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Updated 3/1/2004; 1:55:24 PM

Thursday, February 19, 2004

Argentina returns to rapid growth. After four years of slump and a massive debt default, the South American nation's economy expands more than 8% in 2003. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition]
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Zambia: Why Local Textile Firms Cannot Tick. Lack of modern machinery and the influx of second-hand clothes has killed Zambia's textiles industry, African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) Africa manager Moses Simemba has said. AllAfrica.com Feb 18 2004 3:46PM GMT
3:04:05 PM    comment []

A.F.L.-C.I.O. Endorses Kerry, Giving Him Powerful Ally. The A.F.L.-C.I.O. gives Senator John Kerry a powerful ally in the competition against Senator John Edwards. By Kirk Semple. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
2:59:39 PM    comment []

Negotiations resume in Montreal to head off Friday strike at Canadian National Rail. Negotiations resumed Thursday in a bid to head off a strike at CN Rail by its 5,000 shopcraft, intermodal and clerical workers. National Post Feb 19 2004 9:06PM GMT
2:49:33 PM    comment []

Unions to picket UAL bankruptcy hearing. The flight attendant and machinist unions at United Airlines will picket Friday's monthly bankruptcy hearing to express anger over proposed changes to retiree benefits.  ChicagoBusiness.com Feb 19 2004 8:02PM GMT
2:44:14 PM    comment []

Blow for textiles firm. More than 270 jobs are set to go at a textiles company which has operated in County Tyrone since 1835. Management at Herdman's spinning mill told its workforce on Thursday that manufacturing would cease in Sion Mills. The company has been experiencing difficulties in recent years, and had opened a plant in South Africa in an effort to cut costs.  [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
2:42:07 PM    comment []

Study: Women make few gains in appointed government jobs.  In 1999 women held 29.8 percent of leadership posts appointed by governors. That number rose to 35 percent in 2001, but then dropped to 32 percent two years later, according to a report released Thursday by the Center for Women in Government & Civil Society at the University at Albany.

"The glacial rate of change is discouraging," said Judith Saidel, the study's project director. "Gubernatorial appointees across the country do not look like the people they are serving." Boston Globe Feb 19 2004 2:16PM GMT


2:34:13 PM    comment []

Land Rover staff accept pay deal. Workers at carmaker Land Rover have accepted a pay offer, ending the threat of further strikes, unions have said. The Amicus union said members had voted 65% in favour of an offer worth about 6.5% over two years.  UK BBC Feb 19 2004 6:04PM GMT
2:29:29 PM    comment []

Wal-Mart CEO Sees Job Market Improvement (Reuters). Reuters - Democrats may be pummeling President Bush over job losses, but the chief executive of the world's largest company, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., said on Thursday the jobs situation could soon improve. [Yahoo! News - Business]
2:27:49 PM    comment []

Economy Making Small Strides - Reports (Reuters). Reuters - The number of Americans signing up for initial jobless benefits fell much more than expected last week, suggesting the labor market was healing, though only slowly. [Yahoo! News - Business]
2:27:28 PM    comment []

Powergen cuts hundreds of jobs. Up to 600 workers face redundancy under plans by Powergen to merge the East Midlands and Midlands Electricity companies. UK, BBC Feb 19 2004 2:10PM GMT
2:23:18 PM    comment []

* US stops accepting applications for its H1-B work visas. The US government won't accept any more applications for a popular visa program that provides skilled foreign labor to US companies, the office of Citizenship and Immigration Services said. Taipei Times Online Feb 19 2004 3:39AM GMT
2:21:40 PM    comment []

Trade unions urged to investigate overdue payment of migrant workers.  National industrial unions in China should directly investigate problems concerning overdue payment of migrant workers and industrial injury insurance. China, Xinhuanet Feb 19 2004 9:39AM GMT
2:20:09 PM    comment []

Remaking America in Wal-Mart's Image. The UFCW strike can be called a 'Wal-Mart strike,' in the sense that Safeway, Albertsons and Kroger have chosen to follow Wal-Mart's model. If there is a bottom, Wal-Mart will find it first, and the pack will eagerly follow. [AlterNet]
2:09:26 PM    comment []

Number Crunching. The administration is retreating from statements made just last week about expected job gains, while pegging the blame for the nation's joblessness on the Clinton administration. [AlterNet]
2:09:08 PM    comment []

Pro-jobs budget for South Africa. The government pledges a further spending boost aimed at reducing unemployment ahead of April's elections. [BBC News | Africa | World Edition]
2:01:39 PM    comment []

Zambians strike over tax rises. Some 3,000 trade unionists march on parliament as a national strike shuts many offices. [BBC News | Africa | World Edition]
2:00:47 PM    comment []

Darigold says it won't end lockout Teamsters Local 66 asked WestFarm Foods to end its lockout of nearly 200 workers this week in exchange for a union pledge not to strike for a year, but the Darigold company rejected the offer. Under the proposal, union members would have worked under the terms of the expired contract, with wages and pension benefits frozen, according to Mark Jones, secretary-treasurer of Local 66.  [Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Business]


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