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[Australia] Union agrees to staff working with puffing punters
THE union representing hospitality workers, United Voice, has dropped its opposition to smoking by high rollers in VIP gaming rooms in a deal struck over James Packer's proposed $1 billion hotel and casino at Barangaroo.
Oct 26, 2012
Sydney Morning Herald (au)
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Oct 26, 2012 12:45
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[Gibraltar, Spain] ASCTEG challenges Madrid's tobacco frontier quota cut
Spanish workers association ASCTEG is taking legal advice with a view to launching a judicial appeal of unconstitutionality against the decision by the Spanish Government to limit the quantity of cigarettes that Campo frontier workers can buy in Gibralta
Oct 12, 2012
Gibraltar Chronicle (gi)
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Oct 12, 2012 10:15
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[Pakistan] Terminated workers’ protest against tobacco firm enters fourth day
SWABI - The protest of workers, who were terminated from a tobacco multinational company, has entered fourth day, and the protesters have vowed that they would not allow the reopening of the company until their demands are met.
Oct 8, 2012
The Nation (pk)
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Oct 8, 2012 04:04
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[Gibraltar, Spain] Campo fears frontier tobacco clampdown will increase smuggling
The Spanish Government's plan to cut the tobacco allowance for border commuters has drawn a mixed response in the Campo de Gibraltar. Tobacconists welcomed the move but workers' associations said it would lead to more smuggling, rather than less as is in
Oct 4, 2012
Gibraltar Chronicle (gi)
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Oct 4, 2012 08:39
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Dick Meister: Danger and death in the tobacco fields
There are nearly 100,000 tobacco harvesters, some as young as 12, most of them Mexican immigrants. They work during the summer in the tobacco fields of North Carolina, the country's leading tobacco producer. As the AFL-CIO, its Farm Labor Organizing Comm
Sep 26, 2012
San Francisco Bay Guardian
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Sep 26, 2012 12:25
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[Philippines] 30M tobacco industry workers may lose jobs
FILIPINO tobacco growers on Monday joined a global petition against a World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation to regulate tobacco growing, saying the move would result in the loss of more than 30 million jobs.
Sep 17, 2012
Business Mirror (ph)
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Sep 17, 2012 17:08
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[Ohio] Bay Village to only hire tobacco-free workers, bans smoking outside of municipal buildings
Future employees will be tested for nicotine
Aug 29, 2012
WEWS NewsNet5 (Cleveland, OH)
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Aug 29, 2012 21:24
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[Indiana] Lawmakers Could Revisit Smoking's Effect On Insurance Rates
One idea that has been floated is allowing employers to charge higher insurance premiums or co-pays for people who smoke or have other unhealthy habits. Indiana AFL-CIO President Nancy Guyott says the union would fight that idea if it is proposed. She wa
Aug 28, 2012
Indiana Public Media - WFIU / WTIU
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Aug 28, 2012 08:23
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Health Ministers and Union agree on tobacco company lobbying
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation congratulates Health Ministers Tony Ryall and Tariana Turia on their firm stand on tobacco control in the face of British American Tobacco's (BAT) campaign to advertise and lobby against plain packaging of cigarettes w
Aug 23, 2012
New Zealand News Online (uk)
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Aug 24, 2012 07:18
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[Australia] Bosses' rights go up in smoke
BOSSES are being warned they may breach anti-discrimination laws if they sack workers for alcohol or drug use - and this may include smokers. . . . Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland president David Goodwin accused smokers of costing the state
Aug 19, 2012
Brisbane (QLD) Courier-Mail (au)
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Aug 18, 2012 19:35