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BusinessWeek
December 13, 2004
Dexter Roberts |
China: A Workers' State Helping The Workers? With nationalism on the rise, Beijing's leaders can win easy political capital by fingering labor practices at multinationals. But don't expect a powerful union movement to emerge in China.   |
BusinessWeek
November 27, 2006 |
A Lion for Workers' Rights Auret van Heerden has worked for labor for 30 years. He's learned to tackle brand-name companies instead of governments to get things done. |
BusinessWeek
March 27, 2006
Dexter Roberts |
How Rising Wages Are Changing The Game In China A labor shortage in China has pay soaring. That is sure to send ripples around the globe. |
BusinessWeek
September 20, 2004
Aaron Bernstein |
Nike's New Game Plan for Sweatshops Unlike giants such as Wal-Mart, it now has a system to inspect -- and try to improve -- working conditions at supplier factories. But will it be too little, too late? |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
Just In Time -- The China Misconnection For some manufacturers, it's getting too expensive to offshore their production to China. |
BusinessWeek
October 3, 2005
Dexter Roberts |
A Long March For Workers The rapid growth of private enterprise in China is likely to mean longer working hours - often without overtime pay. |
IndustryWeek
March 9, 2010 |
Under Obama, Labor Agencies Beefing up Budgets, Enforcement Some in the manufacturing community worry that an attempt to issue an OSHA ergonomics standard is on the way. |
BusinessWeek
September 1, 2010
Dexter Roberts |
A Dearth of Work for China's College Grads China's new university graduates lack the skills companies need, and there are too many of them, which is keeping salaries low. |
BusinessWeek
May 23, 2005
Aaron Bernstein |
A Major Swipe At Sweatshops Nike, Patagonia, Gap, and five other companies have joined forces with six leading anti-sweatshop groups to devise a single set of labor standards with a common factory-inspection system. If a pilot project in Turkey succeeds, long-sought global labor standards could emerge. |
Job Journal
January 8, 2006 |
Jobwire for the Week of January 8, 2006 Nation adds 108,000 jobs... U.S. Chamber warns of labor shortage... Many jobseekers pessimistic... On the job front... More workers abusing methamphetamine... Global workforce feels divorced from workplace... |
BusinessWeek
November 27, 2006
Roberts & Engardio |
Secrets, Lies, And Sweatshops American importers have long answered criticism of conditions at their Chinese suppliers with labor rules and inspections. But many factories have just gotten better at concealing abuses. |
InternetNews
November 20, 2009 |
Tech's H-1B Hiring Faces 'Employ America Act' Bipartisan legislation is designed to limit foreign labor via temporary guest worker programs. |
BusinessWeek
August 5, 2010
Dexter Roberts |
Is the Right to Strike Coming to China? Talks in Guangdong province could radically overhaul labor laws - including legalizing strikes. |
TIME Asia
June 27, 2011
Bill Powell |
The End of Cheap Labor in China In what is supposed to be a land of unlimited cheap labor -- a nation of 1.3 billion people, whose extraordinary 20-year economic rise has been built first and foremost on the backs of low-priced workers -- the game has changed. |
BusinessWeek
October 25, 2004
Roberts & Balfour |
Is China Running Out Of Workers? As farmers stay home, factories in China scramble for employees. It's all putting pressure on wages. |
Knowledge@Wharton
August 27, 2003 |
What Labor Shortage? Debunking a Popular Myth It's a prediction frequently made by think tanks and consulting firms that companies and the U.S. economy are going to cope with a dearth of workers in the years to come. The problem, however, is that this piece of conventional wisdom is false. |
Job Journal
October 9, 2005
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Unions at a Crossroad What's behind the split within organized labor? Could the division of the labor community reignite passion in union activism? |
BusinessWeek
November 27, 2006
Engardio & Roberts |
How To Make Factories Play Fair It is difficult to reform labor practices in countries where the rule of law is weak. |
BusinessWeek
June 10, 2010
Dexter Roberts |
The Rise of a Chinese Worker's Movement Spurred by the Foxconn suicides, and aided by an exploding Internet, China's labor ranks are organizing for higher wages and more rights. |
Entrepreneur
May 2007
Kristin Ohlson |
Labor Pains How to ensure your workers in China are treated fairly. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
The Biggest Challenges Facing Manufacturers -- IndustryWeek's 2008 Salary Survey Responses Offshore competition. Finding and retaining skilled labor. Rising costs. Government regulations. Sound familiar? Manufacturing managers share many of the same headaches and confront common challenges. |
BusinessWeek
March 25, 2010
Dexter Roberts |
Closing for Business? Western companies are finding themselves shut out as Beijing promotes homegrown rivals |
Finance & Development
June 2011 |
Closing the Jobs Gap High youth unemployment contributes to widespread unrest in the Middle East. |
Job Journal
January 17, 2010 |
2010 Job Market Outlook: Job Growth Begins to Take Hold as Employers Gain Confidence 2009 began with the largest downsizing the American job market has received in over a decade. With all future forecasts predicting job growth, the question remains, when will job creation finally begin to outpace job elimination? |
Global Services
May 5, 2008
William B. Bierce |
