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Bulgaria PM Vows Transparency in Fiscal Reserve Management
Sofia :: Bulgaria | about 1 month ago
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Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, promised that commercial banks where part of the State fiscal reserve would eventually be deposited will be selected through open competition. Borisov spoke Tuesday, addressing the plan announced Monday by Bulgaria's...
Tags: fiscal reserve, construction workers, commercial banks, Bulgaria
Deadly bomb blasts hit Iraq
Baghdad :: Iraq | 4 months ago
Credibility At least 13 people have been killed in a series of bombings in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, and the western city of Ramadi, security and medical officials said. A one-year-old baby and an eight-year-old girl were among three people who died after an explosion...
Tags: Iraqi Interior Ministry, Baghdad, Sadr City, Ramadi, construction workers, bombs explosion, Xinhua, U.S, bombs attack, source told
World Cup stadium works strike ends
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 4 months ago
Credibility South African construction workers have agreed to end a week-long strike that has disrupted work on stadiums for the 2010 World Cup, the main union involved in the dispute said on Wednesday. The National Union of Mineworkers, which includes building workers,...
Tags: world cup, south african, construction workers, South Africa, civil engineering, soccer world, cup stadiums, engineering contractors, african construction, National Union of Mineworkers
15,000 Texans to lose jobless benefits
Austin :: TX :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility In a sign of lingering hardship, more than 15,000 Texans will lose their unemployment checks at the end of the month because they have exhausted their benefits after 59 weeks without a job. They are among 82,000 Texans who are on their last allotment...
Tags: Texas Workforce Commission, unemployment benefits, Rick Perry, construction workers
Unions snub new gold sector wage offer
Cape Town :: South Africa | 4 months ago
Credibility Workers in South Africa's gold sector rejected the latest offer for a pay raise of between 8% and 10% and vowed to soon escalate the dispute, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Tuesday. Three South African unions are holding talks with gold...
Tags: world cup, South Africa, cup stadiums, wage offering, wage increase, gold sector, Safcec, construction workers, civil engineering, long strike
'Progress' in SA World Cup strike
Cape Town :: South Africa | 4 months ago
Credibility The strike is still on, even though employers say that a framework agreement has been reached after lengthy talks. About 70,000 miners embarked on a strike on Wednesday, demanding a 13% pay rise. The BBC's Mpho Lakaje in Johannesburg says a decision is...
Bid to halt SA World Cup strike
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 4 months ago
Credibility Some 70,000 workers downed tools on Wednesday demanding a 13% pay rise but employers are offering no more than 10. The labour department is holding talks with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the SA Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors.
Tags: world cup, South Africa, Reuterssphere, construction workers, SAfrica, Lesiba Seshoka, National Union of Mineworkers
Strike halts work on World Cup stadiums
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 4 months ago
Credibility Construction on South African stadiums tabbed for use in the 2010 World Cup competition has been halted by a construction workers strike, organizers say. Organizers said unless the strike by nearly 70,000 construction workers takes months to conclude,...
Tags: world cup, South Africa, China, construction workers, developing countries, south african, Manmohan Singh, Chinese, India, president hu
SA braces for twin strikes
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 4 months ago
Credibility In the construction sector, last-minute negotiations to avert a strike proved unsuccessful on Monday. Earlier in the day, the Labour Court gave workers the green light to down tools. The National Union of Mineworkers' Lesiba Seshoka says its members are...
Jupiter: Two road workers killed, one hurt, report says
Jupiter :: FL :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility How the workers were killed wasn't immediately clear but the paving project has been taking place for several nights, the station reported.
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