WASHINGTON - A new Labor Department report identifies more than 58 countries where child labor or forced labor is used to make hundreds of goods from coffee grown in Colombia to Christmas decorations made in China that often end up in the United States. The government wants American companies and consumers to know about the chance these products are made under conditions in which children and other workers are exploited and abused. "We want to engage with these countries and corporations that may have their hands in the wrong places here and try to correct this," said...
BNA Books Announces New 2009 Supplement to 'International Labor and Employment Laws, Volume II, Third Edition' Offering Practitioners a Competitive Legal Edge in an Expanding World Labor Market
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Reports on dearth of laborers in developed areas have become common in recent days, but they are still not optimistic news for migrant workers, says an article in...
Organized labor's agenda hits roadblock; what now?
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Zhejiang sending recruiters to find laborers
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Zhejiang province will send four work teams to provinces with a surplus of laborers to recruit migrant employees amid the...
Productivity up sharply, labor costs drop in 4Q
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges Union Executive with Extortion and Illegal Labor Payments
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PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, MARJORIE FRANZMAN, the Special Agent-in-Charge for the New York...
Zhejiang facing worst labor shortage in 7 yrs
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East China's Zhejiang province is facing the most severe labor shortage since 2003, with an average of 383 jobs for every 100 registered job...
SoCal city suspends day labor law
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Solis Hints Of Recess Appointment For Labor Board
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Labor Secretary Hints At Naming Controversial Nominee During Upcoming Congressional Recess Font size Print E-mail Share (AP) ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -...
Productivity surges 6.9 percent in 4th quarter while labor costs plunge 5.9 percent
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Productivity in the final three months of last year surged at a faster pace than previously thought as...
Productivity up sharply, labor costs plunge in 4Q
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WASHINGTON — Productivity in the final three months of last year surged at a faster pace than previously thought as labor...
Secretary Hilda L. Solis and agency heads to discuss U.S. Labor Department's fiscal year 2011 budget through live Web chat on Monday, Feb. 1
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis and agency heads will unveil the U.S. Department of Labor's fiscal year 2011 budget request during a live Web chat on Monday, Feb. 1. WHO:...

