It depends on where you live but I know in canada you are given a raise after certain amounts of time. Check with your government to get the right answers.
It depends on your state, labor laws, and your companies policy.
There is more information needed here. Are you working under a contract? If not, does your organization have a job classification system?
Does it have a human resource manual with rights and protections in writing for the employee? Or are you working for a private employer who sets everything by the mouth and nothing is in writing?
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.