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Andrew Newman
Mrs.Barth
English 12
25 September 2016
Annotated Bibliography: Workplace Conditions
Research Question: How have working conditions changed in the last decade for minimum wage
workers?
Aldridge, Susan. "Workplace Health and Safety." Worldmark Global Health and Medicine
Issues. Ed. Brenda Wilmoth Lerner and K. Lee Lerner. Vol. 2. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2016.
691-697.Global Issues in Context. Web. 25 Sept. 2016.
This articles main point was the weakness of the workplace safety and how it is
overlooked by many countries and businesses. They go on to explain the many kinds of hazards
commonly wound in the work place whether it be mechanical, chemical, etc. The author
proposed a plan for workplaces to adopt safer technologies that would help cut down on these
risks. The article shows statistics of the global fatality rate caused by occupations and it surpases
two hundred million deaths.
This article is a strongly written and well organized piece of literature. I can easily scan
through it and find certain sections very easily. This was written by a large corporation and has
multiple sources and data to support given claims that are made. Many historical allusions are
made and each historical issue cited is factual. This article is without a doubt as credible as
possible.

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Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickle and Dimed. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.

In this Book/ Social experiment author Barbara Ehrenreich throws herself into the
working class to see if living on minimum wage is possible. She sets off on a journey to only use
the money she earns at her many minimum wage jobs without any outside help. She also neglect
her own peronal savings prior to the experiment to create a more authentic experiment. She
struggles with social, racial, gender, and religious barriers that everyday minimum wage workers
must endure.

This book was written and published by a well known author who is also the person conducting
the experiment. Her experiences are credible and reliable. She talks about real people and real
situations that happened in her experiment. This source is very credible and easy to use as
evidence for the research question. Barbara paints a strong picture of workplace conditions in her
novel.

"Exposed - the Child Labour Behind Smart Phone and Electric Car Batteries [press release]." Africa News
Service 20 Jan. 2016. Global Issues in Context. Web. 25 Sept. 2016.

This article explains how American companies contribute directly to child labor in
foreign countrys. With the boom of cellular devices and technology as a whole more materials
are being sought after at a much greater rate than ever before. Americans hold their precious

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iphones and androids so near and dear to there hearts but they dont even know the true cost of
making them. Cobalt is a metal that is commonly used in the microchips and parts of
technological devices. Major technology companies pay for this metal in bulk from overseas
sellers. Cobalt is commonly mined and refined using child labor. These major companies are
well aware of the use of child labor yet do nothing to change it.

This article is a strongly written and well organized piece of evidence. I can easily scan
through it and find certain sections very easily. This was written by a large corporation and has
multiple sources and data to support given claims that are made. Many historical allusions are
made and each historical issue cited is factual. This article is without a doubt as credible as
possible.