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Are we using technology to improve productivity or have we become slaves to the always-on corporate inbox?
2014-03-04 11:25:11| Capgemini News Feed
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Slaves, sugar, and salvation
2013-10-18 10:43:55| Sugar Industry News
Earlier this year 14 Caribbean nations began legal proceedings against the governments of France, Britain, and the Netherlands seeking reparations for the slavery employed by these nations during their colonising of the Caribbean and the resulting damage which, it is being argued, can still be felt today. Like other reparation debates, this move raises the issue of generational guilt and the plaintiffs must prove why current governments should shoulder the blame for their ancestors' actions.
Descendants of slaves hold out against coal mining in Texas town
2013-09-02 14:36:37| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Ida Finley smiles wistfully, recalling how she used to cook for an entire East Texas community - nearly all descendants of slaves. The children would grab cornbread, greens and cookies from her kitchen while their parents grew vegetables in a tiny creekside village hidden among pine forests. "It's been so long," she muses, gazing at old photos that dot the walls of her nursing home room some 30 miles from Dirgin. Now, just weeks from her 102nd birthday, Finley faces the prospect of losing the...
Over 10m children 'work like slaves'
2013-06-12 09:51:32| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A report by the International Labour Organization calls for new regulations to protect an estimated 10.5 million child workers worldwide.
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