The U.S. Presidential Race: Impact on Global Services-I Global enterprises will face new legal and regulatory trade and outsourcing policies, depending on whether Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, or John McCain wins the U.S. Presidential election in Nov. '08. |
BusinessWeek
December 8, 2003
Brian Grow |
A Day's Pay For A Day's Work -- Maybe Corporate America is outsourcing more work, and day-labor agencies have sprung up to fill the demand. But it's a largely unregulated world that often utilizes illegal immigrants that are vulnerable to abuse. Worker-rights groups are pushing for improvements. |
Investment Advisor
April 2009 |
New DOL Regs Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration regulations proposed in the Federal Register on January 21, 2009. |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2002
David Drickhamer |
Under Fire Consumer cries for sweatshop-free products drive big-name brands to extraordinary lengths to monitor working conditions at contractor plants.... |
IndustryWeek
December 3, 2009 |
Report: Unions Trend Toward Female Majority Study shows significant shift from manufacturing to services sector having dramatic impact on organized labor demographics. |
BusinessWeek
January 13, 2011
Mehul Srivastava |
Why India Is Rethinking Its Labor Laws India's labor laws deter businesses from hiring more than 100 workers and are holding back the country's industrial growth. |
U.S. Banker
October 2009
Glen Fest |
Next Up: Bank Employee Unions? In the corporate war on the proposed Employee Free Choice Act, bankers are nowhere to be found. |
Mother Jones
December 2000
Sarah Bachman |
Underage Unions In India and across the globe, a growing number of working children are banding together to advocate for livable wages and working conditions. |
BusinessWeek
August 8, 2005
Manjeet Kripalani |
How A Factory Became A Flash Point Violence at a Honda plant highlights India's outdated labor laws and rattles foreign investors. |
BusinessWeek
April 9, 2007
Coy & Ewing |
Where Are All The Workers? Companies worldwide are suddenly scrambling to manage a labor crunch. |
BusinessWeek
April 15, 2010
Holly Rosenkrantz |
What Andy Stern Leaves Behind Andy Stern built the SEIU into a potent political force, but did he really recharge the labor movement? |
CFO
May 1, 2008
Tom Leander |
View from Asia Time to seek alternatives to China? Some CFOs think so. |
BusinessWeek
October 11, 2004
James Mehring |
European Union: Sending The Wrong Signal To Business Recently proposed measures intended to protect workers' health and safety could also be a competitive drag for the EU. |
Fast Company
August 8, 2011
Rachel Z. Arndt |
Labor Day Here is a look at the labor force, past and present. |
TIME Asia
June 28, 2010
Austin Ramzy |
Striking Observations Labor unrest is part of life in China's factory towns, and yet there is something different about this summer's strife that will have broad implications for the global economy. We are witnessing nothing less than the beginning of the end of China's role as the sweatshop of the world. |
BusinessWeek
March 22, 2004 |
The Price Of Efficiency Stop blaming outsourcing. The drive for productivity gains is the real culprit behind anemic job growth |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2006
Dorothea Schmidt |
Globalization at Work The world economy has been expanding strongly... In 2005, the world's labor force ages 15 and older... The global unemployment rate in 2005 was 6.3%... Almost half of the world's unemployed are under 25... etc. |
Job Journal
June 12, 2005
James E. Challenger |
Maturing Workforce Favors Aging Boomers As baby boomers age and the labor force begins to shrink, businesses must reconsider their attitude toward hiring older workers. Smart companies will capitalize on this vast pool of talent and experience. |
BusinessWeek
November 14, 2005
Dexter Roberts |
Go West, Westerners With growth slowing in the crowded and costly coastal centers, Beijing is urging business into the hinterlands |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2002
David Drickhamer |
Factory Monitoring -- Just Do It Amanda Tucker, director of business compliance project at Nike Inc., explains that it is no longer considered acceptable just to have a code of conduct. There has to be monitoring behind it. |
IndustryWeek
April 15, 2009 |
Unions and Business Battle Over 'Card Check' Bill Labor advocates say employers use bullying tactics to thwart organizing efforts, while pro-business representatives claim legislation is undemocratic. |
Job Journal
March 11, 2007 |
Jobwire 152,000 jobs added... Women landing better jobs... Workplace perks returning... Beware the chronic complainer... Layoffs up 33 percent... On the job front... Latest hirings & firings... |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 10, 2005 |
Readers Respond: What's the Future of Globally Organized Labor? Some readers believe unions are on their way out because of market pressures and ineffectiveness, while others think they provides a valuable service and can adapt to changing conditions. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2001
James V. DeLong |
Old law vs. the new economy How New Deal-era regulations stifle flexible work arrangements... |
Reason
November 2000
Michael McMenamin |
Labor Lost Why the AFL-CIO's cynical survival strategy is doomed... |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2009
David Blanchard |
IndustryWeek's 2009 Salary Survey Comments on Manufacturing's Biggest Challenge: The Economy As part of the IndustryWeek 2009 Salary Survey, we asked the open-ended question: What is the biggest challenge facing the manufacturing industry today? |
