HOME» Commentary» News » United States International Resources » United States International Events » United States International International News items International News   Tuesday, May 25, 2004 Preying On Human Cargo (Forbes.com). Forbes.com - Victor Zavala Sr. was in a panic. His sons and daughter-in-law had just been arrested by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's immigration division, part of a sweep last October of 250 illegals who held cleaning jobs at Wal-Mart stores in 21 states. Zavala waited on a call from Kenneth Clancy, who had put him and his family to work at the giant retailer in Old Bridge, Piscataway and Toms River, N.J., and would get them out of this horrendous scrape. Clancy did phone, says Zavala. But it was to tell him to put together a new crew to clean that evening. [Yahoo! News - Business] [Janice Kimball's Radio Weblog] 1:50:10 PM    comment [] Jobs threat hits north-east England textile factory. More than 100 jobs are under threat at a Wearside textile factory. The news is another blow to the north-east of England's struggling clothing industry, which has seen a spate of job losses over the past year. Bosses at the Dewhirst factory in Sunderland are to begun consultation with unions over the future of about 120 posts. The company is blaming falling orders and cheap foreign competition for the situation.  BBC May 22 2004 1:41PM GMT [Janice Kimball's Radio Weblog] 1:49:22 PM    comment [] More British workers taking sickies. The number of sick days taken by staff at British firms has risen for the first time in five years, according to a new report. [BBC News | Business | World Edition] [Janice Kimball's Radio Weblog] 1:49:06 PM    comment [] Africa regains growth trajectory. Africa's economies grew by 3.6% in 2003, a survey says, but the rate still falls short of what is needed to reduce poverty. [BBC News | Business | World Edition] [Janice Kimball's Radio Weblog] 1:48:49 PM    comment [] New negotiations in the Norway transport strike. Both sides in the transport workers' strike will meet again on Monday afternoon. This follows secret talks during the night, NRK reports.  If an agreement is reached, the 1900 workers involved in the strike could resume work almost immediately.   Norway Post May 24 2004 2:04PM GMT [Janice Kimball's Radio Weblog] 1:47:55 PM    comment []   Disclaimer Links on these pages to commercial sites do not represent endorsement by the University of California or its affiliates. The opinions expressed on this Weblog are the responsibility of the contributing authors and do not reflect the opinion of the Institute of Industrial Relations, The University of California, or the Regents of the University of California