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Tata says global steel industry 'vulnerable'
2016-07-11 17:28:15| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Massive oversupply is making the global steel industry "very vulnerable", a Tata Steel executive tells the BBC, as thousands of UK steel workers await news of their future.
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Southeast Asia apparel industry vulnerable to automation
2016-07-07 17:04:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Workers in Southeast Asia's textiles, clothing and footwear industries are at the highest risk of losing their jobs to the rise of automation, according to new research, with those in Vietnam and Cambodia most vulnerable.
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asia
apparel
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Rent-to-own firms 'selling to vulnerable people'
2016-07-04 01:05:20| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Rent-to-own companies, which allow consumers to buy items in instalments, are selling products to vulnerable people with mental health problems, the BBC finds.
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Pakistan: Stormy skies ahead: Floods show Chitral is more vulnerable than ever
2016-07-03 15:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Express Tribune: The first rain of the monsoons wreaked havoc in Chitral, but more alarmingly, served as an indicator of things to come in one of the most impoverished districts of the country. The area lost three-fourths of its infrastructural development in 2015. While the emphasis this year has once again been on disaster management instead of adaptive measures, 31 people are missing and 37 houses seven have been destroyed. Officials say these structures were in the path of a water channel induced by the flash...
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Union busting leaves Bangladesh workers vulnerable
2016-06-20 18:22:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A global union used the recent International Labour Conference in Geneva to suggest aggressive union busting by management has led to a reduced number of active unions and is leaving workers in Bangladesh with little or no protection against employers.
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