The official Chinese news agency Xinhua reports that more than 400 Chinese laborers have been flown home after a strike on a construction project in Mongomo, in Equatorial Guinea, left two people dead and four injured. Continue reading ‘Africa: Striking Chinese workers sent home’
Archive for April 7th, 2008
Africa: Striking Chinese workers sent home
Published April 7, 2008 africa , asia , global , workers Leave a CommentTags: chinese investment, chinese workers, labour protest in Africa
US: Hispanic worker program raises questions
Published April 7, 2008 america , governments , workers 2 CommentsTags: farm work, farmers, foreign workers, Hispanic worker program, labor
By Rick Laney
A work program widely praised by local farmers and managed by the U.S. Government is under fire from a Blount County resident who says it keeps Americans from getting jobs. Continue reading ‘US: Hispanic worker program raises questions’
