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H&M worker rights pledge supports stable sourcing
2015-11-04 11:26:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Swedish fashion retail giant H&M has pledged to improve labour rights for 1.6m garment workers at its supplier factories - in a move that should also contribute to the creation of more stable sourcing markets.
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VW opposing UAW skilled trades worker vote at Tennessee plant
2015-11-04 03:36:02| Automakers - Topix.net
Volkswagen AG opposes a union representation vote by a portion of workers at the automaker's sole U.S. vehicle assembly plant, according to a letter to Chattanooga, Tenn., employees issued Monday night. Volkswagen has been the most open to the UAW among foreign manufacturers with assembly plants in the southern United States.
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OSHA Renews Alliance with Louisiana Associated General Contractors to Promote Worker Safety
2015-11-02 20:28:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Baton Rouge Area Office and the Louisiana Associated General Contractors have renewed an alliance read more
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Fukushima nuclear disaster: first worker diagnosed with cancer linked to cleanup
2015-10-20 17:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A 41-year old man has become the first worker at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to be diagnosed with cancer that officials recognise as being linked to his work there after the March 2011 disaster. The unnamed man, who was diagnosed with leukaemia in January 2014 after feeling unwell, spent a year working on reactor buildings that were badly damaged after a magnitude 9 earthquake triggered a tsunami that struck Fukushima and other parts of Japans north-east coast on 11 March 2011....
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VIDEO: Tata Steel worker: 'It's all over'
2015-10-20 14:05:02| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A Tata Steel worker says the Clydebridge workforce is downhearted - "the feeling in the place is it's finished, it's all over".
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