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Whole Foods Workers Strike In Protest Of Working On Thanksgiving
2013-11-28 11:56:04| Grocery - Topix.net
About ten workers will go on strike at two Whole Foods stores in Chicago on Wednesday to protest having to come to work on Thanksgiving, Salon's Josh Eidelson reports.
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Palm oil workers stage massive protest at sustainability meeting in Indonesia
2013-11-19 20:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Protesters from 10 Indonesian labor unions and four NGOs descended on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RPSO) meetings in Medan last Tuesday, urging the industry body to take serious steps to end what they claim is rampant abuse of workers on RSPO-certified plantations. According to the Indonesian Trade Unions Alliance (SERBUNDO), which organized the demonstration, RSPO standards designed to protect workers have not been enough to prevent low wages, safety problems and even child labor....
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BANGLADESH: Factories shut as workers protest over pay
2013-09-23 16:36:24| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Production at several hundred ready-made garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh came to a halt on Monday (Sept 23) as violent wage protests by workers entered their third day.
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BANGLADESH: Workers protest as death toll nears 300
2013-04-26 15:38:22| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
As the death toll in Bangladesh's worst ever industrial accident climbs to around 300, and the search for survivors stretches into a third day, garment workers have taken to the streets to protest.
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Zimbabwe: Tongaat Workers Protest
2013-01-13 06:36:21| Sugar Industry News
More than 10 000 workers at Tongaat-Hulett Sugar subsidiaries Triangle Limited, Hippo Valley, Mkwasine and Mwenezana Estates have protested to their employer over a decision to bar them from joining a union of their choice.
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