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Subject: [corp-watchers] Happy Meals, Unhappy Workers
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Happy Meals, Unhappy Workers
Aaron Glantz and Ngoc Nguyen
March 6th, 2006
Vietnamese workers earn less than $2 a day making stuffed animals and Happy
Meal toys for U.S. consumers. An ongoing series of wildcat strikes this
winter has forced the government to raise wages to prevent factories from
moving to other countries.
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13358
Listen to an interview with Aaron Glantz about this article, along with a
review of the corporate news.
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13362
IN THE NEWS
ENVIRONMENT
NIGERIA: Shell told to pay $1.5 bln damages
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13323
INDIA: Battle over Indian steel mills
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13344
WAR PROFITEERS
UK: UK attacked for Uganda arms deal
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13343
UAE: UAE, Jolted by Port Deal, Is Key Western Arms Buyer
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13332
AUSTRALIA: Lobbyists hired by AWB
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13337
US: Defense Contractor Admits to Bribes
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13349
MINING
MEXICO: Mexican strikes cripple mines, mills and refineries
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13340
INDONESIA: Rachmat says $30 million Newmont deal no slap in the face
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13284
PHARMACEUTICALS
INDIA: A Nation of Guinea Pigs
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13330
UK: Bone researcher: Proctor & Gamble is hiding data
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13342
HEALTH
US: Wal-Mart critics put workers in spotlight over health care
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13333
US: Chromium Evidence Buried, Report Says
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13325
BIOTECH
EU: Ministers back 'terminator' GM crops
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13352
US: Cotton farmers sue Monsanto, Bayer, and Delta&Pine for crop loss
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13339
Financial Services
US: 4 From KPMG Settle With SEC In Xerox Case
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13327
US: Enron Secretary Defends Her Criticism of Executives
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13326
TECHNOLOGY
US: Diverse Coalition Battles AOL's Email Tax
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13336
US: Tollbooths on the Internet Highway
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13288
ENERGY
BOLIVIA: Bolivia Indicts Shady Oil Transnat
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13285
NIGERIA: Nigerian Militants Free Six of Nine Foreign Hostages
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13334
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