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• Asian Migrant Workers See Exploitation in Sweden
  Sep 8, 2010 — New York Times
  Their pigments can be used for coloring cosmetics, pharmaceutical syrups and nutritional supplements.In Sweden and Finland, over 30,000 tons are gathered each season, according to Polarica, the largest producer there. In Finland, migrant Ukrainians have found themselves in a similarly precarious situation in recent years.Officially, there are about 4,000 Asian workers in Sweden with permits this year. Kommunal has deals with about 15 or 20 major companies, but Mr.
• Immigration Crackdown Steps Into the Kitchen
  Sep 8, 2010 — New York Times
  Malecot then started paying those employees in cash, before Mr. Malecot said. “I came here with nothing. Malecot said, he has lost at least $500,000 in catering jobs.
• Norco officials tout Team Berkheimer
  Sep 8, 2010 — The Morning Call
  ...county's school districts or municipalities currently uses Keystone, Wiencek said. The committee's final vote is set for 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the Bethlehem Township municipal building. In the meantime, Angle and Stoffa have been lobbying school district and municipalities' representatives in hopes of getting them to reconsider Berkheimer. Neither Angle nor Stoffa could provide evidence that the company is planning to leave. Angle said Berkheimer won Westmoreland County,...
• OPINION
  Sep 8, 2010 — The Oregonian
  That's why we urge voters to re-elect Sen. Rod Monroe, 68, who has one of Oregon's longest political resumes. Wheeler is a strong advocate of state audits to improve efficiency and save money.
• EDITORIAL
  Sep 7, 2010 — Star Tribune
  In theory the solidarity of human interests is fully recognized; no one element of the population can exist prosperously unless each of the others is enjoying a full return for its labors. Obviously, in serving the national interest they have also promoted their own. On the one hand it confronts the fact that 10 million wage earners in the United States are sill unemployed, and that the figure has remained substantially unchanged for the last two years.
• Frank conversation can set limits on college spending
  Sep 7, 2010 — The Sacramento Bee
  Maybe: College students and credit cards have long been a hot topic. They're like a credit card, but you can't overdraft or spend beyond your limit. Check on fees for transferring funds online to your student.8. Overdraft protection.
• One year later
  Sep 7, 2010 — The Seattle Times
  This summer, she's been working part-time caring for pets and teaching yoga at a studio in Renton. It's scary." There's something romantic about Maki's yearning for an American Dream that seems more and more out of reach. The nation's top 500 nonfinancial companies have stashed away a staggering $1.8 trillion to cushion themselves since the financial meltdown began, according to the Fed.
• The State Worker
  Sep 7, 2010 — The Sacramento Bee
  Arnold Schwarzenegger on July 1 issued minimum wage instructions to the state controller, saying that state law demands it. Most workers have gone two years or more without a contract. Many haven't seen a raise in a much longer time. Those on the lower rungs of the state wage scale are tapped out.
• BRIEF
  Sep 6, 2010 — The Hartford Courant
  Labor Day weekend, was intended to emphasize the rights of workers to be paid for jobs performed, including overtime pay and workers' compensation, Gov. M. Jodi Rell said. "Each and every employee should receive the wages they rightfully earn," Rell said. The $7 million includes $3.2 million in unpaid wages; $1.9 million recovered by enforcing prevailing wage laws; $1.8 million in overtime pay or the minimum wage; and $150,000 in back pay owed to service workers hired by private...
• Fund aims to help ex-K9s
  Sep 6, 2010 — The Blade
  The sole responsibility falls onto the adoptive family," Trooper Arnold said. To help other retired law-enforcement dogs and their adoptive owners, Trooper Arnold and Ms. He said he needed to learn about K9 handlers and their dogs to use their work in court against criminals. Mr.