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The cost of no sweatshops: S. Africa struggles not to be Bangladesh
ReutersBy Jon Herskovitz NEWCASTLE, South Africa, May 16 (Reuters) - It's not luxurious, but Goldfinch Garments, the Chinese-owned South African factory where Sindisizwe Zwane works nine hours a day, is far from a sweatshop: the ventilation is decent, the...Tags: Labor Legislation, South Africa, Government, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Lesotho
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Bangladesh factories shut by worker protests to reopen Friday
ReutersDHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh will reopen more than 300 garment factories on Friday, ending a three-day forced closure due to worker protests over pay and working conditions after a building collapse killed more than 1,100 people. A series of deadly...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Labor Legislation, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Career and Workplace, Employees
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Roof collapse at Cambodian shoe plant kills three - minister
ReutersPHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Three people were killed when the ceiling of a warehouse fell in at a shoe factory in Cambodia, a government minister said on Thursday, adding to concern about safety standards at Asian factories producing clothes cheaply for...Tags: Cambodia, Career and Workplace, Collective Contract, Government, Standards
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WRAPUP 3-As some retailers back Bangladesh accord, U.S. group lashes out
ReutersBy Jessica Wohl May 15 (Reuters) - An accord designed to prevent another deadly disaster in Bangladesh's garment industry drew sharp criticism from a major U.S. retail trade group on Wednesday, which said it would constrain legal rights of U.S....Tags: Labor Legislation, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Collective Contract, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Economy, Business and Finance
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Reuters World News Highlights at 2045 GMT, May 15
ReutersMay 15 (Reuters) - WASHINGTON - As Republican lawmakers stepped up their calls for top Internal Revenue Service officials to resign, President Barack Obama planned to meet with Treasury to discuss how to respond to the growing uproar over the IRS's...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, United Nations General Assembly, Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Germany
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Lawmakers test Brown's no-tax resolve with calls to hike levies
SACRAMENTO — Releasing his latest budget plan this week, Gov. Jerry Brown repeated his assurance that the tax hikes voters agreed to last fall were enough, that he won't ask them to dig deeper into their pockets any time soon. "We just got a...
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RPT-Global firms look past India weakness, bet on spending power
ReutersBy Tony Munroe and Rajesh Kumar Singh MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, May 16 (Reuters) - Global companies betting on India's potential as a consumer market are looking beyond the worst patch in a decade for Asia's third-largest economy and investing billions of...Tags: Dunkin' Donuts, Asia, Finance, Services and Shopping, India
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Venezuela's Maduro buries hatchet with billionaire businessman
Reuters* Dispute a bellwether of state-business tensions * Maduro and Empresas Polar vow to work together * New president faces tricky economic panorama By Diego Ore CARACAS, May 15 (Reuters) - Socialist leader Nicolas Maduro and the billionaire boss of...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Class Conflict, Nationalization, Nicolas Maduro, Government
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North American retailers devising own Bangladesh plans
Reuters(Reuters) - North American retailers on Tuesday discussed forging their own Bangladesh safety agreement, an alternative to a legally binding accord that many European retailers have signed on to, though details of any alternative accord were still...Tags: American Apparel, Loblaw Companies Limited, New York University, Sweden, North America
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New furniture store building in Woodridge
By early next year, furniture shoppers in the Woodridge area will have a new name to consider: Art Van. The Warren, Mich.-based company will be establishing five stores in the region, including a 68,000-square-foot facility being built at Boughton...
Tags: Ford, Services and Shopping, Ford City, Furniture, Vehicles
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Well, that's the other side of the world...
Take 1,100 people out of a city in North America and the world would have something to talk about for weeks, regardless of the circumstances. Changes would occur, with 9/11 serving as the obvious example. Have the same number of people killed in a place...Tags: Pakistan, Dominican Republic, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Bangladesh, Malaysia
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Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Day
Goggles on, boys and girls. The test kitchen food processor is wobbling like a Tilt-A-Whirl at the county fair. Before the tidbits go wild, let's dish: Think before you eat. Friday's Food Revolution Day is part of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's...
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