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UK Peers Seek Broad AI Regulation
May 24, 2018
The Guardian reports that the UK House of Lords select committee on artificial intelligence (AI) has issued a report warning that the alleged misuse of Facebook data by the firm Cambridge Analytica shows the need for Britain to become a leader in regulation promoting a set of broad goals on the ethical use of AI technology.
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Turkish Unions Embrace Global "Living Wage" Initiative
May 24, 2018
A group of unions in the Turkish textile, garment, and leather sector has endorsed the "Action, Collaboration, Transformation" (ACT) initiative backed by the global union federation IndustriAll as a way through which they plan to promote the payment of a "living wage" to workers in their fields.
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Oxfam: Corporate Lobbying for Lower Taxes Fuels Poverty
May 24, 2018
The activist organization Oxfam has warned that the lobbying US companies perform at the federal level in favor of lowering corporate tax rates undercuts the rhetoric of these businesses on such social and environmental issues as climate change, diversity, and immigration and "fuels the scourge of poverty and inequality in the US and abroad."
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OECD-ILO Report Calls for Stronger Labor Movement
May 23, 2018
As part of their partnership promoting "decent work" across the globe, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have produced a report calling for better labor relations to make economic growth "more inclusive" and pressure employers to provide for fair working conditions.
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Foundation Pushes Mining Companies on Rights Impacts
May 23, 2018
The Responsible Mining Foundation has published its first index of global human rights and environmental impacts in the mining sector, finding the 30 companies it reviewed could improve practices particularly in the area of worker safety and labor rights.
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