canada has had a complicated relationship with its southerly neighbor; the United States of America. History shows us that cooperation with the United States is purely happenstance, only really having advancements and changes occur when compatible leaders from compatible parties are in office at the same time. Over the years, our proximity has led to competing economies and markets, with many industries fearful of one another. The leaders of our two countries realised

Introduction Unions have a long and sometimes contentious history in Canada, although they are also the source of many of the labour laws and standards that we have come to accept as normal. However, since the 1980s, an increasing trend towards favouring neoliberal policies has erased many of the social welfare and employment standards gains by unions, with particularly harsh effects on more vulnerable populations including women, immigrants, younger workers, and Aboriginal peoples. A striking example

by the Valverde brother, Nelson and Jorge. They are both educated men starting their first commercial enterprise when they were only 16 and 10 years old. Their company makes the statement, “Our objective is to empower you to implement your direct-trade coffee supply chain strategy, giving you fully transparent access to the best green coffees available.” (Invalsa) The high percentage of coffee grown in Bolivia is grown using the small farmer family concept. This concept ensures the product is not

most widely spoken mother tongue with over 77 million speakers”. The French language can be seen spoken in different environments. It is spoken in homes, schools, the government, such as in the United Nations and most distinctively in the European Union. In Western Europe a large majority of the population learns more than one language growing up due to the close proximity to other ‘countries’ who’s official language may be different. There are five distinct regions in Western Europe where the French

Introduction In the course of fifty years, the European Union has expanded from six countries united under economic treaties to a large collective of twenty-five sovereign nations. Maintaining the union within such a large group has grown more difficult as numerous treaties have been drafted to control the governance of the European Union. To reduce the number of treaties in the union, the convention decided to draft a Constitution, which now moves through the process of ratification in each

Introduction: Indonesia has a massive population of 249.9 million people. Indonesia’s human rights are mostly abused because the government hasn’t done enough to help protect those rights. Indonesia has the largest economy in south East Asia and is one of the emerging market economies. Some people in Indonesia are wealthy but the majority of people in Indonesia are poor. Where is Indonesia: Indonesia is a chain of islands located between the China Sea, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. The