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Sleeper service workers to be balloted
2015-11-13 15:55:05| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
RMT union members working on the Caledonian Sleeper rail service are to be balloted on industrial action.
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Workers comp, benefits suits won't stop ride-sharing services,...
2015-11-12 20:09:34| IT Services - Topix.net
California lawsuits accusing ride-sharing services and Amazon.com of employee misclassification may reach the U.S. Supreme Court, but requiring such companies to provide workers compensation insurance and other employee benefits likely would not stop their growth, a legal expert says. Lawsuits related to the "on-demand economy" can set national precedent because of the "global reach of these companies and the significance of the issue," said Tad Devlin, a partner at law firm Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck L.L.P. in San Francisco.
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China's Factory Workers Get a Healthier Lunch
2015-11-12 03:14:46| Appliances - Topix.net
For evidence of the changes afoot at China's factories, take a trip to Shenzhen and head to a cafeteria for lunch. On a mid-October day, Yao Weizhong, an assembly-line worker at the Stanley Black & Decker plant, is deciding between Hunan-style gingered pork spare ribs and Cantonese-style crispy duck.
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Wal-Mart workers demand discount on food in new labor flashpoint
2015-11-11 19:18:28| Grocery - Topix.net
After successfully lobbying Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to raise wages, workers have a new demand: Give employees a discount on food. For the world's largest retailer, that could cost more than $400 million.
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Crystal Group aims empowerment drive at 40,000 workers
2015-11-11 15:04:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
With productivity improvements among the benefits of its worker empowerment initiatives, garment-making giant Crystal Group now plans to expand the programme to two-thirds of its 60,000 workers in Cambodia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Vietnam over the next five years.
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