News tagged with contract workers
Verizon workers return to work, without a deal
(AP) -- Thousands of striking Verizon workers will return to work starting Monday night, though their contract dispute isn't over yet.
Aug 21, 2011 |
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Shuttle workers face layoffs, diminished staff
(AP) -- Kennedy Space Center workers in Florida celebrated and mourned the final space shuttle landing Thursday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2011 |
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Toshiba expects bigger loss, contract job cuts
(AP) -- Toshiba Corp., Japan's top chipmaker, Friday said its net loss for the last fiscal year will be bigger than forecast due to a large write-off, and warned that more contract jobs will be cut.
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Dell cuts NC, Tenn. jobs; further details scarce
(AP) -- Dell Inc., the world's second-largest computer maker, said Wednesday it is laying off workers around the world but would not say how many or where.
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Counties with thriving small businesses have healthier residents, researchers find
Counties and parishes with a greater concentration of small, locally-owned businesses have healthier populations — with lower rates of mortality, obesity and diabetes — than do those that rely on large companies ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 07, 2012 |
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South Africa recalls 1.35 million condoms
(AP) -- Some condoms burst. Others leaked like sieves. South Africa's leading anti-AIDS group said Tuesday that allegedly faulty condoms are among more than 1.35 million handed out at the African National ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 31, 2012 |
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NASA hopes to test new spaceship in 2014
There's no firm date yet, but sometime in early 2014 NASA intends to take its first major step toward rebuilding its human spaceflight program.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Canada basks in role as global special effects hub
Canada's westernmost province of British Columbia, one of the top regions for filmmaking outside of Hollywood, is rapidly gaining prominence as a world leader in animation and special effects.
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Yahoo delivers another listless performance in 4Q (Update)
Yahoo slipped further behind in the online advertising race during the fourth quarter as the Internet company entered the fourth year of a revenue slump.
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Apple discloses names of suppliers
Apple Inc., which has been criticized for allowing harsh work conditions at some of its China-based suppliers, has for the first time disclosed the names of all of its suppliers and manufacturing partners.
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Warnings of ecological timebomb after Italy ship wreck
Fears rose of an environmental disaster from a wrecked cruise ship in an area of outstanding natural beauty in Italy on Monday as hopes faded of finding any more survivors on board.
Jan 16, 2012 |
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The current crisis follows the same patterns as in 1991
A study at the University of Alcalá, Spain has compared the employment crisis of 1991-1994 with the current crisis from 2007 to 2010, as well as the labour reforms that took place in 1994 and 2010 respectively. ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jan 13, 2012 |
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India marks milestone in fight against polio
(AP) -- India will celebrate a full year since its last reported case of polio on Friday, a major victory in a global eradication effort that appeared to be stalled just a few years ago.
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Xbox workers threaten suicide in China labor tiff
(AP) -- Dozens of workers assembling Xbox video game consoles climbed to a factory dormitory roof, and some threatened to jump to their deaths, in a dispute over job transfers that was defused but highlights growing labor ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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