Word: laboral
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...food and fuel crises caused by the policies of greedy, incompetent politicos and dictators; the ever widening gaps between the rich and the hardworking common people are a curse not only in India but the world over - including in so-called communist countries like China, with their cheap slave labor [Aug. 25]. Maybe in the future the world will get accountable, secular democracies, and the U.S. and U.K. will lead the world as role models. Until then, the world must suffer from the sins of profiteers. Vijay Bansal, WARRINGTON, ENGLAND...
...Olmert's replacement as Kadima chief can take over from him as prime minister only with the endorsement of Kadima's coalition partners - who range from the more dovish Labor Party to a party dedicated to pensioners and another representing the ultra-Orthodox. Without their backing, the Kadima-led government will tumble, and Israel could face new elections by early...
...name, the PAD backs a political system in which an elected parliament could be replaced by one that is partly appointed. Some PAD leaders have advocated what they call a "People's Revolutionary Government," though there's little consensus among the PAD's disparate factions - which include labor activists, ethnic Chinese businessmen and staunch royalists - as to how such a government should come to power or what it might do on a day-to-day basis...
...This terrorism of Africa by European slavers was definite. But also striking is how deeply the institution of slavery and involuntary labor was woven into West Africa’s own historical fabric. Despite the historical importance of involuntary labor and enslavement in the nation’s history—or maybe because of it—slavery is a taboo topic in Ghana today...
...used to need two different trucks to get recycling,” he said. “That meant we spent two times as much in labor vehicle maintenance and clogged up the loading docks for a longer time...