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Walmarts optimization plan highlights dirty tricks used by companies to lay-off employees
May 8, 2009Walmart’s plan to cull an entire layer of management from about 150 stores nationwide may have stalled temporarily but many employees fear the company will simply find another way of removing unwanted staff. In media interviews...
Read moreWorld’s mayors gather at U.N. to lobby against nukes
May 8, 2009UNITED NATIONS, May 6 (IPS) - The issue of nuclear disarmament being discussed with new vigour in the halls of the U.N. as the third and final preparatory committee leading up to the 2010 review conference...
Read moreMay Day in Philly
May 7, 2009Philadephians, for the second year in a row, celebrated International Labor Day at Elmwood Park in the city’s southwest section. The site has historical significance in part because of its history in the heart of what...
Read moreObama urged to sign native rights declaration
May 7, 2009UNITED NATIONS, May 6 (IPS) - The United States is considering whether to endorse a major U.N. General Assembly resolution calling for the recognition of the rights of the world’s 370 million indigenous peoples over their...
Read moreIn addition to H1N1 flu, Mexico declares economic emergency
May 7, 2009MEXICO (Prensa Latina) Amid a battle with the H1N1 influenza virus, Mexicans must now deal with an economic emergency declared by the Federal District. La Jornada daily, quoting Governor Marcelo Ebrad, says the 2009 quarterly global...
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