Economy

 Nationwide strike cripples France

France has been in the grip of a wave of strike against economic reform measures set in by the president Nicolas Sarkozy. The transport workers initiated the strike on November 13 against plans to

Publication Date: 
14/12/2007
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Economy, Public Transport, Workers, Public Sector, Trade Unions, France
Mining

 Bytes

marburg hemorrhagic fever: Following two cases of Marburg hemorrhagic fever in Uganda, scientists are collecting bats from the country's lead and gold mines where the victims had worked. Around five

Publication Date: 
29/09/2007
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Animal Products, Organic Foods, Mining, Health Effects, Workers, Maternal Health, Medical Research, Child Health, Breast Feeding, Viral Diseases, Physical Science, Astronomy, Uganda
Habitat And Urbanisation

 Defining urban

A minimum population of 5,000 persons At least 75 per cent of the male population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits Population density of at least 400 persons per sq km All

Publication Date: 
30/08/2007
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Economy, Urbanisation, Workers, Developing Countries
Governance And Institutions

 Rajasthan mine workers form cooperatives

Mine workers in different parts of Rajasthan have got together to form cooperative. ARCHI RASTOGI visits them and finds that these cooperative are an entreprenurial success RUN PDS SHOP IN

Publication Date: 
14/08/2007
Archi Rastogi
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Food Supply, Mining, Fisheries, Workers, Rural Development, Governance And Institutions, Public Participation, Panchayats, NGO, Trade Unions, Cooperatives, India, Rajasthan, Sustainable Development
Mining

 Mining accounts for more labour deaths

Safety in mines has improved today compared to days of bonded mine labour. But mines which employ 1 per cent of the global labour force remain hazardous Over half the world's mining

Publication Date: 
14/06/2007
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Mining, Coal, Workers, Compensation, Occupational Safety, Occupational Accidents, India, Statistics
Forests

 Saltpan workers in Gujarat served eviction notice from sanctuary

thousands of saltpan workers, called Agarias, from 107 villages in Gujarat's Rajkot, Surendranagar, Patan and Kutch districts face displacement with the Gujarat forest department serving them an

Publication Date: 
30/05/2007
L Mahesh
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Forests, Salt, Displacement, Workers, Rehabilitation, Compensation, Wild Ass, Sanctuaries, India, Gujarat, Kuchchh, Patan, Rajkot, Surendranagar (D)
Mining

 Mining strike

The Mexican National Mining and Metal Workers Union representing four million workers recently gave strike notices to the labour department's arbitration board. More than 200 Mexican organisations

Publication Date: 
14/07/2006
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Industry

 Healthy employment

Trade unionists and environment experts from around the world have agreed that environmental rights such as access to clean water, health care and energy be made part of workers rights.

The decision was taken during a conference on labour and environment organised by the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi from January 15-17, 2006.

Publication Date: 
14/02/2006
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Water Supply, Workers, Women, Health Care, Energy, Unemployment, UNEP, Trade Unions, Africa, Developing Countries
Mining

 In short

too demanding: The Uttar Pradesh government decided on December 14, 2004, to constitute an Irrigation Development and Flood Control Commission. The move is allegedly aimed at merely including

Publication Date: 
14/01/2005
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Mining, Coal, Workers, Poverty, Politics, China, Uttar Pradesh, European Union (EU)
Health

 In Brief

PILE OF PERIL: Toxic waste from piles of unused pesticides in Africa is threatening people's health and the environment. Despite several clean-up measures by the Rome-based Food and Agriculture

Publication Date: 
30/10/2002
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Environment, Trade, Health, Malaria, Workers, Medical Research, Homeopathy, Hazardous Products, Public Participation, Awards, Nuclear Weapons, Africa, India, Assam, Toxic Wastes

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