Article:
Groups sue U.S. to get farmer info to workers
By:
Stephen Franklin
Date:
12/14/2007
Date Posted:
12/14/2007
Link to Article:
Chicago Tribune
Short Description:
Two farmworker advocacy groups Thursday sued the U.S. Labor Department, contending that the agency's failure to release information on farmers that hire guest workers hurts U.S. and foreign workers.
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Article:
Crime Gangs Make Billions From Bulgaria Sex Slaves
By:
Reuters
Date:
12/12/2007
Date Posted:
12/14/2007
Link to Article:
New York Times
Short Description:
The trafficking of Bulgarian women as sex slaves brings in about 1.8 billion euros ($2.6 billion) a year for the gangs behind it, making it the country's most profitable criminal activity, a report said on Wednesday.
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Article:
Farmworkers Protest at Burger King HQ
By:
Associated Press
Date:
11/30/2007
Date Posted:
12/5/2007
Link to Article:
CNN Money
Short Description:
Tomato Pickers Protest at Burger King HQ Over Low Wages. Farmworkers, union members and activists marched through city streets to Burger King headquarters Friday to protest low wages for tomato pickers and alleged exploitation of field workers.
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Article:
A Health Plan for Wal-Mart: Less Stinginess
By:
Michael Barbaro and Reed Abelson
Date:
11/13/2007
Date Posted:
11/14/2007
Link to Article:
The New York Times
Short Description:
For much of the last decade, the retailing behemoth Wal-Mart Stores has been associated with stingy health care as much as low prices.
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Article:
Glare of Fires Pulls Migrants From Shadows
By:
Date:
10/27/2007
Date Posted:
11/1/2007
Link to Article:
The New York Times
Short Description:
Fires of California Article
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Article:
Op-Ed Columnist: Today's Hidden Slave Trade
By:
Bob Herbert
Date:
10/27/2007
Date Posted:
11/1/2007
Link to Article:
NY Times
Short Description:
As a society, we’re repelled by the slavery of old. But the wholesale transport of women across international borders and around the U.S. to serve as prostitutes stirs very little outrage.
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