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...process is long and complicated, but Cavalli remains adamant about keeping his operation in Italy despite the lure of cheaper labor costs in China. "China is today's obsession," he says with disgust. "They try to copy everything, and it is terrible. In a couple of years, many factories will close because of China, and this is just the beginning...
...threat of China's increasing production power looms over the European luxury-goods business, two Italian industrialists and one designer explain why the unique craftsmanship characterizing their brands may just be the best excuse to pay higher labor costs and keep their business close to home
Janitors at the University of Miami (UM) in Florida have been striking for a week, demanding a change in the labor practices of UNICCO, a facilities maintenance company that both UM and Harvard employ...
...Labor unrest at the university began in 2001, when the Chronicle of Higher Education released a survey ranking the university’s labor conditions 194th out of 195 colleges. The survey led the university’s president, Donna E. Shalala, to create an ad hoc Senate committee to examine the issue of a living wage...
However, according to UM Law School labor professor R. Michael Fischl, Shalala has not done enough to address labor conditions at the school...