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GLOBAL RISK 2008: 16 Worst Places to Do Business
Friday, July 18th, 2008This is the first in a series of posts in which we discuss business risk around the world. Our focus is on those countries that we have identified as having the greatest human rights, governance and economic problems. From this, we arrive at what we believe are the riskiest places for business operating in the global economy.
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Unions Spotlight Need for Better Workplace Standards at Cintas
Friday, July 4th, 2008According to the CtW labor federation, two workers have been killed at Cintas facilities in recent years while another was scalded over much of his body when a washer overflowed. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration, (OSHA), has found over 170 violations of health and safety standards at Cintas since January 1, 2003. Seventy violations [...]
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Workers Strike NIKE in Vietnam
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008The BBC reports that “[m]ore than 20,000 workers at a factory in Vietnam that makes shoes for Nike have gone on strike demanding higher pay to cope with rising inflation.
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