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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.   |
Inc.
September 2004
Amy Gunderson |
Labor Has a New Target And guess what? It's you! Unions are targeting small business. Few entrepreneurs are going to encourage their employees to unionize but, like it or not, more and more are going to be dealing with collective bargaining. |
BusinessWeek
June 16, 2011 |
Bloomberg View News: Shouldn't the market decide debit-card fees?... Ground a labor complaint against Boeing... |
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. |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2007
Rich Duprey |
GM and Union Kiss and Make Up A quick agreement is hammered out, ending the labor union's two-day strike. |
Job Journal
December 17, 2006
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Make Everyone a Supervisor? New labor ruling makes supervisors a dime a dozen. |
The Motley Fool
February 12, 2004
Dave Marino-Nachison |
Strikes Against Safeway Investors are pushing the grocer's shares up to pre-strike levels as labor talks resume. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2010
Nate Weisshaar |
Cashing In on the Rise of the Chinese Consumer Finding both foreign and domestic companies (from a Chinese perspective) that are focused on the Chinese consumer will provide healthy returns in the years and decades to come. |
Reason
February 2004
Ronald Bailey |
Sweatshops Forever: Oppression rasies wages Want to improve the lives of poor workers in developing countries? Then rush out and buy a pair of Nikes or Levi Strauss jeans, says a new report by the National Bureau of Economic Research. |
Managed Care
June 2002
John Carroll |
States May Become Battleground In Push for Collective Bargaining Physicians at a local Texas hospital gained certification as a bargaining unit, and approached a managed care company to negotiate pay, but the effort failed. A new bill would allow physicians to ease toward collective bargaining nationwide. |
BusinessWeek
March 12, 2007
Dexter Roberts |
Rumbles Over Labor Reform Beijing's proposed worker protections are giving multinationals the jitters. |
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. |
Reason
November 2000
Michael McMenamin |
Labor Lost Why the AFL-CIO's cynical survival strategy is doomed... |
The Motley Fool
June 11, 2010
John Rosevear |
This Week in Autos Is the ground starting to shift in China? This week brought word of more labor unrest in China, including further action against Honda |
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. |
Investment Advisor
April 2009 |
New DOL Regs Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration regulations proposed in the Federal Register on January 21, 2009. |
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. |
InternetNews
May 13, 2005
Tim Gray |
U.S., China Clash Again Over Tech Washington claims Beijing's government software procurement rules are stacked against American companies. |
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 |
BusinessWeek
May 2, 2005
Dexter Roberts |
Why Beijing May Be Playing With Fire Protests against Japan could quickly find new targets closer to home. |
BusinessWeek
May 13, 2010
Dexter Roberts |
Why Factories Are Leaving China A labor shortage is trimming margins for exporters, who are moving to Vietnam, India, and elsewhere. |
BusinessWeek
January 23, 2006
Brian Bremner |
Year Of The Citi In China? Citigroup's bid for an insolvent Chinese bank could change the banking game in China in its favor. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
June 2, 2011
Michael Wei |
Toys from China Will Cost More Higher wages and commodity prices are squeezing manufacturers, as U.S. buyers at a recent trade show discovered. |
BusinessWeek
February 23, 2011
Brendan Greeley |
The High Stakes Union Stare-Down Why stripping collective bargaining rights from public-sector workers is worth debating. |
Salon.com
August 29, 2002
Keith Olbermann |
Olbermann Extra Optimism flags as hard-line baseball owners refuse to compromise on a key issue. |
Entrepreneur
May 2005
Mark Henricks |
Eastern Influence Chinese companies are becoming increasingly active in buying, merging with and doing joint ventures with smaller U.S companies -- usually in search of technology. |
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
March 3, 2011
Leung & Kennedy |
Global Inflation Starts with Chinese Workers Government support and a tight labor supply are boosting wages in China. Over the next decade that will put inflationary pressure on the global economy |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 4, 2015
James Heskett |
Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality? Walmart's recent action to raise wages and offer new career advancement opportunities cheer advocates who believe market forces, not government intervention, offer the best ways to address unhealthy levels of wage disparity. |
Search Engine Watch
May 4, 2011
Andy Atkins-Kruger |
Should Google Escape the Death Spiral in China by 'Losing Face'? Weighing which of four paths Google should take when it comes to China: promote within China but remain in Hong Kong; do something completely different; re-enter China; or do nothing. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 3, 2005
Jim Heskett |
What's the Future of Globally Organized Labor? Are we about to see the rise of labor organized on a global basis? If so, will such a movement be able to achieve the same purposes that have motivated large unions on a national basis? By what means will this be achieved? |
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. |
BusinessWeek
March 3, 2011
Tim Jones |
For Governors, Public Sector Unions Are the Enemy They're being targeted for pay cuts, benefit cuts, salary cuts, and loss of collective bargaining rights |
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
March 27, 2006
Catherine Yang |
Imports From China Aren't Pricier -- Yet Should the Federal Reserve care that Chinese wages are rising at a 10% pace? |
InternetNews
March 23, 2010 |
Chinese Official Says Google 'Totally Wrong' A Chinese official speaking to state-run news service blasts Google's plan to offer an unfiltered Web to mainland residents by redirecting traffic to its Hong Kong search engine. |
BusinessWeek
April 7, 2011
Deprez & Rosenkrantz |
Women Bear the Brunt of Public Sector Job Cuts With females in the majority at jobs such as teaching and health care, cutbacks and limits on collective bargaining will fall disproportionately on them. |
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. |
InternetNews
April 12, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Google Defends Cooperation With China Google is defending its cooperation with the Chinese government's restrictions on Internet users. |
Entrepreneur
January 2004
Joshua Kurlantzick |
Promised Land More and more American entrepreneurs are embarking on the road to China -- and many have already found their fortunes. |
The Motley Fool
March 25, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Google Needs to Leave Washington When a private company plays a vital role in international politics, things have gone too far. |
BusinessWeek
September 13, 2004 |
"We Need to Refocus the Labor Movement" Steelworkers President Leo Gerard on the need to work harder on membership growth and "to take back America from the corporations." |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2005
Traci Purdum |
China Checklist Moving operations to China takes more than a good logistics plan; a strong human resources team is a must. Human resources practices that fly in the U.S. don't always translate well in China. In fact, what is the norm in the U.S. can be a big no-no in China -- literally. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2005
Kumagai & Hood |
China's Tech Revolution How technology is driving the country's economic boom, and what that means for the world. |
BusinessWeek
July 23, 2007
Engardio et al. |
Broken China Beijing can't clean up the environment, rein in stock speculation, or police its companies. Why the mainland's problems could keep it from becoming the next superpower |
Salon.com
July 31, 2002
Keith Olbermann |
Two more teams vote against baseball strike deadline Now the number of teams whose players have reservations about a strike is up to three. Is there a palace coup in the making? |
