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12 May 2010 11:03

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Biz: Wal-Mart forgot to pay workers in California some of their wages

  • $86M
     the possible size of the total settlement, based on underpaid wages and vacation time
  • 232k
     the number of former workers that could benefit from the class-action suit
  • $370 the amount that would net each employee, on average, which isn't that much source
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06 May 2010 10:41

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Biz: Fewer people making jobless claims; workers starting to get lazy

  • 7,000 fewer initial jobless claims
    than last week (it's still fairly high,
    at 444,000, though)
  • 3.6% increase in worker productivity
    this quarter the smallest increase
    in a while source
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28 Feb 2010 10:46

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Biz: Apple nails foreign contractors for using underage workers

  • 133k number of workers Apple's contractors, over 102 facilities, use to create their products
  • 17 number of violations it found as a result of its own internal audits of contractors
  • three number of cases it found of contractors purposely hiring underage workers; that's bad source
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03 Nov 2009 10:26

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U.S.: Daily poll: On Philadelphia’s SEPTA and striking public transit

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28 Oct 2009 10:06

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World: Afghan attack: UN workers don’t feel safe right now

  • I’m in another guesthouse maybe 200 metres as the crow flies from the Bekhtar, and believe me right now I feel vulnerable. I would like the UN to consider our security very seriously indeed as the current operational standards are patently ineffective.
  • An anonymous United Nations worker • Describing their feelings on the attack on a UN guest house in Kabul, Afghanistan. As the UN is needed in the war-torn country right now, the organization should probably heed this concern. It’s one thing when civilians are getting attacked. It’s another thing entirely when impartial humanitarian workers are. • source
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28 Oct 2009 10:03

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World: An attack on UN workers in Afghanistan leaves the world in shock

  • six United Nations workers were killed in the attack in Kabul today
  • two Afghan security officials also died; the Taliban claimed responsibility source
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06 Oct 2009 21:14

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Biz: Fewer employers punishing workers for skipping out on work

  • 15% of employers fired workers for playing hooky this year
  • 18% of employers fired workers for missing work last year source
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24 Jul 2009 10:15

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Biz, U.S.: Today, the national minimum wage gets a kick in the pants

  • $7.25 the new ground floor of the minimum wage source
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16 May 2009 23:06

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U.S., World: The State Department sez foreign embassy workers get screwed

  • 51,000 non-American, locally-based workers are employed by U.S. embassies worldwide
  • $3-$4 amount they get paid (on average) per day; originally, it was reported to be under $1 source
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11 Apr 2009 19:09

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U.S., World: See any trends on this map of U.S. immigrant workers?

That’s right, Mexico’s circle is way bigger than everyone else’s, by a wide margin. source
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