Labour, workers and

economic activity

JOBS

100 YEARS AGO:

1. Agriculture

2. Livestock-raising

3. Industry

1. Agriculture

1OO YEARS AGO:

What did they produce?

•NOWADAYS:

•Some changes.

•How does the agricuture work?

1. Agriculture

2. Livestock-raising

•100 YEARS AGO:

What did they do?

•NOWADAYS: - Some information

- Quality rather than quantity

- Euskolabel

- Inports

2. Livestock-raising

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

• 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€.

SALARY

Money for what?

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.

•NOWADAYS:

Exchange is not a way of payment.

Money for what?

CURRENCY

100 YEARS AGO: Type of money

•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.

CURRENCY

Advantages and disadvantages of

adopting the euro

Pros:

Cons: (the crisis)

Employers, companies and

employees

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

Not much money

Economic activities now

All kinds of jobs

More money

• 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.

• 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

Taxes to destitute poor people.

Written by the government

The two liberal members from the urban council agreed.

They didn’t add up the 7 taxes that have allready been levied.

THE END

=)

By

: Ainhoa Agirrebeña Andueza

Melissa Nielaba

Maialen Castaño Nuñez

Hannah Ratuschny

Mikel Gonzalez Arrue

Ids Niessen

Maite Arregi Joaristi

Giovanna Verspagen

Gadea Azkue Izagirre

Darren Klasens

Iñigo Larrañaga Egiguren

Mick Zenden

Itziar Gurrutxaga Altuna

Philippe Schyns

Ane Etxeberria Aranguren

Sandy Klooster

Ane Arrizabalaga Andreu

Wesley Hundscheid

Maria Odriozola Romarate

Jill Quaedflieg

Ianire Iriarte Villanueva

Charelle Matzner

B Y :

Ane Uria Etxeberria

Rik van der Schuren

Miriam Etxaniz Alberdi

Jessica Verjans

Ane Letamendia Martin

Sammie Hinzen

Sarai Tena Gómez

Kim Aarts

Naira Arizmendi Ucin

Godelieve Ploumen

Beatriz Arizmendi Larrañaga

Minou Schreijen

Goizane Mendizabal Arrieta

Andrea Mollering

Jon Olaizola Alberdi

Alejandro Erkens

Ainhoa Aizpitarte Zabarte

Ruben Mooldijk

Ane Aguado Garate

Demi Plummen

Itxaso Astigarraga Etxabe

Veerle Schielen

Melissa Dassen

Leire Etxeberria Beristain

Isabelle Cranen

Alaitz Alberdi Eizmendi

Kimberly Wanders

Sara Aranbarri Iriondo

Amaia Aizpuru Aldalur

Lonneke Wetzelaer

Maite Olaizola Alberdi

Kelly Bruijnseels

Estibalitz Aranbarri Zinkunegi

Maren Alberdi Aizpuru

Katrin Jungheim

Maite Lete Elorza

Yvette Tillmans

Haizea Ribera Sorazu

Natascha Strolenberg

Eider Etxaniz Corrales

Marco van Belzen

Mireia Arrizabalaga Olaizola

Bas Wijsman

Maider Soraluze Larrañaga

Itziar Varela Egiguren

Jolien Windmuller

Judith Egiguren Agirre

Britt Creusen

Britt Quaedflieg

Eider Iturralde Arotzena

Laura Naranjo Garcia

Laurence Smits

Ane Bereziartua Odriozola

Idoia Landa Reza

Robert v. Overveld

Monika Aizpitarte Garmendia

Robin Frankes

Maitane Diez Izagirre

Leonie Thomissen

Irati Labaka Garmendia

Sebastiaan Ansara

Aizpea Etxeberria Arano

Marjolijn Smeets

Sara Ibarzabal Arregi

Demi Smits