Faced with the surge of this new technology, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, co-vice chair of the Commission, emphasized that broadband is, above all, a human challenge, not just an industrial issue.
On Wednesday, Bangladesh announced the shut-down of 18 garment factories for safety reasons, amid growing concerns over the issue of industrial safety across the country.
But time and again, industrial countries dodge the issue in practice.
We hope that the talks can make progress, but we cannot rule out industrial action taking place on this issue.
Industrial disputes are not the only issue bothering BA. More than 20 years after privatisation, it is still struggling with the legacy of state ownership.
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The House passed legislation two years ago that would force OSHA to quickly issue rules regulating combustible industrial dust, but the proposal stalled in the Senate.
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Mass layoffs have been the theme of the season: The most recent companies to issue pink slips are industrial conglomerate Textron and IT services company Unisys -- together they dismissed 3, 500 people this week.
Natural gas export is a sensitive political issue and more than one industrial company has complained that such exports would raise domestic gas prices and hence harm American business and the economy in general.
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Delegates are expected to hear repeated calls for co-ordinated industrial action - like that seen over the issue of pensions during the past year.
Treviso's economy is diversified, however, and jobs are not yet an issue in Carpi, where neat industrial estates and the city's shops exude well being.
Also an issue: Nationals Park sits in a lonely industrial spot off the freeway.
The issue is whether Europe, eager to export its industrial goods, is ready in return to open both its industrial and its agricultural doors.
Spain's Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar said after the summit that the issue of the liberalisation of electricity and gas markets for industrial and other business users had been resolved.
Nowhere is the waste issue more evident than in California, where landmark regulations approved in the 1970s require industrial plants like solar panel makers to report the amount of hazardous materials they produce, and where they send it.
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