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...RICCARDO MATTEINI, co-owner of Tuscan textile firm Gruppo Colle, on Italy's inflexible labor environment and competition from Chinese exports
...Poor babies. What's wrong with $100 DVD players and $20 designer shirts? Nothing. But you still need a paycheck to buy them. Critics say that China's low labor costs hit employment elsewhere. Politicians in the U.S. and Europe are threatening to limit Chinese imports if Beijing doesn't increase the value of the yuan and hence the price of its exports. The U.S. last week restricted annual growth of certain Chinese imports, such as cotton trousers, to as little...
...Last week the European Parliament voted to scrap a British exemption to E.U. rules that limit the workweek to 48 hours. Employers complained that such restrictions could undermine the British economy's strength. "Here we are with the most successful economy in Europe, we've got the most flexible labor market, people earn good money - and Brussels is trying to do away with it," griped Digby Jones, director general of the Confederation of British Industry. But the vote was widely welcomed in France , where the official workweek is just 35 hours. The U.K. government will try to block Parliament...
...made from grey sackcloth, like a medieval leper," he writes. The woman, who was in fact only 28, had crossed the border in a final effort to avoid starvation. As a prisoner, she would be sent back to North Korea, to face possible torture or even death in a labor camp. Becker bargained with the shopkeeper for her freedom, ultimately paying about $24?"the market price for a North Korean life...
...labor movement will mourn Contreras, but the whole country should mark his passing. People like Contreras make this country a more moral place. They provide a voice for the voiceless. Republicans call them bosses. We should call them heroes...