Labour, workers and economic activity
JOBS ď Ž
100 YEARS AGO: 1. Agriculture 2. Livestock-raising 3. Industry
1. Agriculture ď Ž
1OO YEARS AGO:
What did they produce?
1. Agriculture •NOWADAYS:
•Some changes. •How does the agricuture work?
2. Livestock-raising •100 YEARS AGO: What did they do?
2. Livestock-raising •NOWADAYS: - Some information - Quality rather than quantity - Euskolabel - Inports
3. Industry
100 YEARS AGO:
Types of factories. Workers conditions. NOWADAYS:
Depelopment. The quantity of factories.
SALARY
100 years ago:
The ways of paying Work hours and holidays
SALARY • Nowadays: Workers are paid on a monthly basis. Not cash but through a bank transfer. The humblest salary is around 500€. From 500€ to 4000€.
Money for what? ď Ž
100 YEARS AGO: They used cash only for buying things that were not available everyday. Apart from this, they used to exchange products and animals. Cash in the pocket was not so usual.
Money for what? •NOWADAYS: Exchange is not a way of payment.
CURRENCY
100 YEARS AGO:
Type of money
CURRENCY •NOWADAYS: The euro is the currency now. It was 166 pesetas for one euro. Most prices were rounded up. Tha’t to say what coste 100 pesetas became 1 euro. In fact, 166 pesetas in the past. Prices soared.
Advantages and disadvantages of adopting the euro ď Ž
Pros:
ď Ž
Cons: (the crisis)
Employers, companies and employees ď Ž
100 years ago:
Factories used to be owed by the richest family in the town. Those factories were much smaller than now.
Banks
100 years ago: Banks did also exist in those days. People didn’t use to have enough money, so few people kept their money in the bank.
Nowadays: We have 5 banks in Azkoitia. Everybody keeps the money in the bank.
Were the differences between rich people and employers big?
Yes. They were. Nowadays. Unemployment is growing after sewveral years of practically full employement. Financial problems and recession. The Basque Country doing somehow better due to industrial activity: cooperatives and exportation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaoGscbtPWU
WELFARE
Most of them were poor and they used to live in farms. At that time a large number of people had to move abroad due to political and economic reasons. Basque emmigration to Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Mexico or Venezuela. Some others to the USA (Idaho, Nevada and California). Imigration from Spain in the 1920s and later in the 1960s Now immigration from South America, Morocco, Pakistan and Eastern Europe.
Economic activities past Stockbreeding, agriculture and trade ď Ź Not much money ď Ź
Economic activities now All kinds of jobs More money
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What? - FNV fights flexwork. • When and where? - in the Netherlands. • Why? -Netherlands wants to stop the trend that a growing part of the employees doesn’t get a permanent contract, but get hired by employment agencies or get fixed term contracts. • How? -Union FNV Bondgenoten wants to use their influence on politics to tighten laws and rules in the Netherlands.
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What? -call to go work in order to fight unemployment. • When and where? - People of the Netherlands. • Why? - help for an effective fight of unemployment and lead the economy into normality. • How? -to recrute as many unemployed as possible, we need to give them as many working orders as possible.
Military issues Army budget cuts
By: Irati, Aizpea and Sara.
• The Minister of War wrote a letter to the commanding officers about the budget cuts.
• The possible introduction of the military draft law. • The army needs money. • So, they ask for money to the Department of Treasury.
• Giving money to the army has to be a priority. • Everyone in the military should have an efficient management.
• It’s necessary to make other budget cuts.
• The budget cuts should be made without any questions. • If they have questions, they can write a report. • These reports have to be submitted by April 1, 1991.
Mine – Fukushima Energy
Fukushima
Mine
Written by the government Taxes to destitute poor people. The two liberal members from the urban council agreed. They didn’t add up the 7 taxes that have allready been levied.
THE END =)
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