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...Anji that process is just beginning. In 1993 Zhu Kanglin, then 23 and a farmer turned plastic-mold factory worker, scraped together $3,000; bought wheels, arms, foam padding and plywood chair bodies from local components manufacturers; and hired 20 friends to assemble the parts into finished products. Today his Heaven Office Furniture makes 1,000 kinds of office chairs, from executive models in black leather and chrome to squat cloth-clad cubicle standards. Zhu won his first export contract in 2004. He also attended the Cologne Furniture Fair in Germany and sent 80% of his $3 million output...
...Some involved in monitoring the trade think all that's needed is a firm demonstration that child abuse will no longer be tolerated. "Hover a helicopter over one of those boats, drop a boarding party on the deck, and it wouldn't happen again," says a senior ngo worker. But RAMSI chief Batley says "one show of force is not going to solve the problem." Commissioner Castles says he will follow up Junelyn's story and investigate the other allegations in the unicef report. Yet for all of RAMSI's successes to date, this is an area where authorities...
...security firm, have been trying to unionize for about a year. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 615 seeks to represent the AlliedBarton security guards. SEIU organizer Emerson Harris says there are about 250 to 300 Allied officers working at locations across the University. The union and some workers have sent three petitions to Allied’s management requesting that they meet with them about making changes to the company’s grievance process. Workers have said that a union would help facilitate conflict resolution. Employee Wimsky Jean said that when he approached Allied?...
While some recent humanresources initiatives such as "work/life balance" or "wellness" may resonate more with, say, single moms or diabetics, eradicating these subtle slights has an almost universal appeal. Few bosses want to create tension between employees with something as simple as a handshake. But, Young says, when one worker is greeted with a polite how-do-you-do while the guy next door gets a playful pretend-punch, it's clear in an instant who is in the inner circle and who isn't. The same is true when a manager dismisses one person's idea and then embraces...
...enter students’ rooms by claiming he was a fire door inspector. Since the incident, an increase in false alarms over suspicious persons in the dorms has prompted the Undergraduate Council (UC) and the College safety committee to take steps toward making it easier for students to identify workers in the Houses. The UC unanimously passed a Worker Identification Act at its March 5 meeting, calling on the College to provide “readily identifiable clothing or badges which shall be displayed prominently” for employees and student workers authorized to enter undergraduate rooms...