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Japanese businesses now employ 71K workers in Ohio
2015-03-17 01:16:56| Automakers - Topix.net
The Consulate General of Japan in Detroit released its annual survey of employment by Japanese companies in the state. Those businesses added 1,464 workers in 2014 versus the previous year, bringing Ohio employment to 70,985 across 422 facilities as of Oct. 1. Roughly 60 percent of those jobs are in manufacturing with 51 percent of that being the automotive sector.
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Government backs helpline for Bangladesh garment workers
2015-03-16 12:58:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A government-backed telephone helpline has been set up to help Bangladesh garment workers make and resolve grievances relating to workplace safety or worker rights.
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Aid workers struggle with scale of Vanuatu disaster
2015-03-16 03:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Aid agencies said Monday (Mar 16) conditions in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu were among the most challenging they have ever faced with fears of disease rife, as the Pacific nation's shocked president said climate change was partly to blame for the devastation. Relief flights continued arriving in the battered capital Port Vila after Severe Tropical Cyclone Pam tore through on Friday night packing wind gusts of up to 320km/h. But workers on the ground said there was no way to distribute desperately...
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Ten U.S. aid workers in Sierra Leone being sent home, monitored for Ebola
2015-03-15 05:55:01| Biotech - Topix.net
A group of American aid workers in Sierra Leone possibly exposed to the Ebola virus will be transported back to the United States for monitoring, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. While none of the people have tested positive for Ebola, according to the CDC, they represent the largest number of Americans sent home out of concern they may have been exposed to the disease.
Tata Steel workers in strike ballot
2015-03-13 17:22:13| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Unions representing Tata Steel workers prepare to ballot members over industrial action after the firm announced a plan to close their pension scheme.
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