Thursday 29 March 2007
Monday 26 March 2007
Friday 23 March 2007
Thursday 22 March 2007
Monday 19 March 2007
Sunday 18 March 2007
Saturday 17 March 2007
flowers of irony
With flowers the traditional Mother's Day gift, War on Want reports that pesticides on imported flowers from Colombia and Kenya were leaving workers there with skin lesions, allergies, eye problems, fainting, headaches and asthma. Some of the chemicals were alleged to cause miscarriages and malformations. Colombian flower workers - 65 per cent of whom are women - are being paid 50p an hour. In Kenya, the wage is £23 a month. Overtime is compulsory and sexual harassment is widespread.
Friday 16 March 2007
Thursday 15 March 2007
Monday 12 March 2007
Friday 9 March 2007
Thursday 8 March 2007
Tuesday 6 March 2007
Thursday 1 March 2007
honeymoon
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