GLW issue 406, published 2000-05-24.

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INDONESIA: Texmaco black-lists strike leaders

Texmaco black-lists strike leaders JAKARTA — Textile company Texmaco has black-listed 15 workers who led a strike at a factory here for better wages. It is refusing to allow the 15 to join the workers' negotiating team or to re-register for

INDIA: General strike a success

"Strike cripples business, transport" was the headline of the Indian Express newspaper on May 12, referring to the nationwide 20 million-strong strike the previous day. The strike was called by the National Platform of Mass Organisations (NPMO), a

Networker: The bubble is still to burst

Networker: The bubble is still to burst The bubble is still to burst It's that time of year again, when all the stupendously overpriced internet-related stock prices crash. For the second year in a row, a huge rise in high technology share prices

Looking out: Remember that

Remember that BY BRANDON ASTOR JONES "Michael's happiness is all the affirmation I need." — Jane Smith Jane Smith, 43, is an eighth grade science teacher who lives in North Carolina. Michael Carter, 15, is one of her students. One of
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