Consumers can wield great influence over working conditions under which goods are manufactured, Prof...
Consumers can wield great influence over working conditions under which goods are manufactured, Professor Huggy Rao tells a Stanford audience. "You've got to influence consumers so they're willing to pay more," he says.
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In the past few years, several international reporting standards have emerged. But are they actually...
In the past few years, several international reporting standards have emerged. But are they actually changing corporate behavior? With particular emphasis on labor standards, this panel explores the effectiveness of current efforts to monitor and improve labor conditions abroad, the role of verification groups, and practical challenges faced by companies in implementing guidelines.
Recorded: November 12, 2005
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Dan La Botz: Decades of neo-liberal reforms waged an attack on workers standard of living
Dan La Botz: Decades of neo-liberal reforms waged an attack on workers standard of living
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Dan La Botz: A powerful movement of independent unions has emerged in Mexico. US supported economic...
Dan La Botz: A powerful movement of independent unions has emerged in Mexico. US supported economics spurred Mexican emigration Pt.2
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Hundreds of police drive miners from Cananea copper mine; TRNN interview with a leader of miner's un...
Hundreds of police drive miners from Cananea copper mine; TRNN interview with a leader of miner's union
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Jeannette Wicks-Lim: Pre-crisis forecast from Dept. of labor shows a US economy str...
Jeannette Wicks-Lim: Pre-crisis forecast from Dept. of labor shows a US economy structurally inclined toward low wages
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Journalist Pilar Marrero talks about undocumented wo...
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Journalist Pilar Marrero talks about undocumented workers
Saturday January 12th, 2008
Pilar Marrero was born in Caracas, Venezuela. She graduated in Communications from Andrés Bello Catholic University in 1986, with a specialization in print journalism. Marrero is a political editor and columnist, radio talk show host, international news service writer and also the metropolitan news editor for La Opinión, a Los Angeles' daily newspaper.
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Dr. Jennifer Ashton addresses the most common labor and birthing myths with New Yor...
Dr. Jennifer Ashton addresses the most common labor and birthing myths with New York City OB-Gyn Dr. Jacques Moritz.
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Dean Baker: Will labor law reform b...
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Dean Baker: Will labor law reform be a priority for the next administration? (2 of 3)
2008-02-13
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An interview with Stanford Professor Robert J. Flanagan about his new book "Globalization and
An interview with Stanford Professor Robert J. Flanagan about his new book "Globalization and labor Conditions: Working Conditions and Worker Rights in a Global Economy" (Oxford University Press, 2006),where he discusses the implications of global commerce for nations and national policy. Recorded: April 10, 2007
For more information about the book please see http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/jacksonlibrary/articles/catalogs/fac_books/flanagan_globalization.html.
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Howard Zinn on class...
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Howard Zinn on class in America Pt4: A reinvigorated labor movement needed for a great social upheaval
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Dominique: Haitian elite want to go back to cheap textile labor and destroying nati...
Dominique: Haitian elite want to go back to cheap textile labor and destroying national food production
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John Schmitt on struggling unions and the promise of...
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John Schmitt on struggling unions and the promise of a new e
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Fletcher: Unions should take up the cause of the unemployed
Fletcher: Unions should take up the cause of the unemployed
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Didier Dominique: Deliberate US policy weakened Haitian farming to create pool of cheap textile
Didier Dominique: Deliberate US policy weakened Haitian farming to create pool of cheap textile labor
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Didier Dominique: US military helping to repress organizing of textile worker's unions in Haiti
Didier Dominique: US military helping to repress organizing of textile worker's unions in Haiti
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Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Christopher Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ ...
Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Christopher Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., talks with Bloomberg Television about Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's statement that U.S. economic growth next year probably won't be strong enough to bring down the jobless rate. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)
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Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Christopher Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ ...
Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Christopher Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., talks with Bloomberg Television about Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's statement that U.S. economic growth next year probably won't be strong enough to bring down the jobless rate. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)
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Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Mark Eibel, director of multi-strategy solutions at Russell Investments, talks...
Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Mark Eibel, director of multi-strategy solutions at Russell Investments, talks with Bloomberg Television about the outlook for U.S. employment. (This report is an exerpt. Source: Bloomberg)
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The first pregnancy can be an exciting time for women, But horror stories you hear about lab...
The first pregnancy can be an exciting time for women, But horror stories you hear about labor might make you fearful of the big day. Tricia O'Brien, Features Editor for American Baby Magazine, helps to ease your concerns.
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