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Tens of thousands of workers at industrial estates across Indonesia walked off their jobs on Oct 28 at the start of week-long protests to demand average wage increases of 50 per cent next year, citing rising living costs.

It's not unheard of for surgery residents to work for more than a day and a half straight.

A New York City arbitrator rules that the city's first casino must pay its employees a living wage. The ruling will raise wages of 1,400 workers.

A New York City arbitrator rules that the city's first casino must pay its employees a living wage. The ruling will raise wages of 1,400 workers.

A New York City arbitrator rules that the city's first casino must pay its employees a living wage. The ruling will raise wages of 1,400 workers.

From the beginning of his career, Reed identified himself as an artist who was determined to explore and explain the great societal taboos. He wrote songs about sex and sexuality, addiction, abuse, disease and communities that refused to conform or capitulate. His 1972 hit, “Walk on the Wild Side,” took AM radio and a generation of young Americans to places they had never been before.

"Our state's policies and practices are being weighed on the scales of justice," the letter states. "They, and all of us who stand on the sidelines and watch them go into effect without raising our voices, are judged on the criteria established in our faith traditions and the principles in our documents which first constituted our nation and state. No matter which measure of human decency is used, our moral profile is a scandal.

Book Review of "Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination," by Alondra Nelson, University of Minnesota Press, $18.95 paperback, 289 pages.