Impunity must not be tolerated as it reinforces the vulnerability of media workers and seriously undermines press freedom.
"This is not a ripple effect, " Rep. Jennifer Dunn, whose suburban Seattle district includes thousands of Boeing workers, told the Associated Press.
It has had to contend with a greedy middleman, unskilled workers, labor unrest, bad press and threatened suits.
Though Nike committed to fair labor practices more than a decade ago, it still faces problems, including a report by the Associated Press last year that workers for its Converse brand in Indonesia were being slapped by supervisors, forced to stand in the scorching sun for hours at a stretch as punishment for not meeting quotas, and insulted as dogs and pigs by bosses.
Clinton encouraged the free press and the rights of workers, women and children, and stressed that education is crucial in promising a prosperous future.
Microsoft is said to be resisting a unionisation drive and, coincidentally or not, has begun to receive critical coverage in the press about its treatment of workers.
Earlier, the Algeria Press Service news agency said 30 Algerian workers had also managed to free themselves.
"Coverage is extended to all migrant workers in Shanghai, " Mr. Han told a press briefing.
In addition to the hundreds of freed workers, 30 Algerian workers escaped and were picked up by helicopters, an Algerian Press Service report said.
About 150 members of the press had gathered to hear the result with council workers remarking it was the most attention a count in their area had ever drawn.
According to the Associated Press news agency, the fire spread quickly because construction workers had recently applied a flammable wood preservative to the exterior of the building.
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The German press is reporting rumours of plans to sack 6, 600 workers and shut five factories in Germany, which Airbus denies.
"Companies that fire employees simply because of an economic downturn will lose the trust of workers and eventually lose the competitive edge, " he told the Japanese press.
According to a Mercer press release, 77% of the 1, 500 workers polled expect the economy to grow, roughly the reading before the recession began in 2007 but more than the 56% rating recorded in 2008.
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The policy helps shield workers who can sometimes be too busy with other tasks to deal with the press, he said.
Long-term negotiations with the press office has improved matters for Mr Walley and his co-workers but they are not alone in having problems.
Indeed, Saudi Ministry of Labor spokesman Hattab Bin Salah Al-Anzi said Wednesday that the kingdom will focus instead on recruiting workers from "other sources, " according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency.
"In the wake of Pat Buchanan's claim to own workers' issues, there's been a fair amount of broad speculation about where workers really are, " AFL-CIO spokeswoman Denise Mitchell told the Associated Press.
"I don't think that these workers have left definitively Algeria, " Yousfi told reporters, according to the Algerian Press Service.
The Unite union has urged the government to press the European Commission to lift its requirement because of uncertainty over bank workers' jobs.
The State Council said the government also plans more active policies to boost employment and it will press for a "reasonable" rise in wages for low-income workers.
The Associated Press reported that South Africa's police ministry said more than 30 striking workers were killed.
More than 80 journalists and co-workers have been murdered in Colombia since 1989, according to the Bogota-based Foundation for Press Freedom.
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Local government administrator Yousuf Harun told the Associated Press news agency that they are working with a garment industry body to ensure the workers are paid.
As if to emphasise the point, the briefcases given as part of a press kit to journalists at the summit were manufactured in an industrial zone where 13, 000 Jordanian workers piece Israeli components into goods that are sold free of duty in the United States.
On the other hand, the notion that workers are more productive and innovative when they interact in the flesh is getting more traction among companies and in the press.
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As well as the latest downgrade, France's new Socialist government has also had to put up with criticism from the financial community and the press, particularly in light of President Francois Hollande's decision to reinstate retirement at 60 for some workers.
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