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[PDF] Six Women at Dresdner File Bias Suit [USA]
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Jenny Anderson, New York Times
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Six women who are senior bankers at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Services [part of Allianz] have sued the investment bank, contending that they were denied equal bonuses and promotions that went to men with less experience...The complaint...also cites instances of lewd behavior toward the women...The lawsuit seeks $1.4 billion for economic damages, emotional distress, harm to reputation and punitive damages...[also refers to Dresdner Bank (part of Allianz), Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Salomon Smith Barney]
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[PDF] Six Women at Dresdner File Bias Suit [USA]
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Jenny Anderson, New York Times
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Six women who are senior bankers at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Services [part of Allianz] have sued the investment bank, contending that they were denied equal bonuses and promotions that went to men with less experience...The complaint...also cites instances of lewd behavior toward the women...The lawsuit seeks $1.4 billion for economic damages, emotional distress, harm to reputation and punitive damages...[also refers to Dresdner Bank (part of Allianz), Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Salomon Smith Barney]
Title: [PDF] Six Women at Dresdner File Bias Suit [USA]
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[PDF] Six Women at Dresdner File Bias Suit [USA]
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Jenny Anderson, New York Times
Dated:
10 Jan 2006
Six women who are senior bankers at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Services [part of Allianz] have sued the investment bank, contending that they were denied equal bonuses and promotions that went to men with less experience...The complaint...also cites instances of lewd behavior toward the women...The lawsuit seeks $1.4 billion for economic damages, emotional distress, harm to reputation and punitive damages...[also refers to Dresdner Bank (part of Allianz), Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Salomon Smith Barney]
Title: [DOC] Response of McDonald’s to articles about Coalition of Immokalee Workers campaign for living wage & working condition standards among tomato suppliers
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[DOC] Response of McDonald’s to articles about Coalition of Immokalee Workers campaign for living wage & working condition standards among tomato suppliers
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McDonald's
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10 Jan 2006
Our company, as a food-service retailer, cares very much about the policies and practices of our suppliers. That is why we have a long-standing Code of Conduct well-integrated into our supply chain system... Additionally, over the past several months, we’ve been seriously engaged in discussions involving a number of opportunities and solutions with different parties including our suppliers, industry groups and advocacy organizations such as the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. These discussions have led to McDonald’s active support and endorsement of the newly-created “Socially Accountable Farm Employers” (SAFE) code of conduct for the tomato industry... SAFE is one of the first agriculture programs that provides verifiable protection for workers.
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McDonald's vs. the Tomato Pickers [USA]
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Kari Lydersen, New Standard [USA]
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Having forced Taco Bell [part of YUM!] to pay tomato pickers a penny more per pound, a farmworkers' organization in southern Florida [Coalition of Immokalee Workers, CIW] is pressuring McDonald's for a similar agreement. But the group charges that the fast-food chain has attempted to circumvent the campaign, instead signing on to a corporate responsibility pledge [Socially Accountable Farm Employer certification programme, SAFE]...the CIW says that after several talks with McDonald's officials, they have made little headway. Company representatives did not return any of several calls about this issue...In interviews with The NewStandard, the two organizations participating in SAFE acknowledged that so far no workers have been involved in the initiative, but said a diversity of groups will be represented by board members. They would not, however, specifically say that workers would be included.
Title: [PDF] Worldwide Corporate Responsibility Report [sections regarding "Responsible Purchasing" - pp 12-14, 55-66]
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McDonald's vs. the Tomato Pickers [USA]
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Kari Lydersen, New Standard [USA]
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Having forced Taco Bell [part of YUM!] to pay tomato pickers a penny more per pound, a farmworkers' organization in southern Florida [Coalition of Immokalee Workers, CIW] is pressuring McDonald's for a similar agreement. But the group charges that the fast-food chain has attempted to circumvent the campaign, instead signing on to a corporate responsibility pledge [Socially Accountable Farm Employer certification programme, SAFE]...the CIW says that after several talks with McDonald's officials, they have made little headway. Company representatives did not return any of several calls about this issue...In interviews with The NewStandard, the two organizations participating in SAFE acknowledged that so far no workers have been involved in the initiative, but said a diversity of groups will be represented by board members. They would not, however, specifically say that workers would be included.
