Opening the conference “Bangladesh 2013: The Rising Demand for Labour Standards”, ILO Deputy Director General Gilbert Houngbo called for faster implementation of the new labour law to protect workers after the Rana Plaza ...
Tags: Labour Law, ILO
Tata Steel's long products business announced today, October 29, that it is planning to take some restructuring measures to strengthen its competitiveness, which will affect management and administrative functions at sites in Scunthorpe, ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
French workers start to worry about the abortion of ban aganist shops' openning on Sundays, as well as working 35 hour every week. But some Chinese immigrants are confused about that. They believe that they will get paid if they work. 35 ...
Tags: Workers'Hours, Chinese immigrants
First Milk, a UK-based dairy producer, has unveiled plans to close its cheese packing plant in Marchwiel, Wrexham, while putting 231 jobs at risk. The plant is scheduled to shut in May 2014, and this move comes as the company lost a ...
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General Motors will build a Chevrolet Impala sedan for retail and fleet customers that operates on either gasoline or compressed natural gas (CNG), GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson announced today. It is the only manufacturer-produced ...
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2 Sisters Food, England-based chicken meat processing company, is set to close its chicken-processing plant at Haughley Park, Suffolk on 15 November, leaving 600 jobs at risk. The decision follows consultations with staff and unions to ...
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Michelin North America Inc. is in the process of reducing production of BFGoodrich consumer tires in the United States. The reason is a drop in demand. On Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, the company began implementing an "indefinite" layoff of ...
Tags: BFG Tires, Michelin Tires
The Bangladesh Garment and Manufacturers Association (BGMEA) has agreed to accept the decision of the Wage Board with regards to the salary structure of those working in readymade garment factories. Talking to reporters after a meeting ...
French car maker PSA Peugeot-Citroen is planning to invest EUR1.5bn to upgrade its production plants in France through 2016, if the labor unions agreed to a wage freeze and reduced overtime pay. This move of the company is a part of its ...
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Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. says it is assessing its options after an arbitrator blocked the sale of two of its plants to Apollo Tyres Ltd. The arbitrator upheld two grievances filed by the United Steel Workers (USW) in a ruling issued on ...
Tags: Cooper Tire, tyre, Auto Parts
Export of Czech art glass and jewelry to support the new association "?eské umění skla" («Czech art glass"). It will include glaziers, schools, trade unions and other institutions. The new platform is made of glass ...
Tags: Glass, Construction, Decoration
AkzoNobel has announced plans to phase out the production of organic peroxides at its site in Deventer, the Netherlands by the end of 2016. Under the plans, the production activities currently carried out in Deventer will be moved to other ...
Tags: Akzonobel Plans, Construction
Some new evidences for the existence of element 115 have been presented by a team of Swedish scientists. The evidence was published Tuesday in the U.S. scientific journal "Physical Review Letters". The element is highly radioactive and ...
Tags: existence of element, Chemicals
US-based National Mortgage Insurance Corporation (National MI) has completed systems integration with Fiserv’s LoanServ platform to streamline data transfer and to enhance operational efficiency. The platform will assist lenders, ...
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Zimbabwe is likely to miss its cotton production target of 250 million kg set for the ongoing selling season, which is expected to close by the end of August. For the current season, Agritex and farmers’ unions had set ...
Tags: Cotton Target