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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
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[Canada] Smokers most common in construction, mining, oil and gas: Report
according to a Conference Board of Canada report. By occupation, 28 per cent of trades, transport and equipment operators smoked in 2011. Processing, manufacturing and utilities occupations had an employee smoking rate of 24 per cent, while 23 per cent o
Apr 12, 2013
Canadian HR Reporter (ca)
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Apr 12, 2013 13:40
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[South Carolina] Proposal would allow SC employers decline to hire smokers
Apr 9, 2013
Columbia (SC) State
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Apr 10, 2013 15:04
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[South Carolina] Senate bill would let employers light up smokers' private lives
Sen. Kevin Bryant of Anderson wants people to know he is not targeting smokers. But a bill of his being considered this week in a Senate subcommittee would allow businesses to take personnel action against workers who use tobacco away from the workplace.
Apr 9, 2013
Greenville (SC) News
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Apr 10, 2013 14:58