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Labor · February, 2008
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Stories about Labor from February, 2008

28 February 2008

China: Suicide at tech giant Huawei

Following up on one blogger's lead, some comments on yet another staff suicide at tech company Huawei this week which for many reinforces the company's popular image of having one...

Hong Kong: The Invisible Class

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

27 February 2008

Russia: Ethnically-Motivated Violence

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

26 February 2008

China: Call for the Abolition of Household Registration System

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

25 February 2008

Burkina Faso: teachable moments, missing bathrooms and road rage

Written by John Liebhardt · Sub-Saharan Africa

Pity the school teachers of the Peace Corps. While their compatriots toiling in health clinics or with micro-credit programs pretty much work loose hours and come and go from social...

22 February 2008

Iran:Three workers were whipped

Written by Fred Petrossian · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Kuwait: A Dusty but Profitable Week

Written by Abdullatif AlOmar · Middle East & North Africa

Dust storms are wreaking havoc in Kuwait. But amid the dust, there is a silver lining, with a Cabinet decision to grant an extra KD120 (US $435) monthly bonus for...