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Fiji: Dispute over local jobs

Posted by Mong Palatino on 31/12/2008

A government infrastructure project in Fiji was delayed after local residents demanded that workers in the project should come from the local community.

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Egypt: Down sizing Car factory

Posted by Lasto Adri on 30/12/2008

In the middle of everybody's talk about Gaza's siege and Israeli brutal attack on Palestinians, Egyptian blogger Zeinobia is asking people not to forget Egyptian internal affairs. In her new post, “Don't forget the inner line” , she highlights the Government's new decisio ...

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Haiti: Restavek

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 29/12/2008

“In the truest definition of the word it means ‘one who stays with'”: Tara at The Livesay Haiti Weblog says that the Restavek system “might be one of the most frustrating ones of all for me to accept. The fact that children are used for labor and for the benefit of adults ...

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Cambodia: Supreme Court Tested by Labor Leaders Murder Case

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 27/12/2008

(New York, December 28, 2008) - Cambodian authorities should exonerate and free Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, who were unfairly sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2005 for the murder of labor leader Chea Vichea, said three international human rights organizations and the world's largest trade ...

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Bahrain: Comparing the Bahraini and Japanese work ethic

Posted by Ayesha Saldanha on 25/12/2008

Bahraini blogger Yagoob is currently studying in Japan - and has seen firsthand the legendary Japanese work ethic. In this post he compares the attitude of many Bahrainis towards work with that of the Japanese.

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