List of Labor Policy articles
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Muslim ethnic Uighur women pass a Chinese paramilatary police on patrol on a street in Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang region on July 3, 2010 ahead of the first anniversary of bloody violence that erupted between the region's Muslim ethnic Uighurs and members of China's majority Han ethnicity. The government says nearly 200 people were killed and about 1,700 injured in the unrest, China's worst ethnic violence in decades, with Han making up most of the victims. AFP PHOTO/Peter PARKS (Photo credit should read PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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GettyImages-477845147 cropped The Dark Side of Burma’s Economic Boom
Yes, Burma's economy is growing — off the backs of the country's impoverished workers.
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crop129216985 The Dangerously Divergent Interests of Wall Street and Main Street
When banks and the bourgeoisie are at cross purposes, everyone loses sooner or later.
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rana Laundering the Global Garment Industry’s Dirty Business
Two years after Bangladesh's Rana Plaza disaster, experts say a dense network of little-known agents and subcontractors is still getting in the way of better work conditions.
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73870427crop Gold, Oil, and Cigarettes: How an Obscure Trade Provision Protects the World’s Biggest Companies
Investor-state provisions in free trade agreements allow companies to arbitrate disputes with governments outside of local courts.
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Liberia Turns Towards Normalcy As Fight Continues To Eradicate Ebola Why Are Chadian Youth Rioting Over a Motorcycle Helmet Law?
In Chad, a new law passed requiring motorcycle riders to wear helmets. But the cost of helmets has now tripled and students fear they won't be able to afford their daily rides to class.
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qatar Can Anyone Stop the World Cup in Qatar?
Workers have died by the hundreds constructing the emirate's soccer fantasy land, and still FIFA is intent on keeping the tournament there. Here’s a not-so-crazy alternative.
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grinch The Amazon Grinch and Germany’s Unhappy Elves
When an American online retailer brings its start-up style to unionized Central Europe, workers go on strike.
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MUJAHID SAFODIEN/AFP/Getty Images ‘We Were Being Killed for Something We Didn’t Even Know’
Two years after South Africa's Marikana miners' strike and massacre, neither Lungisile Madwantsi -- nor his country -- has healed.
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Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images This Isn’t the Time to Go Wobbly on Slavery
The U.K. government has made a good start on its war on slavery. But it needs to get serious.
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DIMAS ARDIAN/ GETTY IMAGES Gap Gambles on Myanmar
The company spent a year preparing to enter the former pariah state. Will it be a trailblazer or a cautionary tale?
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Pierre Teyssot / AFP / Getty Images Soccer’s Get-Rich-Quick Scheme
Step 1: Go to the World Cup.
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Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Child Labor Is Declining Worldwide, But It’s Thriving in These Six Countries
Child Labor Is Declining Worldwide, But It's Thriving in These Six Countries
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Photo: AFP/Getty Images The World’s Largest Union: A ‘Capitalist Running Dog’
Some Chinese say their massive trade union isn't standing up for worker rights.
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STR/AFP/GettyImages Everest Shrugged
Why the deadliest day on the world’s tallest mountain won't change the lives of Nepal's sherpas.
