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Golden Globes 2020: Ricky Gervais Roasts Apple, Netflix, Others — and Promotes His Own Netflix Show
Golden Globes 2020: in his opening monologue, host Ricky Gervais attacked everyone associated with Hollywood, be it Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, and Judi Dench, or the giants that are funding the entertainment industry, including the likes of Apple, Amazon, and Netflix.
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Women Braid Straps For Big Brands In Conditions 'Worse Than Sweatshops'
Every day, after she finishes cooking, cleaning and fetching water for her tiny one-room home in Mumbai, Saubhagya Nadelkari picks up a stack of leather strips and makes her way to her neighbour's home.
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Pope Francis Urges Fight Against Exploitation in Italy's 'Chinatown'
Pope Francis today urged Italy's textile city of Prato, home to a large Chinese community with widespread illegal sweatshops, to fight exploitation, illegality and corruption.
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Bangladesh 'sweatshops' thrive despite accidents
Blame for a string of tragedies in Bangladesh's garment industry must be shared between ruthless factory bosses, a negligent government and Western retailers who place cost above safety, say activists.
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Olympics mascots made in 'China sweatshops': Watchdog
A labour watchdog on Wednesday slammed the London Olympics organisers over alleged human rights abuses at Chinese "sweatshops" producing Games merchandise.
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2012 chiefs concerned by Adidas 'sweatshop' report
London Olympics organisers said on Saturday that they were taking "extremely seriously" allegations of "sweatshop" conditions for Indonesian workers producing outfits for British athletes and Games volunteers.
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Japan under fire for sweatshops in disguise
Six young Chinese women arrived in this historic city three summers ago, among the tens of thousands of apprentices brought to Japan each year on the promise of job training, good pay and a chance at a better life back home. Instead, the women say, they were subjected to 16-hour workdays assembling cellphones at below the minimum wage, with...
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Golden Globes 2020: Ricky Gervais Roasts Apple, Netflix, Others — and Promotes His Own Netflix Show
Golden Globes 2020: in his opening monologue, host Ricky Gervais attacked everyone associated with Hollywood, be it Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, and Judi Dench, or the giants that are funding the entertainment industry, including the likes of Apple, Amazon, and Netflix.
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Women Braid Straps For Big Brands In Conditions 'Worse Than Sweatshops'
Every day, after she finishes cooking, cleaning and fetching water for her tiny one-room home in Mumbai, Saubhagya Nadelkari picks up a stack of leather strips and makes her way to her neighbour's home.
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Pope Francis Urges Fight Against Exploitation in Italy's 'Chinatown'
Pope Francis today urged Italy's textile city of Prato, home to a large Chinese community with widespread illegal sweatshops, to fight exploitation, illegality and corruption.
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Bangladesh 'sweatshops' thrive despite accidents
Blame for a string of tragedies in Bangladesh's garment industry must be shared between ruthless factory bosses, a negligent government and Western retailers who place cost above safety, say activists.
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Olympics mascots made in 'China sweatshops': Watchdog
A labour watchdog on Wednesday slammed the London Olympics organisers over alleged human rights abuses at Chinese "sweatshops" producing Games merchandise.
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2012 chiefs concerned by Adidas 'sweatshop' report
London Olympics organisers said on Saturday that they were taking "extremely seriously" allegations of "sweatshop" conditions for Indonesian workers producing outfits for British athletes and Games volunteers.
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Japan under fire for sweatshops in disguise
Six young Chinese women arrived in this historic city three summers ago, among the tens of thousands of apprentices brought to Japan each year on the promise of job training, good pay and a chance at a better life back home. Instead, the women say, they were subjected to 16-hour workdays assembling cellphones at below the minimum wage, with...
