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Next Up 2011: Young Workers Summit 1.1

Next Up 2011: Young Workers Summit 1.1

...an all-time high, jobs being scarce, growing debt and attacks on workers' rights, that young people are mobilizing for social and economic justice. Lend... Read more

17 September, 2011
Brad Duguid 1.0

Brad Duguid 1.0

...been an advocate for affordable housing, emergency services, waste management, crime prevention, workers' rights and youth for 16 years. As Ontario's Minister of Energy... Read more

10 September, 2011
Democracy 2 1.25

Democracy 2 1.25

...or lower taxes with a slider, or even adjust education policy, or workers' rights in exactly the same way. This system makes for a game... Read more

5 February, 2011

UK ordered to end 'long hours' culture

...opt out and work longer. Amicus complained that employers are not enforcing workers' rights to breaks and holidays. In theory this means individuals could be... Read more

29 April, 2002 by Christian Sadler

The overworked workplace hits home

More people are wearing feelings of being overworked like a red badge. Call it technology's double-edged sword Read more

10 August, 2001 by Carlton Yearwood

Environment Agency seeks green IT partner

...chemicals in hardware, consumables, cleaning agents Social exploitation — ethical global supply chain, workers rights and good working conditions People — diversity, staff training, incentives, disabled accessibility... Read more

17 December, 2007 by Kable

Union calls for ban on staff tracking

...privacy. No one has been consulted about its introduction and use and workers rights to privacy are being undermined." The GMB said it expects an... Read more

20 July, 2005 by Andy McCue

It's time to put ethics into IT

...such as stakeholders, NGOs or workers groups to ensure sustainable improvement of workers' rights. And, getting to the heart of the matter, there is no... Read more

28 January, 2004 by Matt Loney

May Day hysteria unfounded, say activists

...virus that shuts down computers on May Day, flashing a message about workers' rights and time off. However, RTMark spokesperson Frank Guerrero said that all... Read more

30 April, 2001 by Rachel Munro
Helen Keller 1.0

Helen Keller 1.0

...outspoken in her opposition to war. She campaigned for woman's suffrage, workers' rights, and socialism, as well as many other progressive causes Read more

31 March, 2010
Helen Keller QuickQuotes 1.05

Helen Keller QuickQuotes 1.05

...outspoken in her opposition to war. She campaigned for women's suffrage, workers' rights, and socialism, as well as many other progressive causes.Features: Over... Read more

14 January, 2010

Union calls for European ban on staff-tracking RFID

...privacy. No one has been consulted about its introduction and use and workers rights to privacy are being undermined." The GMB said it expects an... Read more

19 July, 2005 by Andy McCue

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

1 hour ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

4 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

10 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

11 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

12 hours ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

16 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

16 hours ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

16 hours ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

19 hours ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

19 hours ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

20 hours ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

23 hours ago by NarayanaIyyappan on IPv6 security: Plan now and quiz vendors
DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

1 day ago by DarkDown on Stallman: Free software battling for hearts and minds
Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

2 days ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

2 days ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

2 days ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

3 days ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

3 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

3 days ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything
Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

3 days ago by Jason Burchell via Facebook on Music industry negotiating over 24-bit downloads