Word: laboration
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...film chronicles the struggle of three illegal Latina immigrants who filed complaints against a group of garment sweatshops in Los Angeles in 2001. They alleged that the companies—which manufacture clothing for the distributor Forever 21—subjected them to labor violations ranging from underpaid 12-hour workdays to unsanitary work conditions...
...talking in the next six months or much longer? I think we're talking 18 months, maybe two years down the road. People are still talking about deflation; you're still looking at low labor costs, high unemployment and a slow recovery. Inflation will probably come, but not for a while...
...gender inequality affects treatment: "Because they are less likely to be part of the formal labor market, women lack access to job security and the benefits of social protection, including access to health care. Within the formal workforce, women often face challenges related to their lower status, suffer discrimination and sexual harassment, and have to balance the demands of paid work and work at home, giving rise to work-related fatigue, infections, mental ill-health and other problems...
...Student Labor Action Movement has advocated for pay cuts for top administrators and faculty in order to retain staff jobs. Even if cuts to administrators’ salaries do not amount to much, the symbolic gesture is important, said SLAM member Remeike J. B. Forbes...
...people in Chicago's Grant Park. And though there was cheering and chants of "Fired up, ready to go!" this was no easy sell for Obama. The vote came the same week as Democrats lost the Virginia and New Jersey governors' mansions, and a day after the Labor Department reported a 26-year record unemployment rate of 10.2%. Preaching altruism in such a climate to politicians bent on self-preservation is tough. In the end Democrats lost 39 of their own - passing the bill 220-215 with a cushion of just two votes, one of those a Republican...