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U.S. Labor Rights Routinely Violated, Says Human Rights Watch

U.S. Labor Rights Routinely Violated, Says Human Rights Watch Workers' basic rights are routinely violated in the United States because U.S. labor law is so weakly enforced and so filled with loopholes, says Human Rights Watch in a new report released on August 31. "The cards are stacked against workers in the U.S.," said Kenneth Roth, Executive Director. "The U.S.

Globalisation ""Poverty Solution""

The Press, Christchurch / By PETER LUKE More globalisation, not less, is the solution to world poverty, says World Trade Organisation director-general Mike Moore. He used a speech to Canterbury employers yesterday to answer critics of the institution he heads, and the ideal of free trade - even as the chants of protesters could be heard outside.

The United Nations Sits in Suspicious Company

By Joshua Karliner and Kenny Bruno, International Herald Tribune SAN FRANCISCO - Do the UN flag and the Nike swoosh belong together? Secretary-General Kofi Annan thinks they might. Leaders of nearly 50 of the world's most powerful corporations met with him on July 26 to hail the dawn of a new relationship between the United Nations and big business.