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In South Africa 75,000 Striking Miners Remain Defiant
30/09/2012 Comments Off on In South Africa 75,000 Striking Miners Remain Defiant
South African miners on a wildcat strike against the world’s top platinum producer defied management threats of firings on Friday 28 September 2012. Anglo American Platinum, Amplats, is the world’s leading platinum producer. Amplats is a division of global mining firm Anglo American. Amplats announced Thursday, 27 September 2012, that it began disciplinary actions and […]
Continue reading …Wisconsin Piggly Wigglys Pay $570,000 In Back Pay, Rehires Employees
30/09/2012 Comments Off on Wisconsin Piggly Wigglys Pay $570,000 In Back Pay, Rehires Employees
Piggly Wiggly Midwest, a Wisconsin supermarket chain, couldn’t wiggle out of the consequences of its piggish behavior with some of its unionized employees. Piggly Wiggly Midwest will pay more than $570,000 in back pay to 500 union employees at six Wisconsin stores as part of a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB). The […]
Continue reading …Aboard The Women’s Rights Bus In Pakistan, Ending Harassment of Women Commuters
30/09/2012 Comments Off on Aboard The Women’s Rights Bus In Pakistan, Ending Harassment of Women Commuters
ILO News– Public transport is meant for the convenience of the masses, but this is not always the case in Pakistan, particularly for women riding buses. Women represent 51% of Pakistan’s population. But in a town like Karachi, fewer than a dozen of the more than 60 seats in public buses are allocated for them. […]
Continue reading …Resource: Summary Of Health Care Benefits And Insurance Coverage And Uniform Glossary Of Terms
29/09/2012 Comments Off on Resource: Summary Of Health Care Benefits And Insurance Coverage And Uniform Glossary Of Terms
Under the Affordable Care Act, health insurers and group health plans will provide the 180 million Americans who have private insurance with clear, consistent and comparable information about their health care plan benefits and coverage. Specifically, the regulations will ensure consumers have access to two forms that will help them understand and evaluate their health […]
Continue reading …Quick Facts About High-Deductible Health Plans
28/09/2012 Comments Off on Quick Facts About High-Deductible Health Plans
By SHEFALI S. KULKARNI, KHN— High-deductible health care plans are no longer a health care insurance novelty—they are becoming mainstream. According to the industry trade group America’s Health Insurance Plans, the number of people with high-deductible health plan coverage reached more than 11.4 million in January 2011, up from 10 million in January 2010. A survey from the […]
Continue reading …The Democratization Of The Stock Market That Never Happened
28/09/2012 Comments Off on The Democratization Of The Stock Market That Never Happened
By Heidi Shierholz, Economic Policy Institute— Despite minute-by-minute dissection of the stock market in the news media, the share of the population of the United States owning stock is surprisingly low. Even when including shares purchased indirectly through retirement accounts, in 2010, less than half (46.9%) of all households had stock holdings. Less than a […]
Continue reading …Ranks Of Europe’s Low-Paid Public Sector Workers Increase
28/09/2012 Comments Off on Ranks Of Europe’s Low-Paid Public Sector Workers Increase
Low Paid Public Sector Workers In Europe Greece Impoverishment of public employees (fall in wages by 15-20% in 2011 and new cuts by an additional -15% in 2012) due to the abolition of 13th and 14th month salaries, and a cut in the minimum wage. Hungary In 2010, 55% of public employees with less […]
Continue reading …Health Plan Open Enrollment: Rising Premiums, Dependent Coverage
27/09/2012 Comments Off on Health Plan Open Enrollment: Rising Premiums, Dependent Coverage
By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News– The fall health insurance open enrollment season is when many people consider changes to their health coverage. This year, premiums will rise, although perhaps not as much as last year, and dependent coverage may be noticeably more expensive than in the past. Comparing plans may be easier, though, thanks […]
Continue reading …Job Search Engine Indeed.com Bought By Japan’s Recruit Co.
27/09/2012 Comments Off on Job Search Engine Indeed.com Bought By Japan’s Recruit Co.
Recruit Co. Ltd., a firm that once brought Japan’s government to its knees in a 1988 scandal, has purchased popular job search engine Indeed.com. Both Indeed and Recruit Co. are privately held companies. No dollar or yen value was given for the purchase. However, published reports speculate Recruit Co. may have paid as much as […]
Continue reading …Record One-in-Five Households Has Student Loan Debt, Burden Greatest On Young, Poor
27/09/2012 Comments Off on Record One-in-Five Households Has Student Loan Debt, Burden Greatest On Young, Poor
By Richard Fry, Pew Research Center— Nearly one out of five (19%) of U.S. households owed student loan debt in 2010. That’s more than double the share two decades earlier and a significant rise from the 15% that owed such debt in 2007, just prior to the start of the Great Recession, according to a […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill