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  • July 2008

    • Feds Push to Ease Workplace Toxin Regs

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 23, 08 1:43 PM CDT

      Feds Push to Ease Workplace Toxin Regs

      The Department of Labor is rushing to push through policy that would make it more difficult to regulate workers’ exposure to toxins, the Washington Post reports. The proposal was never publicly disclosed, as required by law, but rather surfaced on the website of the White House Office of Management and Budget, noting its pending review. More »

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      work  • manufacturing  • regulation  • unions  • workplace safety

  • April 2008

    • Florida Passes 'Take Your Gun to Work' Law

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 10, 08 6:06 AM CDT

      Florida Passes 'Take Your Gun to Work' Law

      Florida lawmakers have passed a law that prohibits most businesses from banning employees keeping guns in their cars on company property, Reuters reports. Backers hail the measure as a victory for Second Amendment rights. Business groups, fearing an increase in workplace shootings, are urging the governor to veto the so-called "take your gun to work" bill. More »

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      Florida  • shooting  • gun  • gun control  • NRA  • Second Amendment  • workplace safety

  • February 2008

    • Made in Italy — in a Chinese Sweatshop

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 20, 08 9:21 AM CST

      Made in Italy — in a Chinese Sweatshop

      For consumers of luxury goods, the "Made in Italy" designation remains so prestigious that it can add 300% to an item's price. But the days of artisans plying their trade in little workshops are largely over, the Los Angeles Times reports, replaced by thousands of Tuscan factories employing Chinese workers at low wages and in deplorable conditions. For many, the labor is little more than indentured servitude. More »

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      Italy  • fashion  • globalization  • manufacturing  • luxury goods  • Prada  • minimum wage  • sweatshop  • workplace safety  • Tuscany

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