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The Human Toll of Our Economic Death
Sitting out in the car last fall waiting for Diana to step out of the last remaining department store in a dilapidated mall that had been dying slowly for a few short years, it occurred to me that the moment represented the collapse of our nation. This store was closing its... Caress Us with Lies from a Corrupt System
http://structuraleconissues.blogspot.com The cackles can be heard coming from behind every wall of this ‘windowless dirty room’ that where trapped within - with little or no hope of escape. Don’t worry every now and then they’ll throw us a dark moldy piece of stale... Call to raise salary of UK troops
In the UK, a soldier's starting salary is £12,572 a year, comparedwith a traffic warden's basic wage of £17,000. Generals are now calling for this pay to be increased."The head of the British Army has demanded a pay rise for troops following revelations that some soldiers... Belgian woman encourages jihadists with internet postings
Why a woman, and a Belgian woman at that, is working to encourage more men to become bombers and killers in a worldwide Muslim jihad is something that's hard to comprehend. Malika El Aroud is also encouraging women... Canadian Labour Unions: Have given up the fight?
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor More aptly put should be "The Death Knell of North American Labour Unions" are due partly by past greed for higher wages and benefits for it's workers. Greed against...U.S. sheds 20,000 jobs in April
The layoffs don't indicate a full-blown recession, apparently, but as one expert notes, it's "recessionary." If we're going to make up recession words, I prefer recessionistic because then you can sometimes say... German Low Wage Sector Threatens to Ruin Other European Economies' Labor Markets
The trend towards a labor market of working poors in Germany spells out trouble for the rest of Europe's economies. An audio comment. A copy of the referenced report can be retrieved here (in German). National Victims Week: Make Criminals Pay
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWith National Victims Awareness Week underway, those advocates for Victims Rights want to ensure serious time for serious crimes complete with restitution for victims,... Teachers in Lebanon Strike for Better Pay
Lebanese teachers participated on a one day strike today calling for improved wages and benefits. " Beirut - About 100,000 Lebanese school and university teachers observed a one-day strike Thursday in a move aimed at improving their salaries and... Cuba OKs sales of computers, DVD players
"Cuba has authorised the unrestricted sale of computers and DVD and video players in the first sign of new reforms put in place by President Raul Castro.
An internal government memo on Thursday said the appliances... U.S. economy losses 63,000 jobs in February
"NEW YORK: The U.S. economy shed 63,000 jobs in February, the government said Friday, the fastest falloff in five years and the strongest evidence yet that the country is headed toward - or may already be in - a recession. The unexpected decline raised expectations that the...Germany Faces Airport and Train Workers Strikes
Germany is facing a set of strikes that could have a significant impact on the country's economy, depending on their duration."Unionised workers at German airports are threatening to strike soon, amid dissatisfaction...China Sovereign Wealth Fund Could Buy Every US Company
"Lenin said that capitalists would sell the ropes that he'd use to hang them. Well, the communist Chinese are ready for a buying spree. Currently, those funds have about US $2 trillion in them. They're expected to have about US $17 trillion by 2010 - enough to buy every...Why Immigrant Workers Are Better
"The fact is that among poor people manual labor does not have the same stigma that it has for wealthier people. Americans, in particular seem to have an aversion to manual labor. There are many people elsewhere who not only have never done anything but manual labor, their...Why Immigrant Workers Are Better
"The fact is that among poor people manual labor does not have the same stigma that it has for wealthier people. Americans, in particular seem to have an aversion to manual labor. There are many people elsewhere who not only have never done anything but manual labor, their...
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