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Sudan: Conditions getting worse for Darfur civilians
February 6, 2009NAIROBI, 4 February 2009 (IRIN) - Conditions for civilians caught up in fighting between the Sudanese government and rebels in the South Darfur town of Muhajiriya are getting worse, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...
Read moreCrunch hits Germany
February 6, 2009Reposted from Morning Star GERMANY is facing a dire economic crisis. Following the collapse of Lehman Brothers in the United States last September, it became apparent that German banks also had large amounts of toxic real...
Read moreJanuary layoff rates soar
February 6, 2009The US private sector cut 522,000 jobs in January. The private consulting firm Automatic Data Processing (ADP), number layoffs in manufacturing at 243,000 and 279,000 in services. ADP says large companies slashed 92,000 jobs, mid-size companies...
Read moreWorldwide economic recession could cut jobs by 50 million
February 5, 2009Reposted from the International Transport Workers Federation The global economic crisis could see more than 50 million jobs lost around the world, according to the International Labour Organization's (ILO) latest report on employment.
Read more1.5 Million Sign on to support Employee Free Choice; Thousands rally on hill
February 5, 2009Original source: Today on Capitol Hill, thousands of union members and allies gathered to rally for the Employee Free Choice Act, a critical bill to restore the freedom of workers to form unions and bargain.
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