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Ellen L

The Psychological Effects of Child Relocation - 0 views

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In Cold Blood child relocation

shared by Ellen L on 21 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration."
  • The prevailing rule of thumb used to be that the older the child, the more difficult the moving experience will be.
  • Moving does not have to be traumatic for your children, however; there are many things that you can do as a parent to help reduce the impact for them, right from the moment you share the news with them.
  • Ellen L on 21 Mar 12
     
    This article discusses the detriments that moving has on a child's psyche, and the steps a parent should take to comfort their child in times of such great change. Neither Perry, nor Vardaman's father comforts them during their travels and the psychological effects the change has on them is evident.
Zach Ramsfelder

Boeing Union Presses Plant Relocation Issue - 0 views

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workers rights union

shared by Zach Ramsfelder on 28 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Zach Ramsfelder on 28 Sep 11
     
    About alleged attempts by Boeing to break their employees' union by building a new plant in South Carolina, a state whose laws are not particularly friendly to organized labor.
Sydney C

History of America's Meat Packing Industry - 0 views

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the jungle ethics conditions

shared by Sydney C on 30 Sep 11 - Cached
  • Over the next 40 years, unions such as the United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA) were able to improve both the pay and working conditions of meat packing employees in the U.S. The UPWA was also known for its progressive ideals and its support of the civil rights movement during the 1960s.
  • Developments such as improved distribution channels allowed meat packing companies to move out of urban, union-dominated centers and relocate to rural areas closer to livestock feedlots.
  • By the late 1990s, the meat packing industry had consolidated such that the top four firms accounted for approximately 50 percent of all U.S. poultry and pork production and 80 percent of all beef production.
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  • Governor Michael Johanns (currently U.S. Secretary of Agriculture) issued the "Nebraska Meatpacking Industry Workers Bill of Rights" in June of 2000. Though only a voluntary set of guidelines, the bill recognized the rights of meat packing employees to organize, work in safe conditions, and to seek help from the state.
  • The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that there was an average of 12.6 injuries or illnesses per 100 full-time meat packing plant employees in 2005, a number twice as high as the average for all U.S. manufacturing jobs. Some experts maintain that this number is actually too low as many workers' injuries go unreported due to employee misinformation or intimidation.
  • According to REAP, a union-affiliated group, union membership among meat packing employees has plunged from 80 percent in 1980 to less than 50 percent today.
  • the number of immigrant laborers in meat packing plants—and in the Midwestern areas in which they are primarily located—has increased dramatically. According to the USDA, the percentage of Hispanic meat-processing workers rose from less than 10 percent in 1980 to nearly 30 percent in 2000.
  • Sarah Sch on 30 Sep 11
     
    This article by PBS chronicles the evolution of the workers in the meat packing industry. The article tells of the meat packing industry revealed by Sinclair to present conditions. The average hourly wage for meat packing workers has fallen since the 1970's. The article also tells of the poor working conditions "Fast Food Nation" describes and how meat packing is one of the most dangerous jobs in America.
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  • Ellen L on 30 Sep 11
     
    Detailed timeline of the meat packing indusrty from the 1930s-present; discusses the evolution of unions, steps taken by the government, and internal changes of the industry.
  • Ben R on 30 Sep 11
     
    Shows how little things have changed
  • Ben R on 30 Sep 11
     
    Schlosser says in his book how he feels that little has changed since the times of the chicago meat packing trusts, and this pbs article speaks in support of that claim. It gives examples of how conditions in 2005 are "that the working conditions in America's meat packing plants were so bad they violated basic human and worker rights"
  • Sydney C on 01 Oct 11
     
    Meatpacking industry through the years. This article highlights the way that the meatpacking industry and its ethics/conditions have changed (or not) throughout the years. It argues that things are pretty much as bad as the times of The Jungle.
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