:: rawblogXport ::

union news / workers rights / construction / safety / irony...
today's home page

carpentersunionbc.com
google news

recent posts:
  • Businessman Argues for Employee Free Choice Act
  • Employers finding way arsound OSHA' tougher stance
  • OSHA loses most of Monte Carlo fire case on appeal
  • Indecision and delay characterized Bush's OSHA
  • Carpenters Hammer Home a Warning
  • The 10 Worst Corporations of 2008
  • Average woman worker loses nearly half a million t...
  • Crazy And Stupid Accidents
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Irony: Giant Snow Globes Recalled, Might Burn Down...

  • BlogRolling:


    blogs that link here


    eXTReMe Tracker
    Powered by Blogger

    Powered by BlogRolling

    Listed on BlogsCanada

    member union label


    Get Firefox!




    implementation:
    email d@ve2300
    this weblog is the work of dave livingston, a union carpenter in nelson bc canada






    the web
    rawblogXport

    references to rawblogXport:
    Confined Space
    "Hat tip to rawblogXport for this."
    Jordan Barab, Confined Space
    "a great labor news digest..."
    Labor Blog
    "rawblogXport was there, providing consistently good labor news..."
    Political Site of the Day
    may.25.05
    Confined Space
    "Senators Push Legislation to Toughen OSHA Penalties"
    Workers Comp Insider
    Human Fall Traps
    Workers Comp Insider
    "May is labor history month"
    Workers Comp Insider
    "A tip of the hat..."
    NathanNewman.org
    "Union Democracy in Carpenters"

    FAIR USE NOTICE: This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of labor and economic issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 Chapter 1 Sec.107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.




    "The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."
    Cesar Chavez




    :: Monday, January 05, 2009 ::

    When 'poorhouse' wasn't only an expression - Tracey Tyler, Toronto Star, Canada
    The oldest surviving example of a poorhouse in Canada is in Wellington County. The building, a national historic site, opened in 1877, a time when 'pauperism' was considered a moral failing that could be erased through order and hard work.

    The poorhouse system was the foundation for today's government-funded social assistance programs.

    It was also something Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe had very much wanted to avoid when he arrived in Upper Canada in 1791.

    In his native England, more than 100,000 people were swallowed up in work houses, funded by a 'poor tax' on landowners and criticized for being costly and creating cycles of dependency.
  • posted 7:56 AM :: reference link :: 0 comments ::
  • -------------------------------------------

    Comments: Post a Comment


    unions: the folks that brought you the weekend Powered by Blogger