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Updated
5/3/2004; 3:26:50 PM
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Thursday, April 22, 2004 |
Labor Medal awarded to migrant worker. BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhuanet) -- The National Labor Medal, the highest honor for Chinese workers, has for the first time been awarded to the migrant worker before the International Labor Day. Bao Xianfeng, who came to work in the city from the countryside, has become the first migrant worker who won the medal for his outstanding contributions. He is now a group leader of a construction company in east China's Zhejiang Province. Xinhua News Agency Apr 22 2004 7:52AM GMT
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Allegheny Energy moving headquarters here. The move, effective immediately, will mean the relocation of nine additional jobs to Greensburg, with the remainder of a 50-person work force in Hagerstown being sent to Williamsport, Md., where the corporation has facilities for a number of linemen, and to other corporation locations scattered throughout its service territory. Pittsburgh Tribune Review Apr 22 2004 5:04AM GMT
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Nigeria: Airways Workers Chase Out MD, Others. Protesting workers of the ailing national carrier, Nigeria Airways yesterday added another twist to their recent activities when they chased out the airline's Managing Director, Mr. Jonathan Jiya and other top management staff out of office. The workers claimed their action was to force the management of the airline to source for their unpaid 12 months salary arrears and terminal benefits. AllAfrica.com Apr 22 2004 3:19PM GMT
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'Me-toos' may help avoid a strike here Me-too agreements work like this: In situations where there are contracts covering multiple employers in the same industry expiring at roughly the same time, the union and some of those employers will negotiate a sort of contract in advance. That contract says that the union won't strike those employers should there be a walkout. In turn, those employers agree to offer to their workers whatever is the industrywide or regionwide settlement agreed to by the largest employers. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Business]
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Electrolux to cut 300 jobs. Whitegoods manufacturer Electrolux has announced it would cut 300 jobs at its refrigeration plants in New South Wales and Adelaide. Sydney Morning Herald Apr 22 2004 2:45PM GMT
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TVA lays off 106 employees; 550 leave. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Valley Authority issued layoff notices to 106 employees Thursday and said 550 employees have chosen to leave voluntarily. TVA also said it will eliminate 281 contractor positions in the coming months. AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer Apr 22 2004 8:04PM GMT
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Bus strike can mean Oslo chaos. Norway's capital can be hit by a bus strike early Friday morning. Drivers on over half of the bus routes managed by Stor-Oslo Lokaltrafikk (SL - Greater Oslo Local Traffic) may strike and thousands of children in Akershus county can have their ride to school disappear. Aftenposten Apr 22 2004 3:19PM GMT
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Contractors Head To Columbus To Fight For Work. Local Cleveland contractors are upset over local work going to Michigan contractor. Dozens of Cleveland union workers are taking their issues with a state law on the road this morning, NewsChannel5 reported. NewsNet 5 Apr 22 2004 4:52PM GMT
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Australian Alcoa workers exposed to fumes. Aluminium giant Alcoa is facing a crisis after workers at its Pinjarra refinery became sick this month when exposed to poisonous fumes, internal company documents have revealed The West Online Apr 22 2004 5:25PM GMT
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Baxter slashing up to 4,000 more jobs. Baxter International Inc. said Thursday that it is cutting another 3,500 to 4,000 jobs, or 7 percent to 8 percent of its work force, in an ongoing restructuring by the medical products company. The announcement came as the Deerfield, Ill.-based company announced second-quarter earnings and nine months after it slashed 3,000 jobs. ChicagoBusiness.com Apr 22 2004 4:03PM GMT
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The economy is growing, why aren't wages?. `Within about six months, you should start to see wages growing ... but it's not going to be overwhelming,'' said Bill Zadrozny, chief executive of Siemens Financial Services, a commercial financing company in Iselin, N.J. ChicagoBusiness.com Apr 22 2004 4:03PM GMT
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Debtor Nation No other major economy in the world accepts perennial trade deficits; some maintain huge surpluses. But American leaders and policy-makers are uniquely dedicated to a faith in "free market" globalization, and they have regularly promised Americans that despite the disruptions, this policy guarantees their long-term prosperity. [The Nation]
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Germany's Siemens pulls employees from Iraq, GE suspends some operations. A wave of violence has forced the suspension of some Iraqi reconstruction by the German engineering giant Siemens AG and U.S.-based firms General Electric Co. and Bechtel, officials said Thursday. Even some foreign employees of the U.S. government's aid agency have been stranded outside the country. San Francisco Chronicle Apr 22 2004 3:24PM GMT
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Pension reform should be ongoing - OECD official. Monika Queisser, principal administrator on pensions and other social policy issues at the Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation, told IPE: “Pension reforms are not something politicians should do and then sit back.” Investment Pensions Europe Apr 22 2004 2:54PM GMT
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2004
Janice Kimball
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