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  • We often look to immigration as a solution for our population and labour-force needs.

    Assuring Canada's Place in the Transforming Global Economy 2006

  • One of the defining features of contemporary Neoliberal restructuring of economies is the feminization of the labour-force.

    August 2006 2006

  • However, in reality, the feminization of the labour-force under capitalism underscores the fact that the system tends to reinforce other structures of oppression in society in its attempt to restore its profitability, be it gender or racial oppression.

    August 2006 2006

  • The neoliberal pattern of the feminization of the labour-force exposes the backwardness of capitalism as a social formation, in particular in the extent that it capitalizes on social relations and ideology of patriarchy.

    August 2006 2006

  • Theoretical production cycles (as quoted by manufacturers) fail to take account of the many factors which are independent of the capacity of the machines (pauses, organisation of the labour-force, etc.)

    Chapter 7 1995

  • The following are particularly important: the implications of the market survey (on productivity and on product type), the budget available and the production team (cost and degree of specialization of the labour-force).

    Chapter 7 1995

  • He went on to say that the majority of the industry's underground labour-force worked a total some 50-million shifts a year without serious injury.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • These can be differentiated using the following main criteria: productivity, investment and the quality of the labour-force employed.

    Chapter 4 1995

  • This therefore defines the equipment, the materials, and the labour-force required.

    Chapter 8 1995

  • Generally speaking, as far as production rates are concerned, these will depend largely on the way production is organised and on the type of equipment used as well as on the skill of the labour-force.

    Chapter 4 1995

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