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November 15, 2006 – More than 100 miners have been killed in four separate accidents across China over the past 8 days, pushing the total number of Chinese mine workers killed this year to 3,726. China’s coal mining industry is among the deadliest in the world, due in large part to a lack of basic
Read moreFour Forest Service workers died last Thursday while fighting a fire in the San Bernardino National Forest in California. Killed were Mark Loutzenhiser, 44, the Engine Captain, and three members of NFFE-IAM Local 1558; Jason McKay, 27; Jess McLean, 27; and Daniel Hoover-Najera, 20. A fourth NFFE-IAM member, Pablo Cerda, 23, remains in critical condition.
Read moreThe Timken Co. has announced plans to build a new bearing manufacturing facility in India, that will be located in Chennai and will produce a range of antifriction bearings for global markets. The move will create hundreds of jobs – in India. The Canton, Ohio-based company will build the plant in one of India’s new
Read moreOctober 26, 2006 – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) have pledged a vote to raise the minimum wage within 24 hours after the start of the new Congress if Democrats are able to gain control of Congress on Nov. 7. Read more here.
Read moreOctober 19, 2006 – Just nine months into the year, China has already posted their highest annual trade surplus on record at $110.9 billion. China’s trade surplus for all of 2005 was $102 billion. Coming less than a month after the U.S. trade deficit with China hit a record $22 billion in August, news of
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