Women have been fighting against compulsory dress code for decades and are now openly defying it as an act of resistance by simply going out to live their lives without the hijab. While the dress code is the most visible form of discrimination, it is just one aspect of the systemic discrimi...
The movement for prohibition began with concerns in the early 19th century about the negative effects of drinking. The National Prohibition Act was ineffective and failed to control the distribution and use of alcohol, and led to an increase in organized crime. Still, it remained in effect until...
The impact of cross-border labor arbitrage has not changed materially in the last few years, according to Mr. Vlaad. “Working within U.S./Canadian international labor laws, firms continue to leverage the northern neighbor’s lower cost of living,” he says. “The real-life work from home ...
Big news tonite, and then I promise I will take a couple of hours off from coverage. The independent Amazon Labor Union is demanding that Amazon immediately recognize the union& begin bargaining in early May. ALU also demands that workers have ALU representation in all disciplinary he...
Riding on the coat-tails of the anti-racism protests sweeping the country, a petition backed by the Sikh youth organization, Jakara Movement, with 5,000 signatures demanded the removal of Gandhi's statue in the Peace Garden at the Fresno State University
CHAPTER21FIRMS’ DEMANDS FOR INPUTSIn this chapter we will examine several general models of the pricing of inputs. For the mostpart we will study how differences in the nature of firms’ demands for inputs can affect theirprices; we will devote relatively little attention to the supply side...
The results of the study support the inclusion of spirituality at work as a subcategory of personal resources in studies using the job demands-resources model. Keywords: spirituality at work; workplace spirituality; job demands; job demands-resources model; burnout; turnover intention; teachers; ...
It is well documented that Mediterranean landscapes are undergoing significant changes in land uses (Ambarli et al. [1], Guarino et al. [2]). These changes begin from a socio-economic basis, such as the movement of rural populations to urban centers with the consequent abandonment of the (...
[were] upset to see their cadets rise to the throne of Fada N'Gourma [in Burkina Faso]; they took refuge in Bahouna, which they called Gouandé, a deformation of the word Kouanti, which means a bitter vegetable used in cooking and which, in the early days of their stay, had saved...