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Questions raised over national policy for domestic workers

A new policy to give certain rights to domestic workers has run into hurdles with questions being raised by certain ministries over provisions like formation of trade unions. ... [Published Business Standard India - 3 hours ago]

Entities: National Policy, Workers, Trade Union

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 2 reports

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

This week in the War on Workers: California hospital workers to strike

Workers at the University of California hospital system are planning a two-day strike to protest inadequate staffing levels, increased use of temp workers, and changes to their pension plan, though the university announced Friday that the California ... [Published Daily Kos - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Workers, American Federation of State, County and Munici..., Temporary Restraining Order, Neonatal

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

IRS Internal Revenue Service

Federal workers under fire

The Internal Revenue Service scandal couldn't have come at a worse time for the nation's 2 million federal workers, who are desperate to end furloughs and get their first raise in three ... ... [Published Birmingham Star - May 17 2013]

Entities: Workers, IRS Internal Revenue Service

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Jobs news good for older workers, bad for the young

TIM COLEBATCHMore than one in four people aged between 65 and 69 are now employed, most of them full-time, as older workers have absorbed half of Australia's net growth in jobs since the global financial crisis.But Bureau of Statistics figures also show ... [Published Stock Journal Australia - May 17 2013]

Entities: Workers, Australia, Financial Crisis

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Social Workers reminded of registration deadline

Social workers have been advised they have less than three weeks to apply to register with their Regulator. According to CORU, the body charged with regulating health and social care professionals, registration is the law and social workers who do not ... [Published TheCorkNews.ie - May 17 2013]

Entities: Workers, Deadline, Social Work

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 4 reports

Michael Gove

Chief Social Worker appointed

Isabelle Trowler, a social worker credited with transforming children's services in Hackney in London, has been appointed as the first Chief Social Worker for children and families in England.The post was one of the key recommendations of the 2011 Munro ... [Published ITN - May 17 2013]

Entities: Workers, Appointed, Michael Gove

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Aid worker details dramatic rescue

American aid worker Jessica Buchanan was kidnapped in Somalia. She tells Anderson Cooper the story of her remarkable rescue. After 93 days in captivity and constant fear she would die, she was saved by U.S. Navy SEALs. Hear more of her fascinating story ... [Published CNN - May 17 2013]

Entities: Workers, Jessica Buchanan, Anderson Cooper, US Navy SEALs

Blogs

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More Suicides at Apple Supplier Foxconn [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - 3 hours ago] Questions about working conditions at longtime Apple ( NASDAQ:AAPL ) supplier Foxconn are being raised once again as reports emerge of three worker suicides in the last three weeks. Non-profit organization China Labor Watch announced news of the worker ...
Would Obama’s Minimum Wage Support a Middle Class? [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - 3 hours ago] As many Americans know, the public services and layers of infrastructure that contribute to their quality of life — from federally built and maintained highways to the hot lunches provided to school-age children — are the results of federal tax dollars. ...
More Suicides at Apple Supplier Foxconn [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - 3 hours ago] Questions about working conditions at longtime Apple ( NASDAQ:AAPL ) supplier Foxconn are being raised once again as reports emerge of three worker suicides in the last three weeks. Non-profit organization China Labor Watch announced news of ...
Can Immigrants Spur Rust Belt Recovery? [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - 19 hours ago] As Rust Belt cities look for ways to dig themselves out of economic decline, it would appear immigrant workers are taking center stage in the conversation. Places like Detroit, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis are all grappling with ways to make immigrants a ...
Reuters: ‘Hope Fades’ At Grasberg Mine [Published Working Indonesia - 19 hours ago] An update on the situation at Freeport’s Grasberg mine in Papua, from Reuters : Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc said on Saturday that rockfalls were hampering rescue efforts after a tunnel collapse four days ago at its giant Indonesian copper mine, ...

Audio/Video

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China turns to age-old solution for rural elderly [Published Reuters Video: Top News - 13 hours ago]
29% of Employers to Hire Workers This Summer [Published FOX Business - Video - May 17 2013]
VIDEO: Meet England's first chief social worker [Published BBC News Video - Health - May 17 2013]
Ensuring Worker Safety At Home And Abroad [Published Senator Sherrod Brown - YouTube Channel - May 17 2013]
VIDEO: Social worker fast track course planned [Published BBC News Video - UK - May 17 2013]

Press Releases

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CUPE reaches contract settlement with Community... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 17 2013]
Accident Fund and Olivet College Collaborate to... [Published Financial Services - May 17 2013]
Elected Officials, Workers, Residents, Clergy C... [Published PR Newswire: Financial Services - May 17 2013]
Damning Report Says Ontario Is Failing Migrant ... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 16 2013]
Statement by MTD President Ron Ault on Defense ... [Published Auto & Transportation - May 16 2013]