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Karl Marx once wrote that "the worker becomes an ever-cheaper commodity the more commodities he creates." His observation was published 160 years ago, but it's an accurate commentary on the plight of millions of Chinese like Chen Suo, a 16-year-old assembly-line worker at shoe manufacturer Stella International located in the southern city of Dongguan in Guangdong province. Chen returned to her home in Shaanxi province in disgrace earlier this month after spending eight months in jail for participating in a labor protest that turned violent. "I wasn't thinking of breaking things or blowing things...
...labor shortage has given button-sewers and shoe-stitchers a bit of bargaining power for the first time. Factory owners cannot replace disgruntled employees as easily as they once could; wildcat strikes can cripple output for days or weeks. Almost imperceptibly, workers are starting to win concessions. As many as 3,000 employees at Shenzhen-based electronics manufacturer Haiyan staged a walkout in October to protest salaries that were below minimum wage; they were enticed back to the factory floor by a raise and the promise of back pay. A month later, 1,000 employees of the Shanlin electronics factory...
...store moved its shoe selection, which was adjacent to the main location at 37A Brattle St., to another storefront five doors down on Sunday. A third store carrying men and women’s denim will move into the old shoe store location in two weeks...
Luciano Manganella, who founded JasmineSola in Harvard Square in 1970, said that he moved the shoe store to 29 Brattle St. in order to present his merchandise more attractively, not because JasmineSola’s business is thriving. “Business in the Square has diminished over the last couple of years [and] rents are prohibitive,” Manganella said...
...hiding ten pounds of C4 in her thong. Instead, they should focus on developing search systems that can examine all passengers equaIly and efficiently. Secondly, screeners focused on trying to get a free peep show are apt to miss the terrorist with a bomb in his shoe, because apparently he’s not sexy enough to warrant a search...