Title: Socially Accountable Farm Employers (SAFE) - Farm Labor Employer Code of Conduct
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Socially Accountable Farm Employers (SAFE) - Farm Labor Employer Code of Conduct
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Socially Accountable Farm Employers (SAFE)
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As key players in the food supply chain, we take an interest in the conditions in which we grow and harvest our products...What follows is a statement of principles that set forth, at a general level, the principles by which we commit to grow and harvest agricultural products. These principles define benchmarks against which we can be measured with respect to a variety of criteria...
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McDonald's vs. the Tomato Pickers [USA]
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Kari Lydersen, New Standard [USA]
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Having forced Taco Bell [part of YUM!] to pay tomato pickers a penny more per pound, a farmworkers' organization in southern Florida [Coalition of Immokalee Workers, CIW] is pressuring McDonald's for a similar agreement. But the group charges that the fast-food chain has attempted to circumvent the campaign, instead signing on to a corporate responsibility pledge [Socially Accountable Farm Employer certification programme, SAFE]...the CIW says that after several talks with McDonald's officials, they have made little headway. Company representatives did not return any of several calls about this issue...In interviews with The NewStandard, the two organizations participating in SAFE acknowledged that so far no workers have been involved in the initiative, but said a diversity of groups will be represented by board members. They would not, however, specifically say that workers would be included.
Title: Sonia [Ghandi, Indian Congress president] visits bereaved tribal families in Orissa
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Sonia [Ghandi, Indian Congress president] visits bereaved tribal families in Orissa
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NewKerala.com
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11 Jan 2006
Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday met the families of those killed in police firing in Orissa's Jajpur district...The situation has been getting progressively worse...with thousands of tribals staging a sit-in and blocking the Daitari-Paradip express highway near the site of the Tata Steel plant.
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India: Massacre of tribe in Orissa
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Survival International
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At least twelve tribal people died after police opened fire on a crowd at Kalinganaga in the Indian state of Orissa on Monday. The people, mainly from the Ho tribe, were protesting against controversial plans to build a steel plant on their land... Bulldozers started construction of a wall at the site on Monday morning, in the presence of local officials, representatives of the company Tata Steel [part of Tata Group], and hundreds of armed police.
Title: [Tata comments about Kalinga Nagar incident: company says no officer of Tata Steel was present, nor was there any other involvement from the company]
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[Tata comments about Kalinga Nagar incident: company says no officer of Tata Steel was present, nor was there any other involvement from the company]
Author:
Jamshed J Irani, Director, Tata Sons
Dated:
11 Jan 2006
Kalinga Nagar project: Land offered to Tata Steel by the state had been acquired by the latter some 10 years ago, but the 750-odd villagers had not been rehabilitated or removed. Upon finalisation of the MoU between Tata Steel and the state , the latter began negotiations/operations with the inhabitants. Last week’s unfortunate event was a consequence of the government’s actions in trying to get the land vacated. No officer of Tata Steel was present, nor was there any other involvement from the company, which resulted in police firing, etc.
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India: Massacre of tribe in Orissa
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Survival International
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At least twelve tribal people died after police opened fire on a crowd at Kalinganaga in the Indian state of Orissa on Monday. The people, mainly from the Ho tribe, were protesting against controversial plans to build a steel plant on their land... Bulldozers started construction of a wall at the site on Monday morning, in the presence of local officials, representatives of the company Tata Steel [part of Tata Group], and hundreds of armed police.
