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Protestors plea for end to forced labour in Uzbek cotton

2014-09-29 18:51:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

Protesters are due to ramp up pressure on the Uzbekistan government to end the use of forced labour in the country's cotton fields, with a series of demonstrations tomorrow (30 September).

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Ocean-threatened Marshall's leader posts climate video plea

2014-09-18 20:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: Marshall Islands President Christopher Loeak was forced to heighten the seawall protecting his home last year, but says the year-old defences are now barely enough to protect his family from a "climate emergency". PRE Friday, ahead of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's climate summit in New York City next week. Standing outside his home in the capital Majuro next to the heightened seawall, Loeak tells the camera that it is "barely enough to protect my family from the encroaching waves." "For...

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Pilots union makes plea for UPS flight safety reforms in national publication

2014-09-18 07:52:50| Air Courier - Topix.net

A pilots' union has taken its case for UPS to make safety changes to one of the nation's largest newspapers. In a full-page ad in today's Wall Street Journal, the Independent Pilots Association lists five items the group wants UPS to quickly agree to in the aftermath of the crash of UPS Flight 1354.

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