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    Trade unions are associations of employees (there are also associations of employers - F.K.E) and their main objective is to represent the employees ’ interests to the employers. The right to form and join a trade union is a fundamental human right. A well functioning and respected trade union movement is often a good indicator of democracy and standards of human rights. Besides playing a role in the fight for better working conditions‚ trade unions have had (and continue to have) a key role in

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    The Caribbean islands lie from the Bahamas in the north to Trinidad and Tobago in the south. The largest islands are in the central which include Cuba‚ Haiti‚ the Dominican Republic‚ Jamaica and Puerto Rico. The songs are vary from island to island so there are many types of music in Caribbean islands. Also their music culture has rich and diverse history. Jamaican mento‚ the Salsa‚ and the Puerto Rico Aguinaldo are the genres of Caribbean music. The music of Caribbean was started by the Native American

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    Customs Union

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    Outline I. Introduction Thesis statement: The Customs Union for Russia‚ Kazakhstan‚ and Belarus is a purposeful union‚ which serves to meet several aims. II. Body A. In the light of common aspiration to the WTO accession‚ it is worth of examining why preference of states was given to multilateral over preferential trade. B. The idea of the multilateral cooperation and creation of a common economic space‚ elimination of borders and regional integration is not new in the post-Soviet

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    The European Union‚ which was previously known as the European Community is an institutional framework that began in 1951 between six countries with the intention of constructing a unified Europe. The European Union was created after World War II to economically and politically unite Europe so that another war among the European nations would not occur. The enlargement of the European Union is a historic opportunity to foster peace after generations of division and conflict. After fifty plus years

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    the Australian union movement is in crisis’ (Cooper‚ 2005‚ p. 96). The early 90’s in Australia saw a significant drop for trade unions as a whole in both membership and density. Strategies were introduced to curb the decline but both changes to the Australian labour market and Government legislation have been too much for the unions to handle. This paper will discuss and critically examine the current state of trade unions‚ past strategies of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) to combat

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    heartbeat of life in the Caribbean. Caribbean Music involves sounds and rhythms that evoke a sense of hope for the future. The diverse sounds of the musical genres such as Reggae‚ Dancehall‚ Soca and Chutney are classical examples of the growing art forms that distinguish Caribbean Music today. The musical genre‚ Reggae is a long-established art form that has a huge influence on Caribbean culture and other musical styles. Reggae was first developed in the island of Jamaica in the late 1960’s and

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    Gender roles are mainly based on culture so in the text‚ the gender roles are prominent to the Caribbean culture. Gender roles are important because it is a basic set of rules for a specific gender to follow that is a social norm. Moreover‚ this shows that sexual difference and structure is important to understanding the context of “Girl”. When we are

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    Through the four texts I have studied I have found a main connection of feminism in different social settings between the times of 1900 - 1920. The texts I’ve studied are the two poems ’We As Women’‚ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and ’The Bees Song’ by Julia Ward Howe‚ the novel ’In defense of Women’‚ by H.L. Mencken and the poem ’I know why the caged bird sings’ by Maya Angelou. Also through these four texts I have found three main ideas‚ these are ’how women were treated unequally’‚ ’survival’‚ and

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    Jamaica Kincaid Girl

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    In this analysis of "Girl" I wanted to look at the way women are portrayed by their class and how it affect their gendered actions. In doing this I wanted to look at what these women do professionally. By doing this I want to look at how Kincaid uses the words slut and lady. In this analysis I wanted to reflect on education and how it could potentially play into this story by looking at the different types of education the different classes receive. I also want to look at how this all plays into

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    Analyzing “Lucy” In Jamaica Kincaid’s Lucy‚ we enter a novel that is narrated by the protagonist Lucy Josephine Potter. In this fictional work of art I think that Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s ideas in “The Danger of a Single Story” comes through very clearly. I think both of these works are parallel to one another because this novel develops in the same way that Adichie tells her autobiography. Throughout this story we get supporting material of direct acknowledgement of the danger of the single story

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