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ManpowerGroup Urges Employers Work With Educators To Advance Job Training

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ManpowerGroup Urges Employers Work With Educators To Advance Job Training

International staffing firm ManpowerGroup is advocating that U.S. companies develop the skills of their local populations by collaborating with regional educators The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released 5 October 2012, reported the overall September jobless rate declined to 7.8 % from August’s 8.1% rate. The U.S. private sector added 114,000 new jobs last month, […]

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EEOC: Selected Pending And Resolved Age Discrimination In Employment Act Cases

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EEOC: Selected Pending And Resolved Age Discrimination In Employment Act Cases

EEOC: Selected List Of Pending And Resolved Cases Under The Age Discrimination In Employment Act (ADEA) As Of August 2012 PENDING AGE DISCRIMINATION CASES: 2012 Marymount Manhattan College: (S.D. N.Y) filed 4/18/12 by New York District Office – The Commission alleges that Charging Party, a 64-year-old choreography instructor, was not hired for an assistant professorship […]

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How Jobs Are Transforming Societies Around The World

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How Jobs Are Transforming Societies Around The World

From the World Bank— Working under the hot Jamaican sun on a noisy construction site is not easy, but the job means a lot to Shernette Chin. “It helps me out with my kids,” says Shernette. “If I didn’t have this job, I don’t know how I would manage.” While individuals value jobs for the […]

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In Michigan National Unions And Chamber Of Commerce Slug It Out

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In Michigan National Unions And Chamber Of Commerce Slug It Out

By Paul Abowd, Center For Public Integrity— After two bruising years for organized labor in the Midwest, the movement has managed to land two pro-union measures on the November ballot in Michigan. Michigan locals and their national leaders now face an ad campaign by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and its friends, urging voters to resist […]

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Can Co-Operatives Conquer Capitalism And Change The Way The World Works?

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Can Co-Operatives Conquer Capitalism And Change The Way The World Works?

By WAYNE ELLWOOD, New Internationalist — In the eyes of the mainstream media and the high priests of the free market, Argentina just doesn’t get it. This past May, the country was savaged by the international business press for nationalizing the Spanish-owned oil company, YPF. Scarcely mentioned was the fact that Argentina’s oil and gas […]

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Report: New iPhone, Old Abuses: Have Working Conditions At Foxconn In China Improved?

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Report: New iPhone, Old Abuses: Have Working Conditions At Foxconn In China Improved?

A new report from a watchdog group in China suggests that working conditions at Foxconn, the company that makes Apple’s iPhone,have not improved. Reports of abuse, dangerous working conditions, forced unpaid labor and worker suicides have drawn attention to Foxconn In Sept. 2012, researchers from Hong Kong-based organization Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) […]

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Domestic Workers No Longer A Domestic Issue In Philippines

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Domestic Workers No Longer A Domestic Issue In Philippines

ILO News– Dumaguete City is one of the Philippines’ top destinations for divers and nature lovers. For Aileen Capacite Bulfa, however, it was not the perfect summer getaway. The daughter of a poor farmer, she moved to Dumaguete to become a domestic worker when she was 13. She tried to attend the first year of […]

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International Women’s Day Is Really Working Women’s Day

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International Women’s Day Is Really Working Women’s Day

International Women’s Day, 8 March 2012, has it roots in the early 1900s as a movement of working women seeking better wages, safe working conditions, shorter hours, child labor restrictions – and not mention, the right to vote. A timeline from the International Women’s Day website: 1908Great unrest and critical debate was occurring amongst women. […]

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OSHA Model Workplace Program Now Subject Of Two Probes

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OSHA Model Workplace Program Now Subject Of Two Probes

By CHRIS HAMBY, iWatchNews— The Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General will examine a federal program that recognizes “model workplaces” and exempts them from regular inspections, the office’s audit plan for the coming fiscal year shows. The assessment comes as an Occupational Safety and Health Administration task force is conducting its own review of the agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs […]

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