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Following Nationwide Strikes, Bangladesh Garment Workers Win Minimum Wage...
Garment workers in Bangladesh are poised to receive a 50 to 80 percent increase in the minimum wage following massive protests in September that closed more than 100 factories and caused a 20 percent...
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Businesses cut full-time workers to meet Obamacare mandate, study says
First, President Obama had to backtrack from his promise that if you like your health insurance plan, under Obamacare “you can keep it.” Now, a new study is suggesting that, under Obamacare, “If you...
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Afghan Villagers Find Bodies of 6 Beheaded Workers
Afghan villagers discovered the beheaded bodies of six government contractors Sunday in the country’s restive south, the apparent victims of insurgents who regularly target state projects, officials...
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50,000 illegal Ethiopian workers in Saudi Arabia sent home
Ethiopia has flown home over 50,000 citizens in Saudi Arabia after a crackdown against illegal immigrants in the oil-rich state, the foreign ministry says. The Daily Star >> Live News
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Wal-Mart Responds To Striking Workers And Assorted Hangers On
From a Press Release issued by America’s (and the world’s) largest employer (except the US government of course) in response to sporadic strikes by its workers: ”This has been the most successful...
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Enraged Workers In Bangladesh Burn Down One Of The Gap’s And Wal-Mart’s...
According to authorities, factory workers were enraged after a loudspeaker from a mosque announced a worker’s death during a police firing to disperse a road blockade by factory employees earlier that...
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As Fast Food Workers Go On Strike In 100 Cities, Applebees Unveils The...
Today, in the latest escalation by minimum paid restaurant workers who demand greater wages, Fast-food workers and labor organizers are set to turn out in support of higher wages in cities across the...
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RIGZONE – Official: Workers Clash in S.Sudan Oil Fields, 16 Dead
RIGZONE – Official: Workers Clash in S.Sudan Oil Fields, 16 Dead: ‘via Blog this’ Interesting News Items
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US Organized Labor Humiliated After Volkswagen’s Tennessee Workers Vote...
While US organized labor has been in a state of steady decline for several generations, never had it suffered as crushing a blow as it did last night, when in a 712 to 626 vote, Volkswagen’s hourly...
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This system can tell if workers are lying by looking at their eyes
Eye-based lie detection has long been the stuff of research and science fiction, but it’s about to become a practical reality in the office. Converus is releasing EyeDetect, a hardware and software...
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