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...group of powerful individuals who don't necessarily share the same agenda. "It's not that we all like each other and want to have dinner with each other all the time," says Bowlen. "It does force a clarity of thinking," says Harold Henderson, the NFL's labor chief. "You can't present something to them unless you've thought it through thoroughly." Or as Bowlen puts it, if there are 11 or 12 owners who agree to disagree on a proposal, "something must be wrong with...
...grain and dropped it in the bin," father Wade says. "The timer for drying was set too short, but from the combine, I was able to change it." Without this system, the farm would have to hire someone to monitor the grain bins, and as Mitchell puts it, "labor is a tight commodity...
...than 50% and Bangladesh's had fallen 46%. If history repeats, millions of people could be thrown out of work in some of the world's poorest and most politically volatile countries--and in the richest nations as well. On Oct. 12 a coalition of U.S. textile manufacturers and labor groups, claiming that thousands of U.S. jobs might be lost, petitioned Washington to impose trade restrictions on imports of Chinese-made trousers, cotton shirts and other goods. The government has agreed to consider the request...
Sometimes it can be a total, like, downer to be a superfamous millionaire college kid with your own clothing line. New York University frosh MARY-KATE and ASHLEY OLSEN were probably looking forward to their inaugural protest march--but not to having it directed at them. The National Labor Committee took the twins to task over maternity leave-- or, rather, the lack of it--for the women in Bangladesh who sew their Wal-Mart clothing line. The school newspaper suggested the student government censure the celebs, and a march was organized. When presented with a pledge guaranteeing pregnant women time...
...case? "Somnorexia"? Perhaps it's time this condition had a name, because in this age of flexible work schedules, all-night dining, round-the-clock cable news and home espresso makers, it may be far more common than people suspect. For certain restless, overscheduled Americans intent on squeezing more labor, more fun, more family time and more sheer activity from their lives, the traditional 24-hour day has become an anachronistic inconvenience, much like the sit-down evening meal. Though early-to-bed Ben Franklin might not approve, the famously sleepless Thomas Edison probably would. Why else invent the lightbulb...