Word: labors
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...scenario for the never-to-be-made Fred Claus II: the elves unionize, realizing that they get paid even less than the 12-year-old Chinese girls who paint lead onto American kids' toys. If Willie and his pals were to call a work stoppage this Dec. 23, the labor movement could score its first quick victory in decades...
...Just before the campaign kicked off, Labor environment spokesman Peter Garrett tipped it as "the Google election." Garrett has since come to rue several comments he's made on the hustings, but he's been nearer the mark with that one. It's not a revolution in Australian campaigning - yet. But more than halfway through the runup to Nov. 24, the Web is harder than ever to ignore. Slicker websites are spruiking policy, online analysis is rife and political parties have YouTube video-sharing channels. Labor, under leader Kevin Rudd, is running sites like kevin07.com.au, where voters can blog views...
...group will launch howshouldivote.com.au, offering an online survey to match voters with the candidate who best suits their views. "We see our role as reducing the space between citizens and the people who want to represent them," says executive director Brett Solomon, who calls members "progressive" rather than Labor supporters...
...Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else by Michael Gates Gill I empathize with this author because of my days on Dorm Crew, when I’d think about how the grueling physical labor made me more humble and spiritually centered. It’s funny how well you can rationalize something when you’re scrubbing a toilet. Enough about me, though: just take a gander at Michael Gates Gill’s view of the hard-working commoner: fat, bald, and leaning on a mop. Either way, hidden...
...addition, with unskilled labor increasingly outsourced overseas, an educated workforce is an integral part of America’s competitiveness in the global economy. Subsidies for higher education will likely pay for themselves many times over in economic growth...