Eating a horse is forbidden territory for Americans.You can tuck into a plate of horseflesh in Tokyo,Paris and Moscow,but it usually won't be found on the menu in Dallas or Little Rock. Maybe it's a recognition of horses as companions,or ...
Tags: horse, slaughter, backdoor ban, animal rights
The Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC), International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF), IndustriALL Global Union, Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) and Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN), together with Bangladeshi trade unions and labour rights groups, have ...
Tags: CCC, ILRF, WRC, garment industry, worker rights, safety standards
Tuesday's election leaves President Barack Obama in the White House and maintains the balance of power in Congress.In many longstanding technology debates,policy experts see little movement forward,although lawmakers may look for ...
Tags: high-skill immigration, U.S.election, large tech companies
The Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) calls on the German textile discounter KIK to pay a fair and just compensation for all the victims of the garment factory fire at Ali Enterprises in Pakistan. The immediate relief payments that KIK promised ...
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Russia has introduced a law ostensibly aimed at sites containing images of child sexual abuse and other illegal material, but it has raised fears of censorship. In July, both houses of Russia's parliament voted in favour of the law that ...
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The U.S.Federal Communications Commission needs to be a"cop on the beat"to ensure mobile and broadband competition across the country,the agency's chairman said Tuesday. The FCC must resist calls for the agency to phase out nearly all ...
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Police across Europe could soon find themselves monitoring Facebook,Google and Twitter for content related to terrorism. A leaked report about a"Clean IT"initiative by the European Union(EU)revealed the plan for police officers ...
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As the U.S.and eight other nations negotiate a wide-ranging trade agreement,several digital rights groups said they're concerned that the Trans-Pacific Partnership(TPP)will bring back controversial copyright-enforcement provisions pushed by ...
Tags: Trans-Pacific Partnership, USA, SOPA, USTR
IDG News Service-Working conditions at some electronics manufacturing factories in China continue to be terrible,with some employees beaten by guards,some docked pay for missing production targets and many working hours beyond legal ...
Tags: electronics manufacturing factories, legal overtime limits, Foxconn