Part 1. Introduction : Apartheid in South Africa and beyond -- Precursors -- The ideology and functioning of Apartheid -- Defiance : creating a liberation movement -- Violence and armed struggle -- Resistance and repression : students, workers, women, clergy, and conscripts -- Living with Apartheid : class, race, and gender -- Ending Apartheid : reforms and negotiations -- Part 2. The documents -- Appendixes : A chronology of key events in the rise and fall of Apartheid (1652-1994) -- Questions for consideration
Discusses the nature & implications of increasing wage disparities between workers & high-level managers in the US. Although the continued decline of workers' real wages & the vast growth of wages among the higher ranks of corporations has been well documented, it is argued that little research has recognized the mutual dependence of these trends. Data from the Current Population Surveys, 1979-1993, & household surveys conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics are drawn on to construct an index of real spendable hourly earnings (adjusted for taxes & inflation), which evidences a continual decline in take-home pay for the lower 80% of all wage earners since the early 1970s. This dramatic decline in wages has accentuated poverty, adversely affected living standards, & forced millions to work longer hours. Contrary to the reality of US trends, analysis of foreign & domestic corporations suggests that companies utilizing more cooperative worker relations have evidenced higher levels of productivity in combination with increased wages. Overcoming these wage disparities & their devasting impacts requires a dramatic increase in the minimum wage, procedural changes to facilitate the establishment of unions, & investment incentives for companies with more egalitarian wage policies. 1 Table. T. Sevier
