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Here, he waits -- sometimes up to eight hours -- in hopes that a passing pickup truck or van en route to a job site will stop and offer him work, even for a fraction of what he earned only a year ago. www.miamiherald.com/business/story/590506.html
To cut commute costs, Birmingham, Ala., city employees will work four-day weeks. abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=5286654&page=1
Two robbers grab a man on his way to work in Nottingham and threaten him at knifepoint. news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/7484526...
A day after vowing to fight slurs against his patriotism, Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama on Tuesday turned to faith, promising to boost religious groups carrying out community work. news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080701/ts_alt_afp/usvoteobamareligion...
A judge has ruled against Wal-Mart in a class-action lawsuit, saying the discount retailer violated state labor laws 2 million times by cutting worker break time and forcing employees to work off the clock. Dakota County Judge Robert King Jr. ordered Wal-Mart... www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/07/01/nationa...
The financially troubled Detroit Public Schools filed suit Friday to try to get 13 well-connected business people and former employees to prove that they actually produced work for the district during a five-year period in which $45 million in wire transfers were spent in the risk management department. www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080701/NEWS01/807...
A judge has ruled against Wal-Mart in a class-action lawsuit, saying the discount retailer violated state labor laws 2 million times by cutting worker break time and forcing employees to work off the clock. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_bi_ge/wal_mart_lawsuit_4
A Minnesota judge ruled that Wal-Mart cut short employees' rest and meal breaks and forced them to work off the clock, violating the state's labor laws 2 million times. www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2008-07-01-walmart-...
LIMA -(Dow Jones)- Peru President Alan Garcia said Tuesday that he's been satisfied with the work of Finance Minister Luis Carranza and added it would be up to Carranza to decide when to leave the post. www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20080701%5cA...
Parliament in Bhutan bans its members from bringing laptops to work - to stop them playing computer games. news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/7483643.stm
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