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4/1/2004; 2:25:55 PM
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Tuesday, March 16, 2004 |
General Labour strike possible in Denmark. After the weekend breakdown of collective bargaining talks between labour union LO and employers' association DA, and subsequent two-week postponement of an LO work stoppage, the earliest date for a possible large-scale strike now stands at 28 March. Representatives for the union could move to put off the strike another 14 days to 11 April.Copenhagen Post Mar 16 2004 6:14PM GMT
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Nigeria: Targets 7m Jobs By 2007. The National Economic Empowerment Development Strategy (NEEDS) launched yesterday by President Olusegun Obasanajo has set a target of seven million jobs to be created by 2007, when the medium term economic development programme would have run its full course. AllAfrica.com Mar 16 2004 4:19PM GMT
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Romania rail workers nation-wide strike rolls on
Date: March 16, 2004
Bucharest, March 16 (InvestRomania) – Romania rail workers decided to continue a nation-wide strike started on Monday morning, protesting against low wages and planed redundancies in the sector.
Rail administration declared the strike illegal and called in court the trade unions representatives. A court decision which initially has been expected on Monday is seen to be announced later on the day.
The rail workers said they covers one third of the activity in line with the existing legislation requirements, but more than 21,000 people are protesting across Romania.
(Bucharest Newsroom-Tel/fax: +40 21 210 2934; +40 21 210 2935 - edited by andrei.iva@mediaon.ro)
InvestRomania Mar 16 2004 4:26PM GMT
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Irish airport strikes called off. Strike action which had threatened to disrupt travellers at Ireland's three main airports has been called off after Taoiseach Bertie Ahern intervened. Union Siptu postponed Thursday's planned six-hour stoppage of workers at Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports after receiving assurances from Mr Ahern. BBC Mar 16 2004 4:24PM GMT
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BANK OF ITALY: 224,000 NEW JOBS CREATED IN 2003
(AGI) - Rome, Italy, March 16 - In 2003, 224,000 new jobs were created, with an increase of 1 percent compared to the previous year. The figure was included in Bank of Italy's Economic Bulletin, with signalled a slow-down in job creation, considering that in 2002, 315,000 new jobs were created. As far as standard units of work, the increase in occupation in 2003 was 0.4 pct, compared to 1.3 pct in 2002. The employment rate of people of working age (15-64 years) increased from 55.4 pct in 2002 to 56 pct in 2003. There was yet again a larger increase for women, from 42 pct to 42.7 pct. In both cases, however, Italy's figures are much lower than European averages, which are 64.3 pct and 56.1 pct, respectively. The Bulletin reveals, therefore, that temporary worker contracts increased 1.2 pct. The Bank of Italy emphasises a new reduction of average productivity, which decreased 0.3 pct, compared to 0.7 pct last year. (AGI) - AGI Online Mar 16 2004 7:03PM GMT
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Vietnamese construction workers in Malaysia face unemployment risk
About 22,000 Vietnamese workers, or 30% of all Vietnamese guest workers in Malaysia, are working at construction projects and a number of them are facing unemployment risk, Deputy Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Luong Trao told reporters on Monday.
Deputy Minister Trao said that those workers may have to leave Malaysia before the end of their contracts, because Malaysia is narrowing the scale of construction due to some difficulties and focusing investment on smaller projects in rural areas.
The ministry urged enterprises having workers in Malaysia to keep watch of the situation to protect workers' interests.
However, Malaysia still has a great demand for Vietnamese workers for factories and industrial zones.
The Vietnamese side plans to send a large number of workers to work in Malaysia's industrial sector in the coming time. (VNA)
NhanDan Online Mar 16 2004 3:01PM GMT
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Caterpillar's UAW units schedule strike vote. Members of Caterpillar Inc.'s largest union will vote Sunday on whether to authorize their bargaining committee to call a strike, local union officials said on Tuesday. Caterpillar, the world's largest maker of construction and earth-moving equipment, has been in contract talks with the United Auto Workers (UAW) since Dec. 10. Their current agreement expires April 1. ChicagoBusiness.com Mar 16 2004 5:04PM GMT
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Walt Disney World reaches contract with part-time workers. LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) -- Walt Disney World has reached a tentative contract with its part-time workers who are having union representation for the first time in the resort's 32-year history, union leaders said.
