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1. News - China - UNITED STATES

   US software worker outsources his job to China

   Posted Jan 18th 2013, 12:00am by Amy Li, GUARDIAN

   ... to allow its software developers to work from home occasionally and had set up "a fairly standard VPN concentrator" to facilitate remote access, Valentine wrote. When its IT security ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1130541/us-software-worker-outsources-his-job-china
2. News - China

   US programmer caught outsourcing his own job to China

   Posted Jan 17th 2013, 11:02am by Amy Li

   ... News China Comment Blogs Outsourcing Verizon Software Engineering Amy Li A star software developer at a company in the US recently shocked his boss and inspired peers by outsourcing work to a China-based tech company for less than one fifth of his six-figure salary.  In return, the 40-year-old engineer, Bob (not his real name), gets to take it easy at work: taking long breaks, chatting ... new --> jasonbrus@yahoo.com Jan 18th 2013 9:50am one reason why liberals strongly support amnesty ("path to citizenship") for illegals from mexico and many other latinos but vehemently against expanding the Visa program for tech workers. their competitors are not mexicans or hondurans but indian, chinese tech workers. new --> spyeatte Jan 18th 2013 5:15am I've ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1130014/us-programmer-caught-outsourcing-his-own-job-china
3. News - China

   More professional workers in China seek a better life overseas

   Posted Feb 14th 2013, 12:00am by MANDY ZUO

   ... a bolt-hole abroad. More white-collar workers like Shi are joining an expanding army of emigrants, according to the Annual Report on Chinese International Migration , released by the Centre for China ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1149526/more-professional-workers-china-seek-better-life-overseas
4. Business - Money

   Software bug caused massive glitch: CBOE

   Posted Apr 30th 2013, 10:13am by Reuters

   ... Executive Bill Brodsky said in a memo to clients. But it was only as the opening approached that it became clear that the software issue was not fully resolved, and the decision was made to delay ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/money/markets-investing/article/1226548/software-bug-caused-massive-glitch-cboe
5. Activists meet to oppose drug test

   Posted Aug 10th 2009, 12:00am by Agnes Lam

   ... on their Facebook sites. Social worker Moses Mui Wai-keung of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service said the government was concentrating on preparing for the project's kick-off in Tai Po. 'The ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/689341/activists-meet-oppose-drug-test
6. News - Hong Kong - LOGISTICS

   Kwai Tsing port business suffers 'huge' 11pc drop from dockers' strike

   Posted May 16th 2013, 12:00am by Phila Siu

   ... Terminals - the target of the dock workers' 40-day strike which ended after they accepted a 9.8 per cent pay rise - said its operations had returned to normal. But Dr Paul Tsui Hon-yan, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1238591/kwai-tsing-port-business-suffers-huge-11pc-drop-dockers-strike
7. News - World - GREECE

   Hunt for Greek strawberry farm foremen after 29 Bangladeshis shot

   Posted Apr 19th 2013, 12:00am by AP

   ... The suspects disappeared after Wednesday's shootings, which occurred during a confrontation with some 200 Bangladeshi farm workers who say they have not been paid for half a year. Seven ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1217911/hunt-greek-strawberry-farm-foremen-after-29-bangladeshis-shot
8. News - China - SOCIETY

   Migrant workers protest in Beijing over woman's unexplained death

   Posted May 09th 2013, 12:00am by Minnie Chan and Choi Chi-yuk

   ... by the death of a migrant worker from Anhui who was found dead on Friday after falling from the five-storey Jingwen Commercial Building, a wholesale garment market in Beijing's southern Fengtai ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1233296/migrant-workers-protest-beijing-over-womans-unexplained-death
9. News - Hong Kong - LABOUR

   Most dockers in favour of pay offer, says union

   Posted May 06th 2013, 12:00am by Dennis Chong

   ... interviewed, the union said. And most of the dock workers were pressing for an annual salary review. The federation denied it was trying to speak for all 500 striking workers. However it admitted ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1230805/most-dockers-favour-pay-offer-says-union
10. Comment - Insight & Opinion

    We all have a role in worker safety

    Posted May 02nd 2013, 12:00am by SCMP Editorial

    ... health. But when we buy clothing do we ever think about whether the workers who made it have safe working conditions or are granted basic human dignity, like having regular bathroom breaks? While ...

    http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1227840/we-all-have-role-worker-safety

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