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[North Carolina] The 2013 Reynolds American, Inc. Annual Shareholders Meeting: orders, points of order, “out of order” and ordered out!
Dr. Sharon Brown, a grandmother and a shareholder from Pennsylvania, who was seated second from the aisle where the company’s sole microphone ... saw Dr. Brown fall to the floor after she attempted to get by the RAI employee. By the time Dr. Brown was ab
May 14, 2013
Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI)
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May 19, 2013 13:37
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[Australia] Call for mine site smoking ban rejected
A call by the Cancer Council for smoking to be banned at all West Australian mines sites has been rejected. The state's Chamber of Minerals and Energy (CME) says such a move would cause resentment. WA's Department of Mines and Petroleum data shows smoki
May 10, 2013
AAP (Australian Associated Press) (au)
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May 17, 2013 13:01
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[Belgium, Finland, France, Sweden, UK] Healthy Lifestyle May Offset Job Stress, Study Finds
Job stress increases the risk of heart disease, but living a healthy lifestyle can significantly reduce that risk, a new study says. Researchers examined data from more than 102,000 men and women, aged 17 to 70, in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Sw
May 13, 2013
HealthDay [HealthScout]
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May 14, 2013 13:08
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[North Carolina, Ohio] Top tobacco executives set to meet with FLOC
Top executives for tobacco giant Reynolds American Inc. have agreed to resume discussions with the Toledo-based Farm Labor Organizing Committee about ways to address alleged farm-worker abuses.
May 11, 2013
Toledo (OH) Blade
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May 11, 2013 13:55
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[North Carolina] Advocates plan to pressure Reynolds American over tobacco farm working conditions
Members of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) and its supporters rallied outside the Reynolds American headquarters in Winston-Salem, N.C., Thursday. The company's annual shareholder's meeting was being held inside, and recognition of the union w
May 8, 2013
Winston-Salem (NC) Journal
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May 8, 2013 07:20
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[Pennsylvania] LETTER: Second-hand smoke still a threat to some workers
The Pennsylvania Clean Indoor Air Act passed in 2008 did not go far enough. Significant exemptions in the law mean that our citizens and workers are still being exposed to the deadly effects of second-hand smoke. Those exceptions to the Clean Indoor Air
May 6, 2013
Easton (PA) Express-Times
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May 6, 2013 14:29
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[Bangladesh] Bidi workers protest discriminations between bidi and cigarette
Increase in taxes on bidi would hamper the sector including women employment, bidi workers of different factories claimed yesterday. From a view exchange meeting on “Diary of Bidi workers” in the capital’s CIRDAP auditorium, speakers made the comment an
May 5, 2013
Dhaka Tribune (bd)
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May 5, 2013 20:28
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Major U.S. Companies Profit from Exploitative Labor Brokers
A new report by Pro-Publica and Marketplace looks at a system of Latino labor brokerage in cities across the US, a system which provides leading U.S. companies cheap labor whenever they need it, but leaves the workers with wages that are far below legal m
May 2, 2013
The Takeaway (NPR)
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May 2, 2013 15:47
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Russian ‘smokers’ rights’ movement holds founding convention
a ‘smokers’ rights’ movement headed by a flamboyant Soviet-era actor has been formed to “protect the rights and dignity” of Russians who light up. Members of the All-Russian Movement for Smokers’ Rights voted during their founding convention to collect
Apr 26, 2013
RT TV / TV Novosti (ru)
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Apr 26, 2013 11:26
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PHOTO: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Commemorates Tobacco Workers on April 20
African American women were the primary leaf workers in the Winston-Salem tobacco industry, and formed the United Tobacco Workers Local 22 of the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Works of America-Congress on Industrial Organizations (FTACIO). ... La
Apr 16, 2013
Beach Carolina Magazine
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Apr 17, 2013 13:30