Workers were scheduled to vote next week on the contract which covers 6,100 employees who work less than 25 hours a week in almost every job at the resort from restaurant workers to ride operators. AP via New Jersey Online Mar 16 2004 12:34PM GMT
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South African road freight sector agrees to 8% wage rise. Johannesburg - Employers and unions in the road freight industry had agreed on an 8 percent across-the-board increase, with increases in minimum wages in all grades of workers, they announced yesterdayBusiness Report Mar 16 2004 3:18AM GMT
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Wave Jobs Goodbye. Anthony Raimondo, Bush's new man in charge of creating jobs for Americans, is a master at outsourcing the jobs of his own employees out to China. [AlterNet]
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Where have all the U.S. jobs gone? The disconnect between jobs and growth is most evident in manufacturing, where employment has declined for 43 successive months, hitting blue-collar states such as Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania particularly hard. Canada, Globe & Mail [GAM]
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More Goodyear workers join Steelworkers. Workers at a second Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. plant in North Carolina have voted to join the United Steelworkers of America, the union said. Pittsburgh Business Times Mar 16 2004 2:16AM GMT
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Pollution unites town, but solution tears it apart (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - The Bush administration - sensitive to political opinion in coal states such as Ohio and West Virginia - wants to loosen pollution controls on electricity producing coal plants. It's a national issue. In the Northeast, asthma accounts for more missed days of school than any other disease. In the South and Midwest, power generating employs thousands. And after last summer's blackout in the Northeast and Upper Midwest, the entire nation understands the need for plenty of generating capacity. [Yahoo! News - Top Stories]
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Re-evaluating the Numbers. Factoring in social and environmental costs to our economic picture provides an entirely different view of where the economy is headed -- and it's not rosy. [AlterNet]
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Coca-Cola suspends production from plant in southern India. Last month, the Kerala state government told Coca-Cola that villages in the area were facing acute drought and the soft drink company should not use groundwater until June 15. Environmental News Network Mar 16 2004 10:39AM GMT
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Zimbabwe: State Universities Staff Get 280pc Salary Increment. GOVERNMENT has increased salaries and allowances of academic and non-academic staff at State universities. In a statement yesterday, the Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Dr Herbert Murerwa, said the basic pay of the staff had been increased by 280 percent. AllAfrica.com Mar 16 2004 3:05PM GMT
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One European IT job in four 'to go abroad'. India and a clutch of other countries will pick up a quarter of Europe's IT jobs by 2010, a report says. India will continue to lead the outsourcing market, but will face more and more competition from Russia and China, UK research firm Gartner said. Its study found that newcomers to the market such as Malaysia, Poland, the Baltic states and the Czech Republic, would win a bigger share of the market. [BBC News | Europe | World Edition]
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Illegal immigrants face hardships in houses run by smugglers. "Drop houses," one of the last stops immigrants make when they're smuggled into the country. They serve as a stopover point for sorting immigrants who are headed out of Arizona. They're places where smugglers collect their fees, which can range into the thousands of dollars, and arrange for their clients' transportation. Drop houses also provide the setting for the worst abuses against immigrants, who usually aren't free to leave and sometimes are held until extortion payments are made. AP via New Jersey Online Mar 16 2004 7:38AM GMT
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German investors lose confidence. Confidence among German investors falls, a survey finds, amid fears about the speed of recovery and following the Madrid bombings. The Mannheim-based ZEW institute said its monthly gauge of economic expectations fell to 57.6 in March, from almost 70 last month [BBC News | Business | World Edition]
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AFL-CIO wants Chinese trade tariffs. The AFL-CIO wants trade sanctions imposed on China, because of the country's alleged poor workers' rights. In its petition the AFL-CIO alleges some migrant Chinese workers enter into a "nightmare of 18-hour work days". It wants the administration to impose tariffs under US law instead of going first to the World Trade Organisation [BBC News | Asia-Pacific | World Edition]
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Minneapolis strike means no free St. Patrick's Day bus rides. Authorities are urging St. Patrick's Day revelers to party with caution this year, especially with the strike-caused suspension of a popular bus program that offered free rides to keep people from driving drunk. Pioneer Planet Mar 16 2004 9:38AM GMT
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Minneapolis nonprofits advised to skip bus strike transit aid. The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits advised its members Monday to stay away from a transportation grant program that Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced last week as a way to help people who are suffering most from the Twin Cities bus strike. Pioneer Planet Mar 16 2004 9:38AM GMT
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Janice Kimball
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