"The president continues to have full faith" in the labor secretary, the statement said.

CNN: Herman Focus Of Influence-Peddling Probe

"We strictly prohibit the use of child labor, " Hansen said in a statement.

CNN: Gap: Report of kids' sweatshop 'deeply disturbing'

"We are shocked and dismayed at this senseless violence, " he said in a statement, calling on the labor movement and company to work with the government to stabilize the situation.

WSJ: South Africa Labor Unrest Spurs Deadly Gunbattle

In a written statement to NPR, Merced Farm Labor says Bautista was the one who decided to stop at the drugstore, and that he had refused the company's offer to call a doctor.

NPR: Teen Farmworker's Heat Death Sparks Outcry

"Quiznos management has initiated cash-flow-improvement programs, such as lower food costs, reduced discounts and labor optimization, " Mr. MacDonald said in a statement last week.

WSJ: LBO, Recession Singe Quiznos

"Furthermore, Mr Rudd wishes to make 100% clear to all members of the parliamentary Labor Party, including his own supporters, that there are no circumstances under which he will return to the Labor Party leadership in the future, " the brief statement read.

BBC: Australia's Kevin Rudd in party leadership vow

"Our lawyers concluded that in the absence of a statement to the contrary from Congress, the Fair Labor Standards Act would apply, " domestic policy advisor Bruce Reed told The Associated Press.

CNN: AllPolitics - States Must Pay Minimum Wage For Workfare

"This is a statement of humanity ... of how low we will let people sell their labor for, " Cahill said.

WSJ: NY Assembly OKs $9 minimum wage; Senate gets bill

So a more careful statement of my thesis would be: non-technical hustler founders of technology startups are the new labor.

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