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Japan's First Victims...

 By, Uwe Paschen.  Japan’s first victims are the Brazilian “guest” workers in the Japanese industry. Those affected are the Brazilian Japanese that where broth to Japan over 20 years ago to fill in...

Migrant workers resort to violence in Ludhiana

"Ludhiana: Violent clashes erupted in the industrial city of Ludhiana on Friday with thousands of migrant labourers, who work in the city, resorting to arson and violence over alleged police insensitivity. As per...

The Fate of Cesar Chavez’s Dream

In her important new book, "The Union of Their Dreams - Power, Hope, and Struggle in Cesar Chavez's Farm Worker Movement" Miriam Pawel chronicles how a movement to unionize farmworkers failed to realize its...

Uplifting the Russian Humpty Dumpty

After the opening of the former Soviet Union to the West, the economy of Russia and its satellite countries came under control of criminal groups. The reason is fairly simple. The only people who knew anything about business were people who had participated in what was know...

Oh My! Public vs Private pay and pensions and bonuses

" As researchers for The Free Enterprise Nation began compiling information about the pay and benefits disparity that exists between government/public education and those who work in the private sector, we'd hear an occasional "OH, MY GOSH!" or "OH, MY!" as they found another...

Fixing Health Care Is Good for Business

Emotions are a good thing especially when you have to put out a fire, but when it is speaking on a pure business level, leave the fire truck outside."There has been a lot of talk about the 47 million Americans who do not have health insurance. But health-care reform is just...

Dutch bid to thwart young sailor (13 years old)

" Social workers in the Netherlands have taken legal action to try to stop a 13-year-old girl from sailing around the world on her own. They want Laura Dekker to be made a ward of court, so that her parents, who...

Coal Mine Explosion Traps 19 In Slovakia

14 miners are missing and presumed dead after an underground coal mine exploded in northern Slovakia. The miners had been putting out a fire in the Handlova mine when it exploded, said the mine owner. The explosion occured in an unused section of the mine, and is thought to...

Windsor, Ontario Going to Waste

July 30, 2009 The Transformation Has BegunMowing, or should I say, threshing and baling of the tall grass in city parks, as well as garbage and recycling pick up has begun. It will likely take a couple of weeks...

OFWs in Afghanistan crash defied ban - OWWA

" MANILA, Philippines - The 10 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan had defied the government ban on deployment to war-torn countries, the Overseas Workers’  ...

Mancession: Men More Affected By Recession Than Women?

Men are more likely to be affected by the global recession than women reads a recent article in the Business channel of the Atlantic titled: It's Not Just a Recession. It's a Mancession.  The article outlines statistical data showing men are having a tougher time with...

Sri Lankan doctors recant death figures

After being in custody for about two months, the doctors say they inflated death tolls. The doctors who stayed with the people till the end now claims that only 350-400 civilians were killed in the last month of...

Lake Baikal, Pearl of Siberia: Employees Going Hungry

Once again, Russian employees are not being paid. And again, the Russians have their own way of dealing with things. 43 people are on a hunger strike, after the Baikal Cellulose and Paper Plant refused to pay $4.3...

Tamil refugees forced into sex rackets

Sri Lankan military is alleged running prostitution ring using women kept in the Camp. It is further alleged, no action was taken by the senior government officials although it was brought to their attention. "...

Arroyo visits overseas workers in Hong Kong

" AFTER visiting Japan and Brazil, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo made a side “working visit” to Hong Kong during the weekend before she returns to the country afternoon Monday. Press Secretary Cerge Remonde, who is with Arroyo, said they will have a dialogue with...

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