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Stolen for Steel: Tata Takes Tribal Lands in India
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Nityanand Jayaraman, CorpWatch
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[In January 2006]...an agitated band of tribal villagers...arrived at the site of Tata Steel’s proposed...steel plant. They demanded that work stop until those already evicted by this and other projects in the area were adequately rehabilitated. Police retribution was swift and bloody: 37 injured and 13 dead...– all tribal – and one policeman...“Tatas are responsible for the slaughter of the Adivasis [indigenous people] in Kalinganagar. They knew the situation was tense and still insisted on going ahead with the construction using police force,” says...Sarangi, an activist with the indigenous people’s movement for land-rights...Stone quarries have eaten into hillocks, replaced forests, and devastated what little agriculture there was...Though tribal people comprise only 8 percent of the population, they constitute at least 40 percent of those ousted from their homes to make way for industries, mines, and dams...Samantara puts the number of people evicted and rehabilitated at around 5000. [also refers to Maharashtra Seamless, Norsk Hydro, Alcoa]
Title: Exigen trasnacionales "solución justa" al caso del activista Martín Barrios
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Exigen trasnacionales "solución justa" al caso del activista Martín Barrios
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Emir Olivares Alonso, La Jornada [México]
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9 enero 2006
La trasnacional GAP envió una carta al gobernador de Puebla, Mario Marín Torres, en la que le expresó su preocupación por la situación de Martín Barrios Hernández, presidente de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos y Laborales del Valle de Tehuacán (Cdhl), y las denuncias de violaciones a los derechos de trabajadores de maquiladoras poblanas. En tanto, Lynda Yanz, directora de la Red de Solidaridad de la Maquila -organización canadiense-, señaló en entrevista que su agrupación ha establecido contacto con diversas trasnacionales, entre ellas GAP, Nike y Levi's, para que "usen su fuerza" y presionen a los maquiladores de Tehuacán, Puebla, para que cumplan la ley.
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Sweat Shop Fighter Jailed - Mexican defended workers making clothes for Canada, U.S. [Mexico]
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Sarah K. Cox, Tyee [Canada]
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Martín Barrios Hernández...[was] arrested December 29... Barrios is accused of attempting to blackmail the owner of several factories that assemble clothing for export... Coincidentally, Barrios had been pursuing legal channels to obtain severance pay for 163 employees recently fired from one of the factories, after demanding that working conditions comply with the law ...Amnesty International wrote that Barrios' "arrest and prosecution may be an attempt to prevent him from carrying out his legitimate human rights work."... Gap Inc.'s vice-president of Social Responsibility, Dan Henkle, has written to Puebla State Governor Mario Marín Torres, urging the governor "to take immediate action to investigate" the charges against Barrios, and his arrest and imprisonment, and to "take appropriate steps to ensure Mr. Barrios' safety."... [also refers to Guess, Levi's (Levi Strauss), Tommy Hilfiger]
Title: Sweat Shop Fighter Jailed - Mexican defended workers making clothes for Canada, U.S. [Mexico]
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Sweat Shop Fighter Jailed - Mexican defended workers making clothes for Canada, U.S. [Mexico]
Author:
Sarah K. Cox, Tyee [Canada]
Dated:
09 Jan 2006
Martín Barrios Hernández...[was] arrested December 29... Barrios is accused of attempting to blackmail the owner of several factories that assemble clothing for export... Coincidentally, Barrios had been pursuing legal channels to obtain severance pay for 163 employees recently fired from one of the factories, after demanding that working conditions comply with the law ...Amnesty International wrote that Barrios' "arrest and prosecution may be an attempt to prevent him from carrying out his legitimate human rights work."... Gap Inc.'s vice-president of Social Responsibility, Dan Henkle, has written to Puebla State Governor Mario Marín Torres, urging the governor "to take immediate action to investigate" the charges against Barrios, and his arrest and imprisonment, and to "take appropriate steps to ensure Mr. Barrios' safety."... [also refers to Guess, Levi's (Levi Strauss), Tommy Hilfiger]
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Exigen trasnacionales "solución justa" al caso del activista Martín Barrios
Author:
Emir Olivares Alonso, La Jornada [México]
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La trasnacional GAP envió una carta al gobernador de Puebla, Mario Marín Torres, en la que le expresó su preocupación por la situación de Martín Barrios Hernández, presidente de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos y Laborales del Valle de Tehuacán (Cdhl), y las denuncias de violaciones a los derechos de trabajadores de maquiladoras poblanas. En tanto, Lynda Yanz, directora de la Red de Solidaridad de la Maquila -organización canadiense-, señaló en entrevista que su agrupación ha establecido contacto con diversas trasnacionales, entre ellas GAP, Nike y Levi's, para que "usen su fuerza" y presionen a los maquiladores de Tehuacán, Puebla, para que cumplan la ley.
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