Black Friday
Black Friday Workers Face the Annual Stress Test
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Some started handling “doorbuster” events yesterday, on Thanksgiving. Others are getting up at dawn today. The second of two stories on retail workers’ scheduling stress.
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Plastic Workers Raise Grievances Against Reynolds
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Female workers at a plastic container factory are calling for a national boycott of Reynolds, the parent company of their former employer, to highlight charges of forced overtime they are bringing in an appeal with the National Labor Relations Board.
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Paid Family Leave Pays: Let’s Buy in This Year
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This Congress is likely to once again reject paid-family leave, even though California and New Jersey show it’s a good idea. Susan Rose says we need new leaders in 2012 to help struggling parents.
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Jute Mill Strife in India Preys Harshly on Wives
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The wives and a sister of jute mill workers who are demanding employee benefits have paid the price as the men were imprisoned and became fugitives. Though the men have returned, pressures remain acute.