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Unilever workers to vote over pensions dispute | Business | The Guardian
www.guardian.co.uk | 10 hours 48 minutes ago
Workers at Unilever's UK operations are to vote on proposals by the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods group to resolve an industrial dispute over pension changes

Caterpillar to shut Ontario plant amid labour dispute - The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com | Feb 3, 2012
To close Electro-Motive Canada facility in London, Ont., where locked out employees have been off the job since Jan. 1

Kuwait and Bahrain become first Gulf countries to forge an official trade union relationship with
www.ameinfo.com | Jan 19, 2012
Gulf states are relying on over 100,000 migrant workers from Asia to grow their economies. As the economies of Kuwait and Bahrain thrive on migrant labour, Nepal's largest employer is the Gulf...

Fresh labour disputes hit Foxconn - FT.com
www.ft.com | Jan 15, 2012
When 150 workers at Foxconn climbed to the roof of one of its factories in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in a labour dispute earlier this month, it was a chilling reminder of the suicide series that shook the world’s largest contract electronics

Xbox factory workers threaten suicide roof jump over job row in China - mirror.co.uk
www.mirror.co.uk | Jan 12, 2012
Desperate Chinese workers assembling Xbox video game consoles threatened to jump to their deaths from a factory dormitory roof in a row over jobs.

Microsoft Says Worker Dispute at Foxconn Plant Resolved
www.socialfunds.com | Jan 12, 2012
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Hugh Salmon: A Creative Insight Into the Banking Crisis
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk | Jan 9, 2012
If, as discussed last week, the eurozone is a mish-mash of politics and economics, then the banking crisis is even more of a hot potato. On the one hand, the word 'bank' comes fraught with vitriol. On the other, we seem prepared to alienate anyone to save our precious 'financial

Caterpillar Contract Dispute Locks Workers Out - WSJ.com
online.wsj.com | Jan 1, 2012
Caterpillar said Sunday it had locked union workers out of a train locomotive plant in London, Ontario, in a sign that the world's largest maker of construction and mining equipment is prepared to get tough with workers despite a big recovery in earnings over the past two years.

Newsvine - Workers mass at Shanghai factory in latest unrest
www.newsvine.com | Dec 2, 2011
Hundreds of laid-off workers massed Friday outside a Shanghai factory of a Singaporean supplier to major consumer electronics companies such as Motorola and HP, in the latest of a spate of unrest as manufacturers struggle with higher costs and slowing exports.

Safe Working Conditions Dialogue by Utzedek.org Blocks Representatives From RealFlaums.com | PRLog
www.prlog.org | Dec 1, 2011
Safe Working Conditions Dialogue by Utzedek.org Blocks Representatives From RealFlaums.com. Workers at Flaum Appetizing found themselves unable to participate in a safe working conditions discussion hosted by Uri L'Tzedek, which featured former Flaum's employees. - PR11738992