by Toneshia Harris | Jun 27, 2008 | World News
Milan Stech, chairman of the Czech umbrella CMKOS trade union confederation, told journalists Wednesday that 985,000 people, including 306,000 civil servants, participated in a one-hour token strike the CMKOS staged on Tuesday. The government has thus managed to unite... by Toneshia Harris | Jun 27, 2008 | World News
The government predicted that, despite persistently high oil prices, global energy demand will grow by 50 percent over the next two decades with continued heavy reliance on environmentally troublesome fossil fuels, especially coal and oil. The projections by the... by Toneshia Harris | Jun 27, 2008 | World News
Younger workers struggling to find a job now have something else to worry about: older workers with little choice but to keep working, even in a weak labor market. The decades-long postwar trend toward earlier retirement reversed itself in the 1990s, as fewer workers... by Toneshia Harris | Jun 26, 2008 | World News
The United Steelworkers (USW), the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Green for All and the Blue Green Alliance, a partnership of the USW and Sierra Club, have launched the national Green Jobs for America campaign. Running through the fall, the... by Toneshia Harris | Jun 19, 2008 | World News
Established in 2000 by the United Nations General Assembly, World Refugee Day was first celebrated in 2001. The date of June 20 was chosen to coincide with Africa Refugee Day. Each year, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) selects a theme and... by Toneshia Harris | Jun 19, 2008 | World News
Saudi Arabia is considering boosting oil production to its highest level in more than 25 years in order to bring down record prices and ease political pressure from the U.S. and other developed countries. The kingdom would complete the development of its giant...