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Hastie workers may get back to work
28 May 2012, 1:45 am
The administrators of engineering firm Hastie Group are hopeful that most of the company's 2,700 stood-down staff may continue working.
Ferry workers promise end to one-day strike
27 May 2012, 2:42 am
Striking Golden Gate Ferry
workers will return to their jobs Sunday morning after a one-day strike - in time to for the increased ferry service needed to accommodate the Golden Gate Bridge celebration, union officials...
Transferred GM workers adjust to life in Lansing
27 May 2012, 1:14 am
These are the "transplants" — GM
workers who headed north two years ago when the automaker shut down part of its Spring Hill, Tenn., operation and shifted production of the Chevrolet Traverse to the Delta plant.
Husky Lima, Ohio, refinery workers begin strike
25 May 2012, 1:43 pm
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Hourly
workers began a strike on Friday at Husky Energy's 155,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery in Lima, Ohio, but the refinery remained in production with managers taking over operation of the plant, the company and the union said. Gasoline in the Group Three market moved up a penny on Friday morning to a discount of 8.25 cents under June NYMEX RBOB gasoline, but it was ...
Hand deformities turn up in poultry workers: report
24 May 2012, 8:53 am
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new report describes two cases of poultry
workers who developed chronically swollen knuckles, the hallmark sign of a rare skin condition known as pachydermodactyly. Researchers from Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, said the joint swelling as well as pain, itching and burning both men felt in their hands was likely due to repeated ...
Brazil subway workers end strike in Sao Paulo
23 May 2012, 4:13 pm
Subway
workers went on strike in Brazil's biggest city on Wednesday, but ended it five hours later after halting a system used daily by more than 4 million people and snarling the city's already difficult traffic.
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Howes crying wolf on foreign workers - Sydney Morning Herald
28 May 2012, 12:23 am
Good act ... AWU boss Paul Howes, right, and ACTU national secretary Dave Oliver. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen AWU chief Paul Howes has put on a good act (for his members) of being surprised and outraged by Gina Rinehart’s guest worker deal – or maybe he ...
PM questioned over Rinehart workers deal - Sydney Morning Herald
27 May 2012, 9:02 pm
THE federal cabinet is divided over the integrity of the Prime Minister, with senior ministers disputing her claim she did not know until the last minute about a deal to allow Gina Rinehart to import 1700
workers to help build a massive iron ore project in ...
Manufacturing workers unhealthy: report - News.com.au
27 May 2012, 7:15 pm
THE stereotype of the stressed-out and overweight desk-bound white collar worker may need to be replaced by the unhealthy manufacturing worker, according to new research. While manufacturing
workers have traditionally avoided such a tag because their work ...
workers, Meira Paibis protest bomb threat at Nillakuthi - E-pao.net
27 May 2012, 4:38 pm
Imphal, May 27 2012:
workers and Meira Paibis today staged a protest demonstration against the act of planting a powerful bomb having timer device near a stone crushing firm at Nillakuthi. The protesters put up placards which read as "Don't plant bombs in ...
Back-to-work legislation looms over CP workers - Financial Post
27 May 2012, 3:19 pm
Labour Minister Lisa Raitt says she is prepared to table a back-to-work bill as early as Monday morning to end the strike at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. with talks between the parties breaking off Sunday afternoon. Negotiations between CP and ...
What workers Lose By Staying Put - Wall Street Journal
25 May 2012, 5:37 pm
Americans have historically been an unusually mobile people, constantly seeking better economic conditions. But this process of geographical readjustment isn't perfect. In fact, it is highly uneven. Even if everyone is completely free to move ...
Fukushima-exposed children and workers 'OK for now' - New Scientist
25 May 2012, 5:27 am
Most children and
workers exposed to radioactive fallout from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear disaster on 11 March last year received reassuringly low doses of radiation, but some highly-exposed
workers will need close monitoring for health problems in the ...
