By Sonja Pace London 29 September 2009 British PM Gordon Brown gives speech to Labor Party conference, 29 Sep 2009 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown addressed the ruling Labor Party conference in the seaside resort town of Brighton Tuesday with a

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 May 2006 A child holds a small hammer that is used to crush stones in a quarry near Dawhenya, east of Accra, Ghana, Thursday, May 4, 2006 Child labor, worker safety and changing patterns in the international workplace are o

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A three-day summit of the Group of Eight labor ministers and of six other major economies has opened in Rome on to discuss ways to strengthen welfare systems and help the rising number of jobless. A general view of the hall of the first day of the G

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Twenty-seventeen is shaping up to be another tough year for organized labor. The year started with Republican lawmakers in Kentucky passing so-called right-to-work laws that affect how labor unions collect dues. That made Kentuck

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As you know by now, if you have been a long time subscriber to our weekly E-zine, I'm a very big proponent of activity, labor and discipline. In fact I devoted one of the five major pieces to the life puzzle (in my book under the same name) to the su

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Another story about China now. This one has to do with the countrys economy. Most of Chinas phenomenal growth is taking place in regions along the coast. For the inland, many people have been left behind. But now China's west and mid-west are startin

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 02 April 2007 Zimbabwe is bracing for a two-day general strike by trade unions angry over low wages and deteriorating economic conditions. The stay-at-home days have been called as security forces continue their crackdown o

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AS IT IS 2013-05-05 North Korean Labor Camp Survivor Tells His Story Hi again. Nice to have you with us on As It Is. I'm Kelly Jean Kelly. Today we are talking about a man named Shin Dong-hyuk. He spent the first 23 years of life inside a labor camp

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By Jeffrey Young Washington 22 May 2007 To most Americans, the governments in their towns and regional areas called counties are the governments they interact with the most. And alongside these local governments are groups of citizens who work on the

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 24 June 2007 People stand next to their motor bikes as they await fuel to arrive during a nationwide general strike in Lagos, Nigeria, 21 Jun 2007 Nigeria's labor unions have suspended a four-day general strike after reachin

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Chinese reports say the country's vast pool of cheap labor is getting smaller, which could hurt an economy that is heavily dependent on labor-intensive manufacturing. Claudia Blume in Hong Kong has more. Group of newly-arrived migrant workers carry

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 19 May 2008 Australia will increase its annual migration intake to 300,000 people a year - the biggest rise since the end of World War II. The increase in the annual quota is intended to address the country's chronic skills shor

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Thai Schools for Migrants Aim to Prevent Child Labor 9-year-old Nu Nu Wai would like to go to school full time and become a painter. But, as a child of migrant workers from Burma her parents cannot make enough money so she only attends 10 days a mont

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Detained American Provides Glimpse Into Chinese Forced Labor Practices SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA An American Fulbright Scholar who was arrested in China for stealing spent eight months assembling Christmas lights in a detention center. Stuart Foste

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By Challiss McDonough Cairo 04 October 2007 The Egyptian government is trying to head off a new wave of labor strikes that have erupted since a standoff at a key textile plant last week. Workers at a number of factories around the country have announ

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By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 09 April 2006 Despite Asia's fast economic growth, unemployment in the region has increased over the past decade. The United Nations' Economic and Social Commission for Asia

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The United Nations International Labor Organization marked the annual World Day Against Child Labor on Thursday to raise global awareness about the cycles of poverty that force millions of children into work, often denying them the chance to an educa

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 04 April 2006 Israel's interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he will seek to build a coalition with Israel's Labor Party. Labor Party leader Amir Peretz says he is optimistic

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 23 November 2007 After nine days of crippling national transportation strikes France appeared to be returning to normal Friday amid negotiations between labor unions and government officials. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports that

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 06 August 2006 Child laborers who were rescued from small-scale industrial units wait to get themselves registered at a police station, in Bombay, India (File photo) India has announced it will ban the employment of chil

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