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Dying for the shirt on your back
The deaths of more than 600 garment workers in Bangladesh's Rana Plaza factory collapse April 24 is a tragedy that highlights widespread problems in the global apparel industry. But will it be the spark that finally leads to much-needed global reforms?...
Tags: Periodicals, Bangladesh, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Catherine O'Neill dies at 70; political activist, women's advocate
Catherine O'Neill, a social worker turned political activist and advocate for refugee women who co-founded the watchdog group now called the Women's Refugee Commission, died of cancer Wednesday at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. She was 70. Her death...
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Andy Albeck dies at 89; former head of United Artists
Andy Albeck, a former longtime United Artists executive whose tenure as president and chief executive in the late 1970s and early '80s was clouded by the high-profile failure of the epic western "Heaven's Gate," has died. He was 89.
Albeck died of...Tags: Russia, Entertainment, Companies and Corporations, Michael Cimino, Career and Workplace
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Will this be Bangladesh's Triangle fire moment?
Last week, more than 300 people were killed in the collapse of a building that housed clothing manufacturers in the Dhaka region of Bangladesh. Many dozens more may be buried in the rubble. Just five months earlier, 112 workers died in a factory fire,...
Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Bangladesh, Greenwich Village, Lower East Side, Labor Markets
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HU's Lacrosse Day to celebrate sport, Crawford's memory
Mike Crawford will be everywhere on Saturday.
Crawford was the driving force behind the founding of Hampton University's club lacrosse team, which began play this season and will celebrate Lacrosse Day, a four-team tournament at Armstrong Stadium, on...Tags: Rentals, College of William and Mary, Hampton University, U.S. Coast Guard, College Sports
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Students On Campus: To Stay Or Go?
The Hartford CourantFor many students on Connecticut college campuses most affected by the weekend's snowstorm, Monday was a day of decision-making. Should they stay or should they go? For Lauren Poremski and Christy Taylor, the answer came late Monday afternoon, when...Tags: Central Connecticut State University, Science, Western Connecticut State University, West Hartford, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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