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NEWS ABOUT: foreign labor

foreign labor stories: 7 news summaries

(Newser) - Banks who have taken TARP funds from the government are getting creative about the immigration restrictions that come with the bailout, the Wall Street Journal reports. Financial institutions relying on government assistance cannot hire foreign workers unless they prove that they have exhausted the supply of native talent. So... More »

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Goldman Sachs • foreign labor • Citibank • employment recruiting • investment banks • JPMorgan Chase • Wall Street bailout • TARP • overseas

Foreign
Workers
Held in Iraq

Contractor kept 1,000 Asian laborers 3 months in warehouses

Dec 3, 08 7:34 PM CST
(Newser) - About 1,000 foreign workers brought to Iraq with the promise of lucrative jobs have been living for 3 months in Baghdad warehouses under poor sanitary conditions and in possible violation of US military rules, McClatchy reports. A Kuwaiti company that subcontracts with KBR, formerly Haliburton, brought the men from... More »

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Iraq • US military • Halliburton • foreign labor • human trafficking • KBR • subcontractor • Najlaa

New US Tax Law Looks Heartless to Foreign Workers

Would-be tax evaders will pay, but so will wealthy green-card holders

Jul 9, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new tax law set up to help troops and veterans, offset by taxing wealthy Americans who give up citizenship to beat the IRS, hits some others in the wallet, Portfolio reports. Long-term, legal foreign workers who return home will see unrealized capital gains taxed—potentially damaging the perception of... More »

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veterans • taxes • US troops • green card • US economy • foreign labor • immigrant • tax dodge • Heart Act

Indians Protest 'Slave' Working Conditions in US

Guest workers march to Washington, say
they were duped

Mar 28, 08 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some 100 Indian immigrants have marched hundreds of miles from New Orleans to Washington to protest what they call "slave" working conditions at a marine construction company. The Indian laborers say they work long hours with 24 men sharing a dormitory for which they each had to pay more... More »

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immigration • India • guest worker • foreign labor • protesters • working conditions

Recalls Will Increase 'Made in China' Prices

New quality standards are expected to pinch consumers' pockets

Sep 9, 07 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Following a series of high-profile toy recalls and international criticism over China's export standards, the the cost of merchandise bearing the "Made in China" is expected to rise at least 10% in the next year, the LA Times reports. "For American consumers, the big China sale over the... More »

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China • exports • recall • foreign labor • labor costs • Chinese economy • toy recalls

Wal-Mart Mexico Pays Teen Baggers Nada

Retail giant calls
young, uncompensated workers 'volunteers'

Aug 1, 07 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wal-Mart has 4,300 teenagers bagging merchandise for free in its Mexican stores, Newsweek reports. The retail giant isn't doing anything illegal, since the kids aren't technically workers but "volunteers" who donate their time in exchange for gratuities from customers. But labor activists say the notoriously bottom-line-minded company is... More »

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Mexico • wages • employment • salary • foreign labor • volunteer • Wal-Mart • teenager

Homegrown Surfboards Fade Away

Outsourcing, technology wash over
a time-honored handcraft

Jul 3, 07 2:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The era of hand-carved surfboards is ending, even in its birthplace of Southern California, as machines and cheap foreign labor take control of was once a thriving craft. Ten years ago, human hands shaped rigid foam to create 80% of American surfboards, but today that number is less than 20%.... More »

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California • outsourcing • surfing • surfboard • foreign labor

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