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FEATURE: The story behind the masks
The Nation, Bangkok, Thailand / Asia News NetworkBANGKOK (The Nation/ANN) -- Westerners' fascination with the way labourers in Thailand toil under the hot sun with faces and bodies completely covered finds fresh expression in a photo exhibition that's spread around Ratchaburi. German photographer Ralf...Tags: Material Science, Asia, Thailand, Artists, Arts
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Commentary: True meaning of May Day: celebrating the worker
When I was a little girl, my mother would have us weave ribbons into our strawberry baskets and fill them with flowers. We'd then sneak up to our neighbors' homes, ring the bell and leave our beautiful little bouquets on their doorsteps. We'd squeal...Tags: Employees, Labor Legislation, Labor Day, Career and Workplace
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Video of Utah slaughterhouse draws attention to 'ag-gag' laws
Amy Meyer was standing outside a slaughterhouse in Draper City, Utah, in February and said she saw what she had suspected: wounded animals being dragged to their deaths. Then she did what she had come for in this YouTube age and took out her cellphone...Tags: Justice System, Judges, Trials, Misdemeanors, Lawyers
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Need a raise? Want a tattoo? It's your lucky day
Now here’s a headline that probably has folks at companies like Qualcomm quaking: “Company offers raises to employees who get tattooed with its logo.” My colleague Ricardo Lopez reported Thursday on Rapid Realty, a New York real estate...
Tags: Employees, Labor Legislation, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Lindsay Lohan, Qualcomm Inc.
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Former Pope Benedict XVI moves back into Vatican
ROME -- The Vatican became the home of two living popes Thursday when former pontiff Benedict XVI took up residence in a house in the city-state’s garden. The unprecedented cohabitation with his successor, Pope Francis, began when Benedict arrived...
Tags: Benedict XVI, Vatican City, Francis I
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Labor, immigration activists hold May Day rallies
DETROIT (AP) — Hundreds of people have held May Day rallies in Detroit and Grand Rapids, calling for immigration law changes and other labor condition improvements on the international workers holiday. About 200 community, labor and immigration...Tags: Labor Legislation, AFL-CIO, Immigration, United Auto Workers, Career and Workplace
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May Day demonstrators rally across U.S.
May Day protesters marched down streets across the country Wednesday, calling on lawmakers to provide a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million immigrants who have entered the country illegally or overstayed their visas. The crowds numbered...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Electronics, Jamie Dimon, Career and Workplace, Occupy Wall Street
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May Day: Phoenix immigration rally includes workplace issues
PHOENIX — Brenda Juarez has been in this country so long that she doesn’t remember what Mexican state she was born in. She hopes she and her mother will be allowed to stay. The two women joined about 300 people at Arizona’s state...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Career and Workplace, Phoenix (music group), Migration
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AP PHOTOS: Around the world, angry workers unite on May Day
Associated PressIn May Day protests, parades, strikes and other demonstrations held in cities around the world, activists lashed out at political and business leaders they say have ignored workers' voices or enriched themselves at the expense of laborers. In some places,...Tags: Political Dissent
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May Day observer asks: 'Are things changing in their favor?'
Standing in front of an electronics store on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, Nissem Bachsian watched the May Day protesters stream by, as he does every year. There were immigrant rights groups chanting “Si se puede” — “Yes...
Tags: Science and Technology, Immigration, Electronics, Israel, Crime, Law and Justice
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May Day in New York: Protesting just about everything
NEW YORK -- There are many things to protest against in the world, and people rallying against a fair number of them took to one of New York’s iconic squares on May Day as part of nationwide rallies in celebration of the traditional workers holiday....
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Labor Legislation, Staten Island (New York City), Jamie Dimon, New Dorp
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Peaceful May Day marchers snarl traffic in downtown L.A.
Two sets of marchers converged on the Civic Center in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon in what police described as a peaceful and modestly sized crowd compared to previous years. One of the groups was expected to rally with speeches and music...
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