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Child Laborers Mine for Cobalt Used in Tech Gadgets
2016-01-21 00:53:17| TechNewsWorld
Amnesty International and African Resources Watch on Tuesday issued a report alleging that the supply chains of major electronics companies -- including Apple, Sony and Samsung -- included cobalt mined by child laborers in Africa. The companies have failed to make basic checks to halt the practice, the report claims. The report traces the harvesting and sale of cobalt in the poverty-stricken DRC.
Labor Agreement - LIUNA Laborers' Local 483 and Portland Parks & Recreation - Outstanding Phase I Matters
2015-12-31 00:41:13| PortlandOnline
BCP-BHR-17.71
BHR-17.71 - Labor Agreement - LIUNA Laborers' Local 483 and Portland Parks & Recreation - Outstanding Phase I Matters
2015-12-31 00:21:16| PortlandOnline
BCP-BHR-17.71
Korean court orders Japanese steel maker to compensate forced wartime laborers
2015-11-13 10:27:20| Steel - Topix.net
A South Korean court on Friday ordered Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. to compensate seven Koreans who were forced to work at one of its predecessor companies during the war a total of 700 million won . The Seoul Central District Court awarded 100 million won in damages to each of the plaintiffs, the same amount they sued the Japanese company for.
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LO realtor now convicted criminal for hiring cheaper day laborers to remodel asbestos-laden home
2015-10-27 21:19:24| Real Estate - Topix.net
A Lake Oswego real-estate agent who investigators say tried to cut corners -- by hiring untrained day laborers to remove asbestos from a trendy Southeast Portland house that he was flipping -- pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor crime. William Gaffney had no previous criminal history, but state investigators say his actions in March 2014 moved into the criminal realm when he failed to hire a trained asbestos-abatement company to gut the 1908 Craftsman-style home, just steps from hip Hawthorne Boulevard.
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