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28
Oct 2009
10:03
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World
:
An attack on UN workers in Afghanistan leaves the world in shock
six
United Nations workers
were killed in the attack in Kabul today
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06
Oct 2009
21:14
tags
Biz
:
Fewer employers punishing workers for skipping out on work
15
%
of employers
fired workers for playing hooky this year
source
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fired
jobs
missing work
playing hooky
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24
Jul 2009
10:15
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Biz
,
U.S.
:
Today, the national minimum wage gets a kick in the pants
$
7.25
the new ground floor
of the minimum wage
source
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16
May 2009
23:06
tags
U.S.
,
World
:
The State Department sez foreign embassy workers get screwed
51,000
non-American, locally-based workers
are employed by U.S. embassies worldwide
source
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foreign
low pay
state department
workers
11
Apr 2009
19:09
tags
U.S.
,
World
:
See any trends on this map of U.S. immigrant workers?
That’s right, Mexico’s circle is way bigger than everyone else’s, by a wide margin.
source
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laborers
map
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U.S.
workers
22
Feb 2009
10:45
tags
World
:
Mine blast in China has huge, deadly toll
74
workers, at least,
were killed in a mine blast; more are trapped
source
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china
deadly
mine blast
Taiyuan
trapped
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