U.S., Britain most desirable spots for foreign workers - poll May 15th, 2013 - 01:20h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has leapfrogged Australia to become the world's second most desirable location for professionals looking to live and work abroad, trailing only the United States, a survey found on Wednesday. Worries about Britain'... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : britain, most, desirable, spots, foreign, workers, poll, Top Keywords

Amazon workers in Germany stage strike May 14th, 2013 - 13:40h (CET +01.00) BERLIN (AP) - A union representing workers at Amazon in Germany says members are striking in a push for higher wages from the online retailer. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : amazon, workers, germany, stage, strike, workers, poll, Top Keywords

HRW: Sex workers in China subject to police abuse May 14th, 2013 - 05:40h (CET +01.00) BEIJING (AP) - Police in China frequently beat, torture and arbitrarily detain suspected sex workers, often with little or no evidence that they engaged in prostitution, Human Rights Watch said in a report Tuesday calling on the government to discipl... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : workers, china, subject, police, abuse, workers, poll, Top Keywords

Singapore begins inquiry into US worker's death May 13th, 2013 - 12:50h (CET +01.00) SINGAPORE (AP) - The girlfriend of a U.S. software engineer whose parents insist he was murdered in Singapore said at a coroner's inquest Monday that he had been unhappy at work and feared "heavy hands coming after him." (Source: Assoc... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : singapore, begins, inquiry, worker's, death, workers, poll, Top Keywords

Bangladesh to allow unions for garment workers May 13th, 2013 - 10:30h (CET +01.00) DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Bangladesh has agreed to allow garment workers to form trade unions in their factories without prior permission of the owners. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : bangladesh, allow, unions, garment, workers, workers, poll, Top Keywords

Bangladesh plans to raise pay for garment workers May 13th, 2013 - 04:10h (CET +01.00) DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Bangladesh's government plans to raise the minimum wage for garment workers after the deaths of more than 1,100 people in the collapse of a factory building focused attention on the textile industry's dismal pay and... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : bangladesh, plans, raise, garment, workers, workers, poll, Top Keywords

Bangladesh to raise wages for garment workers May 12th, 2013 - 18:20h (CET +01.00) DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Bangladesh's government plans to raise the minimum wage for garment workers, a Cabinet minister said Sunday, after the deaths of more than 1,100 people in the collapse of a factory building focused international attentio... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : bangladesh, raise, wages, garment, workers, workers, poll, Top Keywords

Bangladesh workers find survivor in factory rubble May 10th, 2013 - 14:20h (CET +01.00) DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A woman buried in the wreckage of a collapsed garment factory building for 17 days was rescued Friday, a miraculous moment set against a scene of unimaginable horror where the death toll is more than 1,000 and still rising. (... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : bangladesh, workers, find, survivor, factory, rubble, poll, Top Keywords

Accident kills worker preparing for Moscow rally May 6th, 2013 - 13:10h (CET +01.00) MOSCOW (AP) - Moscow police say a man helping construct the stage for a major protest rally has died after a column of sound equipment collapsed. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : accident, kills, worker, preparing, moscow, rally, poll, Top Keywords

Workers Say Bosses Cause Them to Quit Facebook May 1st, 2013 - 20:00h (CET +01.00) Workers really don't want to be friends with their bosses … at least on Facebook. New research has found that workers say they have suspended their accounts or left Facebook altogether to avoid being friended by a boss on the social network. (Sourc... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : workers, bosses, cause, them, quit, facebook, poll, Top Keywords