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Bangladesh / 50,000 garment workers strike over ‘inhuman’ wages
Tens of thousands of garment workers have downed tools and taken to the streets to urge the government for an increase in the minimum salary Continue reading
Target / Hiring fewer temp holiday workers
Target Corp. plans to hire about 70,000 seasonal workers for the holiday shopping season, down about 20 percent from a year ago Continue reading
US Labor Market / IMF’s chief endorses Fed the Federal Reserve’s decision
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde on Thursday praised the Federal Reserve’s decision this week not to tap the brakes on its bond-buying program to stimulate the U.S. economy, saying it was still too soon to start the widely expected “tapering” operation on the Fed program. “The IMF has always said that it should be … Continue reading
Europe / Chinese telecommmunications equipment maker Huawei plans to create 5,500 jobs
Chinese telecommmunications equipment maker Huawei plans to create 5,500 jobs in Europe within five years as the company expands its services in the region, state-owned newspaper China Daily said on Saturday. Huawei, the world’s second largest maker of telecoms communication equipment, is to offer information technology solutions to European businesses, Patrick Zhang, president of marketing … Continue reading
UK / The number of immigrants hugely overestimated as immigration seen as an issue
A poll of Western countries has found that immigration is seen as a bigger problem in the UK than anywhere else Continue reading
Ford in Ontario / $700 million investment in Oakville plant would secures 2,800 jobs
A $700-million investment by Ford will secure more than 2,800 jobs at the firm’s Oakville plant Continue reading
US / Jobless claims rise, but backlogs might distort data
The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits rose last week, but it was difficult to get a clear read on the labor market’s health because a Labor Department analyst said two states appeared to be working through a backlog of unprocessed claims Continue reading
Canada / The issue about unpaid internships
When Vancouver’s Fairmont Waterfront Hotel posted an ad for unpaid interns to work busing tables in its dining room, it quickly set off a firestorm in social media — and an uneasy silence elsewhere Continue reading
Cleveland Clinic / 3,000 jobs cut ?
Layoffs part of a multi-year plan to cut $330 million from the Clinic’s budget. Continue reading
(Update) RIM – Blackberry / To lay off 4,500 employees
BlackBerry could lay off as many as 5,000 employees in the coming months in an effort to return the smartphone maker to profitability, according to a media report Continue reading
Behind the German jobs miracle, the Jobs Centers (Bundesagentur für Arbeit, or BA) with the motto “Challenge and encourage”
“Challenge and encourage” is the motto under which job seekers—including welfare recipients, who had previously been invisible in unemployment statistics—will be mobilized, using all of the measures at the government’s disposal Continue reading
South Africa / Mines cut 23,000 jobs in 12 months
South Africa’s threatened mining sector lost 23 000 jobs in the 12 months to June, and 4 000 of those were lost between April and June Continue reading
Europe’s Airlines / Lowering costs and cutting Jobs
European airlines will have to cut costs at existing short-haul businesses to compete with budget airlines or struggle to stay aloft, IAG boss Willie Walsh said. So-called legacy carriers such as IAG, Lufthansa and Air France-KLM are cutting jobs, renegotiating staff contracts and dropping uncompetitive routes to get costs on a par with budget carriers, … Continue reading
Pinterest / Hiring First International Employees
Pinterest is hiring abroad for the first time, adding country managers in France and the UK to help grow the site’s user base in Europe Continue reading
Canada / In June, for every job vacancy, there were 6.3 unemployed people, up from 5.2 a year earlier
Canadian businesses reported 216,000 job vacancies in June, down 47,000 from June 2012. For every job vacancy, there were 6.3 unemployed people, up from 5.2 a year earlier. The increase in the unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio was the result of fewer job vacancies, as the number of unemployed people was little changed. Ratio increases in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Chart 1 Unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio, all unemployed, by … Continue reading
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