Working class

The second area that has had a substantial impact on shaping the US labor policy is the Mackay Doctrine. The Mackay Doctrine is a decision that was made by the Supreme Court in 1938 in relation to the workers at the Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co. “Mackay”. Employees at Mackay were dissatisfied and voted to strike. While they were on strike, the company replaced some of the workers with employees from other facilities. When the workers decided to end the strike and return, the company allowed all…

• New Opportunities from the Integration of Production and Distribution: The expansion of the railroad network linked the far-flung regions of the United States into a national market, making it possible for firms in industries characterized by economies of scale to lower their unit costs by concentrating production in large facilities. In such industries the average size of the production unit rose over time and the number of firms declined. At the same time, the level of geographic…

Packingtown from Lithuania. Packingtown is known as Chicago’s meat-packing district. The couple along with their family came to the United States looking for job opportunities and the American dream of being successful, but little did they know that working conditions were hard and dangerous. Jurgis along with Marija Berczynskas, Ona’s cousin and Jonas, Ona’s step mother Teta Elzbieta’s brother, go out in search for a job. Jurgis quickly finds a job, at a stockyard packed with cattle, pigs,…

Adam Smith’s “The Wealth of Nations” was an outstanding piece of work both for the fields of Sociology and Economics when it was published in the late seventeenth hundred. In this masterpiece Smith talks of the increase of productivity in society due to the phenomenon of the division of labour and through this division of labour specialisation of skills was introduced. Adam Smith also speaks of the “natural “order of society, exchange, division of labour and the relations between the three ranks…

Millions of people work full time on minimum wage yet barely scrape by, some even have more than one job. Author Barbara Ehrenreich’s book, “Nickel and Dimed, ‘On (Not) Getting By in America,’” shows her struggle of trying to survive on minimum wage. Over a span of three months and three different locations, she obtains job(s) and attempts to survive the month. Ultimately, she fails in the last month and concludes that minimum wage is far too low to get by in America. The title is signify the…

A Day in the Life Hard at Work Child Labor involves working many hard and grueling hours, without pay. Child Labor companies force children to work, giving them very little food or money. Few children get paid. According to borgenproject.org, only one out of five children in Child Labor is paid for his or her work. Have you ever thought about how Child Labor is used to make things that we use today? As stated in uiowa.org, some everyday essentials that are handmade by kids include - shoes,…

In chapter 3 of “Chasing the American Dream” the authors write about the important element of economic security in the American Dream. We learn that a vast majority of Americans believed that “In America, hard work should lead to economic security for your family” (29). There is a general perception that the American dream is the assurance that you will reap the benefits of your work, a core component of the American dream is “fundamental compact between hard work and economic security” (31).…

Sometimes success is written in your faith but more likely than others success comes with an unfair advantage. The Gilded Age occurred from 1870-1900, the period after the civil war. During the Gilded Age the United States had large growth in fortune and economics. The worded “gilded” means gold and during this era there was a lot of fortune accumulated. Overall during this time period the United States has a lot of gain but also faced an ers with ongoing social issues. Andrew Carnegie, John D.…

In the article of “Money: The Real Truth about Money” (2005), Gregg Easterbrook expands the idea about how money cannot buy happiness. He explains how money is not a major source of happiness as it was ranked the 14th when surveys were made. Moreover, he explains the effect of money on people chasing after it. Easterbrook explains about his experience in mid 50s about how wealth and non-wealth did not have much importance. Gregg Easterbrook is an American writer. He is the editor of “The New…

Is it really possible for people to change? In Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, the thought of people changing their ways for the better is expressed, throughout this story. In this novella Scrooge, the protagonist, is a dynamic character, and his grand change is from the doing of three ghosts. Scrooge evolved and became a generous person by overcoming greed. He was very greedy. A man asked him if he would like to donate to the poor, and Scrooge replied no, in the rudest manner possible.…