Meanwhile some food service workers are claiming $12.85 an hour is not enough to raise a family on or even live in Pittsburgh. Such as Christoria Hughes, a food service worker who has been working at UPMC for the last 6 years, she claims the $12.85 sounds good but on paper its under $350 a week. Mr. Peaslee said his employees are being paid fairly and are receiving great benefits with plenty of career opportunities. Referring to the tuition assistance plan, pension and 401(k) match. However as good as all of that sounds, once again do not judge a book by its’ cover.
350,000 women were in unions in 1914, but 600,000 by 1918. Although many women found themselves earning good wages for the first time during the war, women were always paid less than men, and were not promoted as often as their male colleagues. The war did lead to real changes in social attitudes. Women had more freedom after the war. Their clothing became much simpler, with shorter skirts and sleeves.
Fresh vegetables were uncommon. Women convicts were given less food, as their work was often not as physical. Convicts who worked for free settlers were expected to be fed by their master. Convicts were expected to work from sunrise to sunset. In hot weather they had an hour off in the middle of the day.
Women, also, had been forced to do former men's work: munitions, farming, factory work etc. These women were paid less than the semi- skilled men they often replaced, worked hours generally as long, and had little time for being housewives, mothers etc. A lot like our last paper, these women wanted the careers, jobs, and pay as the man got. Working on a production line wasn't a "career" for the men who did it, no more than working on the checkout at the local superstore at the
Work conditions were horrible for the few people who happened to have jobs in the 1930’s. They worked long hours for very little pay and they were treated badly by their bosses. The Fair Labor Standards Act helped workers by establishing a minimum wage of 25 cents an hour and a standard work week of fourty four hours for businesses engaged in interstate commerce. The Fair Labor Standards Act placed regulations and limits on how long a person could work and also ensured that a person would be paid a certain amount of money. Even though work places now were under regulation, many workers still had little or no contribution to rules, or determining whats right or wrong.
Farmers continued to depend on the time of the year and changing of the seasons. But in cities clocks became part of everyday lives, and a clear cut line between work time and play time was drawn. The long hours and low wages was unappealing to most men, so factories hired people that did not have other ways of producing an income. This created a demand for labor that was met by immigration. Between 1840 and 1860 more than 4 million people entered the U.S, this was more than the entire population in 1790.
The president believes that nobody working full time all year should have to live in poverty. I also believe in that too. “Pattie Federico earns just above the minimum wage working at a local movie theater. And she needs every penny. Like many Americans, she struggles to make ends meet, but Pattie feels like she is falling even further behind.
Brandi Cory IDS 101 Masculinity and Femininity Final Essay Question #1 I chose the article by Ann Crittenden titled, “Sixty Cents to a Man’s Dollar,” because I can relate to this article on a personal level. As a woman that grew up in a two parent household and now as a single mother, I witnessed the injustice to women in the workplace. As a small child I watched as my mother and father worked at the same place, doing the same job, yet my mother made less money than my father did. At that time no one really talked about it, it was just “normal” and not many people thought twice about it. Was it because she was a woman or because she was a mother, I am not quite sure, or if it was the combination of the two.
Former women University of Michigan Law students were found to have taken an average of 3.3 months of leave plus 10.1 months of part-time work during their first 15 years. However, their male counterparts were virtually without either. This information hints towards women having more responsibility than men outside of the workplace that requires their time, pulling them away from work. More time endured in a profession leads to men being recognized for their efforts, thus resulting in promotion and increased salary. Time away from the office leads to a lack of promotional opportunities, causing women to run into the “glass ceiling” after being unable to advance within a profession – regardless of the quality of her work and
Some women worked so long in the factories that they had to move closer to the factory. They got paid well, however men doing the same work as skilled women got paid more. That was not fair for the women. They struggled with discrimination, harassment, and physical pain from long hours and poor working conditions. Once the war was over and the men came home, the women had to give up their jobs and these hard-working women did not want to leave their jobs.