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...heart of the dispute lies an agreement reached between the workers and producers last January to raise wages 12.5%. Workers say some producers have not been paying them the stipulated rate (and some complain that they haven't been paid at all for months) and that they have resorted to a strike only after repeated warnings failed to yield results. The strikers argue there is no justifiable reason why producers should not be paying up, given the prosperity the industry is enjoying as a result of booming demand. Bollywood recorded revenues close to $1.9 billion in 2007, which are likely...
...evidenced by the handful of countries that practice them, catch-share programs remain controversial. In New Zealand, where they've been in place for decades, fishermen complain that the practice leads to unfair consolidation: as large companies buy and amass quotas, smaller operators can't compete with the low prices those big firms can afford to set because they're selling more. Others have raised concerns about the privatization of what has traditionally been considered a public resource. But Knapp says the biggest problem with fish quotas is figuring out how to allocate them fairly in the first place...
...only disabled athlete on the team. Just to get to practice, she had to catch a shuttle and wheel into Blodgett Pool. But Becca V. Agoglia, Kolbe’s swim coach for her junior and senior years at Harvard, said, “I never heard her complain.” “I wasn’t sure how I would fit in...I was pretty afraid,” Kolbe said of her arrival at Harvard. “I didn’t know how [the coach] would react to having a disabled swimmer...
...stepped up to provide basic needs for those left unable to work or to leave after the raid are now hard-pressed to help new arrivals who bring little with them and need help with everything from medical care to bus tickets home. Some of the new arrivals complain of having been lured here by false promises, finding lower pay than expected, high rent, poor housing and harsh work conditions...
...only disabled athlete on the team. Just to get to practice, she had to catch a shuttle and wheel into Blodgett Pool. But Becca V. Agoglia, Kolbe’s swim coach for her junior and senior years at Harvard, said, “I never heard her complain.” “I wasn’t sure how I would fit in...I was pretty afraid,” Kolbe said of her arrival at Harvard. “I didn’t know how [the coach] would react to having a disabled swimmer...