The selection from Work and Workers In The 21st Century by Judy and D’Amico outlines the different routes than can progress from employment landscapes; the superhighways, and the dead ends. The passage explains that come 2020, America will reach the glittering destinations that will lead them to unimaginable income, comfortable working and living conditions, and baffling diversity. The selection further explains that as the years progress, the abovementioned rewards will be even more attainable to a wider spectrum; due to the irrelevance that age, gender, and race continue to demonstrate. Furthermore, the emphasis on the importance of flexibility and education will push people to self-actualize. In addition, the authors explain 4 major forces that steer trends of employment; technological advancement, interdependence of countries, time, and ethnic diversification. According to the author, technological advancements will not only encompass factors that lead to the overtaking of human-labor by automation, but will create the need for skills to manage and create these technologies. Furthermore, globalization will ensure than knowledge and advancements will transcend beyond geographical borders and will eventually allow all countries to interact globally and financially in a multi-polar world. To add, different factors that relate back to the basic fundamental principles of social security and medicare will facilitate baby boomers to play a critical and valuable role in the economy as a whole. The authors envision the 21st century will be great for the educated and hard-working elite, as their expertise and motivation will be in great demand, whereas the citizens with little technological expertise and humble education will face a... ... middle of paper ... ... a mere representation of who they are and what their interests tend to be, as well as their ability to juggle their professional and personal lives without compromising one on the expense of the other. There are always going to be individuals that strive to fulfill their ambitions regardless of the personal cost they would have to pay, and there will always be individuals that will be easily swayed and tempted by an easy-going, relaxed lifestyle. Works Cited Works Cited Judy, Richard W., and Carol D’Amico. “Work and Workers in the Twenty-First Century.” A Sequence of Academic English. New York:Longman. Ed. Behrens and Rosen. New York: Longman 2010, 319-323. Print. Richtel, Matt. “Young Doctors and Wish Lists: “No Weekend Calls, No Beppers”. A Sequence of Academic English. New York: Longman. Ed. Behrens And Rosen. New York : Longman, 2010, 340-343. Print.
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A current recession is forcing people to have to deal with low wages and a horrendous lack of flexibility, in regards to hours. In fear of unemployment, today’s work choose to bear with these conditions instead of demanding for better treatment. In “Why Your Office Needs More Bratty Millennials,” Emily Matchar, the author, claims that the workforce would benefit from adding millennials, those born from 1983-1999, because their aggressive demanding tactics would cause companies to eventually have to adapt. These companies would have to adapt because by 2025, 75 percent of the workforce will be millennials. All of the external sources and numbers, provided by Matchar, don’t back up her claim, resulting in a weak
Yellin, Samuel. American Labor Struggles New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co. 1936; Reprinted New York: Arno Press, 1970.
In conclusion, the period from 1875 to 1890 brought many attempts at bettering the working conditions, but many of the working class’s attempts at being recognized went unnoticed. This resulted in violence, frustration, and unnecessary deaths. The series of failed strikes and attempts to receive government intervention resulted in heightened anger among the employees. Without an increase in wages, decrease in working hours, and improvement of working facilities, many workers left their jobs leaving the employer angry and in need of workers. None were available, however, because they were either protesting for better working conditions, signing a contract with a better company, or blocking rail and roadways in order to get their points across to the government.
“I regard my workpeople just as I regard my machinery...When my machines get old and useless, I reject them and get new, and these people are part of my machinery” (Sands 12). A foreman at a textile mill in Fall River, Massachusetts spoke these words in possibly the worst time during American labor history, the Industrial Revolution. During the Industrial Revolution, large numbers of people in the United States flocked to work in factories where they faced long hours, unsanitary and unsafe conditions and poor wages. Labor unions, or groups of organized workers, formed in the United States to ensure workers the right to a safe workplace and a fair wage in the face of capitalistic factory owners seeking wealth. In exchange, union members owe the responsibility to work diligently and to the best of their abilities or face the failure of their company and the loss of their jobs.
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Early in American history during colonial times and into the middle of the 19th centry, relations between employers and those whom they employed were many times hostile and adversarial. Sometimes these disagreements between employee and employer would explode into violent confrontations. Workers wether skilled or not would fight with management over improved/safer working conditions, fair pay, long exhausting hours by uniting and form...
Weeks, K. (2011). The Problem with work: Feminism, marxism, antiwork politics and postwork imaginaries. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
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“Tomorrow’s Jobs.” In Text and Contexts .7th Ed. Robinson, William S. and Staphine Tucker. Boston: Wasworth cengage Learing, 2009.109-117 print.
The structural-functional analysis of jobs in the U.S. is governed by the workforce stratification and technology. The more educated and diverse a society is the better society’s job market is served. This social economic separation of class has been both good and bad for society. Many workers at the lower levels of employment are both pleased and displeased with many aspects of work. Though this fact also holds true with most any job at any level, pay scale often compensates for endurance of a particular job type. The security of a person’s job also is an issue that in today’s economic times forces one to be prepared for change. This is to say that even if one’s field of expertise is needed today it may not be tomorrow. This type of ever-changing job market leads many to believe that another socio-economic change may occur at any time. This change was apparent with the transition into the industrial age and again in the information age. These concerns caused stress, various health issues, a...
The focus of this paper is to elaborate on the changing landscape of work in America during the twenty-first century. According to the researchers, as the economy continues to slowly recover from the recession and economic crisis, more of our baby boomers are reentering the workforce. In addition to the introduction of automation and computer technologies into the workplace, this has dramatically changed the nature of jobs for the older workers (Czaja and Sharit 2009). As stated in the Government Accountability Office in 2006, the number of workers over age 55 is projected to increase significantly over the next 20 years. Evidence shows that ageism, stereotypes, and misinformation about our older population continue to be major issues across
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