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=== Environmental Issues ===

With the rise of environmentalism and a focus on green and renewable energy, numerous League of Nations watchdogs as well as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) sounded alarms regarding the amount of industrial waste, runoff, and pollution that Arco Steel was producing. The Confederate Parliament convened a special committee run jointly by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Interior to investigate the allegations. They found that while there were some irregularities regarding the dumping of industrial waste at Easthampton's city dump and industrial waste processing facilities, the company was largely compliant. However, they noted that if the current trend of protecting the Ozone layer and air quality was to increase, there would need to be drastic reform in Easthampton. Despite political leverage and lobbying by Arco Steel, the Confederate Parliament passed the Air Quality Act of 1989 and set mandatory thresholds for industrial exhaust, pollution, and air purity. Easthampton had notoriously been a lower air quality and lower quality of life area to live due to the numerous sprawling industrial complexes, and the Air Quality Act helped being the reversal of many damaging effects that the steel industry and mining industry had done to the local ecology and environment of Easthampton and the Aileach Mountains.

=== Union Busting Allegations ===

John Marsden oversaw much of the company's growth until his death in 1919. As such he maintained economic policies that kept wages and compensation for workers low, and consistently was an opponent of unionization. This was also important due to the increased amount of political lobbying in Arcerion's government at the turn of the 20th Century to prevent liberal and socialist candidates from rising to power and leveraging positions of influence to pass union-friendly legislation. A series of worker strikes after the First Great War resulted in John Marsden Jr., now Chairman of the Board, raising working wages, creating a pension program, and introducing the first healthcare and benefits plan for Arcer workers, independent of unions.

Allegations were made however that the strikes were broken up by former members of the [[Royal Arcerion Constabulary]], who had been hired by the company to prevent unionization. These claims were never confirmed despite journalists trying to get employees and senior executives to comment, but with the purchase of several newspapers and large well-circulated publications, the discussion regarding hiring private 'muscle' faded away by the 1930s.

Industrial labor advocates abroad, notably in Indigenous nations such as Washakara continued to advocate for more wages and worker's rights for the large number of unskilled Indigenous laborers hired by Arco Steel. The company never commented publicly however quietly increased subsidies and hourly wages, cutting the mandatory work day and factory shifts from two twelve-hour shifts a day to three eight-hour shifts to promote worker health and well being.

~~=== Union Busting Allegations ===~~

== Legacy ==

Manufacturing sector

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 === Environmental Issues ===
 With the rise of environmentalism and a focus on green and renewable energy, numerous League of Nations watchdogs as well as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) sounded alarms regarding the amount of industrial waste, runoff, and pollution that Arco Steel was producing. The Confederate Parliament convened a special committee run jointly by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Interior to investigate the allegations. They found that while there were some irregularities regarding the dumping of industrial waste at Easthampton's city dump and industrial waste processing facilities, the company was largely compliant. However, they noted that if the current trend of protecting the Ozone layer and air quality was to increase, there would need to be drastic reform in Easthampton. Despite political leverage and lobbying by Arco Steel, the Confederate Parliament passed the Air Quality Act of 1989 and set mandatory thresholds for industrial exhaust, pollution, and air purity. Easthampton had notoriously been a lower air quality and lower quality of life area to live due to the numerous sprawling industrial complexes, and the Air Quality Act helped being the reversal of many damaging effects that the steel industry and mining industry had done to the local ecology and environment of Easthampton and the Aileach Mountains.
+=== Union Busting Allegations ===
+John Marsden oversaw much of the company's growth until his death in 1919. As such he maintained economic policies that kept wages and compensation for workers low, and consistently was an opponent of unionization. This was also important due to the increased amount of political lobbying in Arcerion's government at the turn of the 20th Century to prevent liberal and socialist candidates from rising to power and leveraging positions of influence to pass union-friendly legislation. A series of worker strikes after the First Great War resulted in John Marsden Jr., now Chairman of the Board, raising working wages, creating a pension program, and introducing the first healthcare and benefits plan for Arcer workers, independent of unions.
+Allegations were made however that the strikes were broken up by former members of the [[Royal Arcerion Constabulary]], who had been hired by the company to prevent unionization. These claims were never confirmed despite journalists trying to get employees and senior executives to comment, but with the purchase of several newspapers and large well-circulated publications, the discussion regarding hiring private 'muscle' faded away by the 1930s.
+Industrial labor advocates abroad, notably in Indigenous nations such as Washakara continued to advocate for more wages and worker's rights for the large number of unskilled Indigenous laborers hired by Arco Steel. The company never commented publicly however quietly increased subsidies and hourly wages, cutting the mandatory work day and factory shifts from two twelve-hour shifts a day to three eight-hour shifts to promote worker health and well being.
-=== Union Busting Allegations ===
 == Legacy ==
 Manufacturing sector

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