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* After [[Siemens AG]] threatens to move thousands of jobs from [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] to [[Hungary]], [[IG Metall]] (a [[Labor union|trade union]]) agrees to a 40-hour [[workweek|work week]] for the same pay they currently receive for [[35-hour workweek|working 35]]. The agreement reduces by [[euro|€5]] the cost of each Siemens [[mobile phone]] manufactured under the new agreement. IG Metall workers had enjoyed the 35-hour work week since [[1984]]. [http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1431_A_1246767_1_A,00.html (Deutsche Welle)] [http://www.iht.com/articles/526519.html (IHT)] |
* After [[Siemens AG]] threatens to move thousands of jobs from [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] to [[Hungary]], [[IG Metall]] (a [[Labor union|trade union]]) agrees to a 40-hour [[workweek|work week]] for the same pay they currently receive for [[35-hour workweek|working 35]]. The agreement reduces by [[euro|€5]] the cost of each Siemens [[mobile phone]] manufactured under the new agreement. IG Metall workers had enjoyed the 35-hour work week since [[1984]]. [http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1431_A_1246767_1_A,00.html (Deutsche Welle)] [http://www.iht.com/articles/526519.html (IHT)] |
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Happy 21 to Jay O'Dell |
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Revision as of 22:50, 15 February 2008
- After Siemens AG threatens to move thousands of jobs from North Rhine-Westphalia to Hungary, IG Metall (a trade union) agrees to a 40-hour work week for the same pay they currently receive for working 35. The agreement reduces by €5 the cost of each Siemens mobile phone manufactured under the new agreement. IG Metall workers had enjoyed the 35-hour work week since 1984. (Deutsche Welle) (IHT)
- Republican Jack Ryan withdraws from the contest for U.S. Senate seat from Illinois under pressure from the party amid allegations that he took his ex-wife, actress Jeri Ryan, to some sex clubs. (Reuters)
- British Attorney General Lord Goldsmith says that he is "unable to accept" that the U.S. military tribunals will yield a fair trial for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Scotsman) (BBC)
- In an open letter, Ralph Nader warns Canadians against voting for the Conservative Party in the federal election on June 28, 2004. (CBC)
- A treasured guitar owned by Eric Clapton fetches a record USD $959,500 at a charity auction. (BBC)
- The government of Norway, the third-largest petroleum-exporting nation, ends a week-long oil workers' strike by imposing wage and pension terms on the contending sides. (The Street.com)