... first plans to help able-bodied wage earners who were temporarily out of work through no fault of their own. In great Britain, the Journeymen Steam Engine Makers" Society began paying out-of-work benefits as early as 1824. In the late 1800's and early 1900's, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, France, Norway, and other European countries began public voluntary unemployment insurance plans ... . In 1911, Great Britain set up the first compulsory unemployment insurance system. After World War I, it began paying various types of allowances, commonly called the dole, to unemployed workers who ha...

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... economy caused by changes in technology or the pattern of demand for goods and services. Workers find that the skills that were useful in declining industries do not match the job opportunities openiing up in newly emerging industries. Cyclical Unemployment Occurs because of a downturn in the level of economic activity. Falling demand and production means fewer employment opportunities. Frictional Unemployment ... because employers are seeking workers with greater skills and experience, which young unskilled workers lack Age-related unemployment Older workers have greater difficuilty i...

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... in the three countries: Many of the American companies operate factories along the U.S.-Mexico border, called maquiladora factories. These factories were reported to have been paying workers an average of only one dollar and sixty-four cents and hour, including benefits, in 1993. (Perot, 1993: 27) Workers in the ... have lost more than six hundred thousand jobs. Manufacturing is extremely important for the United States. It provides the largest number of high paying jobs in the country. Another important aspect of manufacturing jobs is the fact that every one hundred manufacturing jobs ...

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... more debt and drives the problem deeper, making it even harder for them to get help. Another reason for people having such a hard time paying rent is that they won't settle for the quality of the cheaper homes. "Dissatisfied with what they could find at [$250 a month], ... streets, stabilize themselves financially and then move on to finding employment and securing themselves financially for the future. This shows, too, that obtaining a job is an important step to eliminating homelessness as well. "When homelessness first became a national issue during the early 1980s, many people blamed...

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... the workforce. One was the Family Wage Act. This act permitted employers to pay higher wages to men than women performing the same job. Another contributing factor was the economic boom which put the manufacturing industry in full swing and made it easy for men to find employment ... service-based economy produced a strong demand for female workers. With a limited supply of available single women in relation to the big demand of new job opportunities, wives, even those with children, were becoming more attracted to the labor force. It is expected that more and more women with children .....

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... programs and determine who will be required to participate in them. Part of the participation requirement is requiring a certain number of recipients to participate in the job program. Starting in 1996, 100,000 AFDC recipients will be required to work; in 1997, 200,000 recipients will be required; in 1998, 400, ... if the government decides not to give them anything. That worry is what pushes them to become a part of our nation, and be a REAL, tax paying American citizens. Only until then can they at least expect some benefits. Limiting AFDC payment by $75 to those who haven't completed ...

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... crops for three, maybe five years. No money for petroleum, clothes or even food. 9 People were so worse off that they did not have a job, money, enough food and only ripped clothing to wear. Only some individuals were quite well off as they had fixed salaries and lived comfortably. The teachers ... the least amount in wages. Other employers felt sad when people had were laid off. People also set up employment agencies to help everyone get a job. "In Canada ten to twenty five percent of the labour force was unemployed throughout the Depression." 17 Before the Depression it was different, s...

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... United States, they are about three times higher than wages for comparable work at a non-U.S. factory in Shanghai and nearly eight times higher than the United Auto Workers' estimate: "A good paying' factory job with a company like General Motors pays about 59 cents an hour- in China. Other research has shown that trade, as distinct from foreign investment, also has a positive impact on ... have increased dramatically. The benefits of creating a dynamic, export-oriented manufacturing sector are even more apparent when wages are compared with those in Western countries. In 1960 the avera...

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