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...Amine, the gray-haired commander in Naameh, said that they would abandon the military posts and return to the refugee camps if Palestinians in Lebanon were given basic civil rights. The Palestinians are tightly controlled in Lebanon, barred from all but menial labor. "They talk about Naameh as an illegitimate security zone, but we will never take sides against the patriotic Lebanese army," says this grizzled veteran of the Palestinian revolution dressed in an old U.S. army desert camouflage uniform and sandals. Still, the reinforcements at Naameh and the alert fighters suggests that despite talk of peace, the militants...
...Olympics-related merchandise. Last Sunday, an international group of trade unions issued a report on Chinese sweatshops, citing four factories that have licenses to produce official Olympic goods. According to investigators, the companies employ children as young as 12 in double shifts and at low wages; the firms dock laborers a full day's pay for spending more than 15 minutes in the toilet; they also provide no gear to protect their employees against paint vapors, dust and cotton fibers in plants. The findings on the four Olympic licensees revealed an "appalling disregard for their workers health and for local...
...both a symbolic and practical opportunity to ensure that these global sporting events live up to the ideals enshrined in the Olympic charter and that people who enjoy the games can also know that the souvenirs and garments they wear are produced in factories where basic human dignity and labor rights are respected...
...earlier, pre-1959 employees were also granted SEC status). The panel said that all cases of employee illness following 1966 will be reviewed individually, a tedious process in which, some estimate, one in 10 workers would die before compensation was approved. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, $95.7 million in compensation has now been paid to 674 people. More than 22,000 people worked at Rocky Flats before it closed in 1988. The uncompensated workers have waited nearly 850 days for the board to rule on their petition to receive expedited claims processing...
...promised by Sarkozy, but opinion polls suggest voters are not interested in restraining the hand of their new President: Left parties are expected to win no more than 150 seats. And that kind of landslide would give Sarkozy a free hand to slim down welfare programs, liberalize France's labor market, and shrink public debt, without significant interference from the legislature. The real opposition would come in the streets, from the nation's militant unions and ever-ready protesters...