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Report: Human Rights Can Be Good for Business

By Evelyn Leopold UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Globalization has created undeniable wealth and millions of jobs but the current system leaves little room for human rights and other social values, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday.

Mexican Workers to Testify at NAFTA Health & Safety Hearing in Texas

Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras December 5, 2000

Report Explores Global Spread of Child labor

New Delhi, November 20 - A report released today by the Global March Against Child Labour shows the shocking exploitation of children in almost every part of the world. From rich country to poor, there seems to be no escape for children suffering in the worst forms of child labour.

Third International Conference of Via Campesina Opens in India

Today the Third International Conference of Via Campesina opened in Bangalore, India, with 110 delegates (men and women) from 40 countries around the world representing hundreds of farm and indigenous peoples' organisations.

Class Action Suit Filed Against City of Seattle

MAJOR CLASS ACTION FILED V. CITY OF SEATTLE, SEATTLE MAYOR SCHELL, AND FORMER POLICE CHIEF STAMPER FOR UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTS DURING WTO by Rauvin

Waking Up the Global Elite

October 2, 2000 ACTIVISM IN THE STREETS HAS LED TO AN OUTPOURING OF PLATITUDES IN THE SUITES. by WILLIAM GREIDER / The Nation

Poverty Soars in Transition Countries in Europe, Central Asia: World Bank

Agence France Presse PRAGUE, Sept 19 (AFP) - Poverty has soared in the transition countries of Europe and Central Asia, while inequalities have also increased in some former Soviet states, according to a World Bank report released Tuesday.

World Bank, IMF Policymakers Meet Amid Good Times, Bitter Protests

Agence France Presse / Nathaniel Harrison WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (AFP) - Sober-suited World Bank and IMF policymakers open an annual round of discussions next week in Prague, where their projections of flourishing global growth will be bitterly dismissed by protesters who insist the two institutions do more harm than good.

FAO""s Annual Report on the State of Food and Agriculture: Despite Tangible Progress, 13 Percent of Humanity Still Suffers from Hunger and Related Diseases

Paris, 15 September 2000 - More than 800 million people still lack access to the food they need, much less than the 960 million estimated 30 years ago, but still a massive number accounting for 13 percent of the world's population, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says in its annual report "The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA-2000)," released today at a news conference at the

U.S. Department of Labor Accepts NAFTA Complaint

U.S. Department of Labor Accepts NAFTA Complaint Over Mexico's Failure to Enforce Worker Health and Safety Laws. Move Could Lead To First-Ever NAFTA Fines Contact: Martha Ojeda Coalition For Justice in The Maquiladoras 210-732-8957