The use of mercenaries has been historically a constant phenomenon till almost the end of the XX century, when their activities were criminalized by the international community. Parallel to that phenomenon European States, during their colonial expansion over all continents, authorized two other forms of similar violence by non state actors: the corsairs and the colonial merchant companies, such as the East India Company or the Hudson Bay Company. At the threshold of the XXI century we are witnessing a similar phenomenon. Although mercenaries have not completely disappeared "private milit...

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Labor rights are defined as freedoms and rights associated with the proletariat and plebian working classes, that defend and protect their rights to freely choose jobs on their own accord rather than be assigned specific work, the right to freely assemble and protest poor working conditions and unethical business practices, protect their right to a fair wage for their labor, and much more actions that fall under the umbrella of fair working conditions. ... This leaves unrepresented faculty members and employees of an organization most likely facing severe employer retaliation should they choo...

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This appears to devalue the argument further, seeing as this leaves only 14% of such companies being held within a family ownership after the first generation. ... While the minimum wage today might be argued (rightly) to be insufficient, in 1959, the Terms and Conditions of Employment Act set the minimum wage at a rate which could sustain a family of one working parent and two children without falling below the poverty line (source: National Archives), showing a duty of care actually being enacted by the UK government. ...

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