Prime Minister accuses steel and mining company of being disrespectful in the extreme – Antigua Observer

New Story PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 12, CMC Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley Saturday said that his administration views as punitive and disrespectful in the extreme the decision by ArcelorMittal Point Lisas, a subsidiary of the worlds leading steel and mining company, to end its operations here and  send home more than 600 employees.…

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FASA latest: Drugs charity staff will stay as volunteers to care for clients – Belfast Telegraph

Published 13/03/2016 FASA launched Northern Ireland’s only 24-hour crisis centre, Nightingale House in east Belfast, last September. The charity announced it had been forced to suspend all services last week due to financial crisis The news of The Forum for Action on Substance Abuse (FASA)’s crisis sparked shock and worry across the community last week.…

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China’s labour law under fire as restructuring threatens jobs – The Star Online

BEIJING: China’s labour protections are coming under fire from high places as economic restructuring pits officials concerned about social stability against a lobby arguing inflexible policies are stifling job creation and suppressing wages. Company executives, especially at foreign or private firms, have long been critical of labour contract legislation and minimum wage laws that make…

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Asia Bio-Chem Group Corp. Announces Insolvency – Stockhouse – Stockhouse

Asia Bio-Chem Group Corp. Announces Insolvency Canada NewsWire TORONTO, March 11, 2016 TORONTO, March 11, 2016 /CNW/ – Asia Bio-Chem Group Corp. (CSE: ABC) (“Asia Bio-Chem” or the “Company”) announces today that, due to the continued high cost of corn in China and the economic downturn experienced over the past three years the Company has become…

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Menendez Wants to Help Students Avoid Loan Debt – PolitickerNJ

Menendez at Union County Community College in Cranford. CRANFORD Students from Union County Community Colleges Cranford Campus packed the student commons on Friday as U.S. Senator Bob Menendez held a round table discussion on an issue that disproportionately impacts people in their age group: affordable college and student loan debt. The discussion also featured state…

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