"I feel sorry for him, " says Tokyo building worker Ono Torao.
They are demanding fair compensation from Wal-Mart and a legally binding agreement from manufacturers to ensure fire and building safety and worker rights.
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The Bangladesh Building and Fire Safety Agreement is a proposal for a sector-wide initiative that includes independent building inspections, worker rights training, public disclosure and a long-overdue review of safety standards.
Talked out of putting his design on the Web for all to download, Gadgil got a patent, which attracted a company called WaterHealth , founded in 1995 by Elwyn Ewald , a former humanitarian relief worker building a socially conscious company.
Investigators looking for evidence in the suspected murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz returned Wednesday to the Manhattan building where police believe a former bodega worker murdered the missing boy decades ago.
It's a feature primarily to encourage worker interaction, but in a building the size of Google's offices, it keeps employees mobile.
With two piston-like windows on its eastern flank, this building looks a lot like a giant garment worker's sewing machine -- an appropriate image for a company such as Wacoal.
In a courtroom in the same building in lower Manhattan, his co-worker James Fleishman is beginning his second week at trial for being a part of the same insider trading scheme.
Engineers (late game worker units) are always busy continuously building roads so that new armies can reach the front lines.
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It quoted an unidentified worker as saying the fire engulfed the building in three minutes, leaving too little time for many to flee.
Plans included modernizing equipment, increasing the number of fire stations in industrial areas and overhauling fire- and building-safety laws and regulations, inspections and worker training.
Using sensors and software to control office lighting, reduce energy use and improve worker productivity is gradually gaining acceptance among building owners and attracting interest from investors.
Labour Behind the Label and others are calling on all brands sourcing from Bangladesh to publicly sign up to take part in the building and fire safety scheme to make transparent, worker-led improvements to the industry.
In theory, a worker could only be inside one of these building for about four hours.
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Ms. Zhang, , a one-time sweatshop worker who has since become a billionaire by building some of the most striking structures in China, is committing hundreds of millions of dollars to construction in Beijing and Shanghai.
Anyone now has the opportunity to monetize their skills, from the full-time worker looking for additional income to the once hobbyist building their very own business.
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The nearly complete 13-story building fell on its side almost intact last June, killing a worker.
What he didn't say was that he'd already collected money from building-products trusts based on his claims of being a construction worker.
"What will end these disasters is an urgent program of building renovations, " said Scott Nova, executive director of the Worker Rights Consortium, who attended the meeting.
Construction worker Harold Martin was on a plank in an airshaft at a building under construction in downtown Seattle.
"I want the death penalty for the owner of the building, " said one marcher, 18-year-old garment factory worker Mongidul Islam Rana.
You're the reason a factory worker in Toledo who lost his job is back on the line building some of the best cars in the world.
Yuan Liya was a worker at the clothing retail centre, and was last seen entering the building on 2 May.
Despite the need for labour, no building companies were ready to risk employing a "sin papeles" (illegal worker) as the government controls became stricter.
U.S. officials say Saudi exile Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda organization are the prime suspects in last week's attacks that may have killed more than 5, 000 people -- including a Pentagon civilian worker who died Tuesday of injuries suffered when a hijacked jetliner crashed into the building.
"It's not illegal to track your own employees inside your own building, " he says, adding that the data could be helpful in improving firm and worker performance.
Turning to domestic news, the Beijing News says a woman, surnamed Ma, has been arrested for "spreading rumours" about a female migrant worker from Anhui province, surnamed Ms Yuan, who was found dead outside a wholesale market building in Beijing's Fengtai district last Friday.
Jukka Forsberg, a maintenance worker at the school, told YLE that the gunman was wearing a ski mask and walked into the building with a large bag.
"I'm hoping that with lots of local support the people will take notice and realise that it's not just a building, it needs to be kept, " said Karen Murray, a supporter of the project and a mill worker for eight years.
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