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February 09, 2007 |
Equal lack of opportunity: Global job market squeezes the old and the young
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UNITED NATIONS, New York: Young people are increasingly unable to get a foothold in the global labor market, and a work force that is rapidly growing older is finding less job security, according to an analysis of employment trends. |
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February 09, 2007 |
Chinese mine treating PNG workers 'like slaves'
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LOCAL workers building China's $1billion nickel mine in Papua New Guinea are being treated like slaves and paid just $4 a day, according to PNG Labour Secretary David Tibu, who is threatening to shut the site down.
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February 08, 2007 |
State Department says it has never been asked to consider proposal for KC shipping complex.
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he murky diplomatic status of a proposed Mexican customs clearinghouse in Kansas City has gotten murkier.
Since last spring, local officials and the Washington office of Sen. Kit Bond all have insisted that the matter was moving through government |
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February 05, 2007 |
News From USW: Former Steelworker President George Becker Dies
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Mr. Becker was a tireless opponent of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which he relentlessly indicted for wiping out hundreds of thousands of family-supportive U.S. jobs. He led the union's executive board members on trips across the |
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February 05, 2007 |
USA Looks to Deepen Commercial Ties with Mexico
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Washington, January 31 – The United States and Mexico share an important commercial relationship, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez will explore ways to further enhance this relationship during a three-day trip to Mexico.
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February 03, 2007 |
Texas Governor Responds to Criticism of NAFTA Super Highway
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exas Gov. Rick Perry visited Washington, D.C., this week to talk about his immigration plan for the state of Texas and shore up support for federal money to pay for it.
While in town, the Republican governor met with reporters and bloggers on Wedn |
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February 02, 2007 |
Mexicans now protest hike in tortilla prices
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MEXICO CITY: Thousands of people marched in Mexico City to protest the sharp hike of basic food products, including tortillas, and to demand the government exclude food staples from the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), which binds Mexico, |
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February 01, 2007 |
Mexicans go on tortilla protest
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Thousands of people marched in Mexico City to protest the sharp hike of basic food products, including tortillas, and to demand the government exclude food staples from the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta). |
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February 01, 2007 |
USMC facility at Richards-Gebauer on market, closing in 2011
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The ambitious project aims to recruit manufacturing, warehouse and shipping industry tenants attracted by Kansas City Southern Railways’ existing regional and international rail cargo operations on 500 acres there that would become the centerpiece an |
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January 31, 2007 |
U.S. DOT urges privatization of highways, infrastructure
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Monday, Jan. 8, 2007 - The U.S. Department of Transportation is eager to assist states in leasing and selling off their roads and infrastructure to private investors.
Transportation Secretary Mary Peters announced Monday, Jan. 8, that the departme |
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