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Few Workers Embrace Desktop Video Conferencing: Forrester

January 28th, 2011 | No Comments

While vendors and business executives alike are excited about the promise of desktop video collaboration, interest is low among workers, few of whom have access to the technology, Forrester says. – Video conferencing is becoming increasingly popular as businesses
look for ways to improve employee productivity while driving down
costs, and desktop video is gaining attention from technology vendors
and businesses alike.
Companies such as Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard,
Microsoft and IBM are…

Italy: Fiat workers accept key changes

January 16th, 2011 | No Comments

Workers at Fiat’s historic Mirafiori factory have backed a landmark deal that will save the loss-making plant and could transform labor relations in Italy. The Italian automaker Fiat won support from a thin majority of workers at a key factory for a contract that limits strikes and absenteeism in exchange for EUR 1bn investment in Italy, unions said on Saturday.

Laid-off Zastava workers to decide

January 4th, 2011 | No Comments

The proposed redundancy program for the workers of Zastava Automobili has so far been accepted by about 200, out of the total of 1,600 workers.
This is according to the Director of the Kragujevac-based carmaker’s Staff and Legal Affairs Sector Margarita GavriloviÄ‡.

Carmaker workers accept offer, end protest

December 30th, 2010 | No Comments

The Economy Ministry has confirmed that an agreement was reached with the workers of Zastava Automobili car manufacturer.

The workers have ended their protest at the Kragujevac City Hall.

Carmaker workers reject offer

December 29th, 2010 | No Comments

Zastava Automobili car manufacturer workers today held a public union meeting in front of the town hall in Kragujevac, central Serbia. They decided to reject a new offer they were given late on Monday by the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development.

800 Zastava workers to lose jobs

December 24th, 2010 | No Comments

About 800 former Zastava car factory workers have not passed Fiatâ€™s tests and therefore they cannot get jobs at the new factory, the Economy Ministry told B92.

The ministry says that the government will offer those workers EUR 300 for each year of service, which will be paid in January of 2011.

Ask.com to Lay Off 130 Workers, Close 2 Offices

November 11th, 2010 | No Comments

Barry Diller of IAC has decided enough is enough: Ask.com will not compete against Google in search and Web indexing any longer. The strategy shift back to Q&A content means 130 engineers will lose their jobs, and one of the other search companies will handle Ask.coms needs. Who? Ask.com isnt saying. – Search
portal Ask.com is eliminating 130 engineering workers from its payroll and
consolidating its workforce in one location in Oakland, Calif., over the next few
months, the company announced Nov. 9. The companys strategy now is to have
a focus on question-and-answer content–something it had …

IT Workers In Demand at Financial Companies, and They Expect Big Bonuses

November 8th, 2010 | No Comments

IT workers with experience in financial technologies are seeing a 50-plus percent boost in demand from 2009, and they are not afraid to tell you they expect larger bonuses and will jump ship to obtain a larger piece of the compensation pie to get it. – Dont
ever underestimate the greenbacks, Mr. IT Manager. Your employees are pining
for more of the compensation pie in 2010.
More than 40 percent of technology workers who work for
Wall Street firms think compensation is the most important reason to work in
financial fields, according to a new …

Dymo CardScan Mobile hits iPhone, white iPhone 4 reservations, iPhone factory workers claim poisoning

October 26th, 2010 | No Comments

Dymo has announced that its CardScan Mobile application is now available for the iPhone. The app lets you take a photo of your business card and puts the data into the contacts section of the phone. The updated Apple Store app has brought with it the ability to reserve the white iPhone 4. Presumably that [...]

Workers Got the Information Overload Blues

October 25th, 2010 | No Comments

Useful or not, the onslaught of information has workers across the globe feeling stressed and disparaged. –
Workers
across the planet admit to being overwhelmed by the voracious volume of
work-related information they have to consume and digest via e-mail and other
information collection systems. Information has to be taken in, but how it is
processed, organized and made useful is up for serious deb…

Berlin to promote integration, attract skilled workers

October 19th, 2010 | No Comments

The German government announced plans on Monday for legislation to promote the integration of immigrants into mainstream society, Deutsche Welle reports.
This follows Chancellor Angela Merkel’s assertion on Saturday that multiculturalism had “utterly failed.”

How to Unite Knowledge and Workers: Closing the Information Access Gap

September 29th, 2010 | No Comments

The enterprise technology market is responding to the demand for cost-effective ways to improve user collaboration and increase organizational effectiveness. Business leaders are asking for flexible environments where users can create, organize and share knowledge, while IT wants secure, low-cost, high-impact technologies to support this. By letting users access and share high-quality, relevant knowledge, Knowledge Center contributor Phil Green discusses here how social knowledge networks foster user collaboration and increase employee productivity. – The term quot;knowledge worker quot; was coined by management consultant Peter Drucker in 1959. Despite decades of knowledge management practices and technology advancement, most knowledge workers still spend more time searching for knowledge than capitalizing on it.
Generations of KM systems have…

Tee International unit takes over running of Marina Bay Sands workersâ€™ dorm

September 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

Tee International says wholly-owned subsidiary, PBT Engineering, has taken over the Marina Bay Sands workers’ dormitory and operating it for a period of nine months effective from Sept 1 under the preview of Building & Construction Authority.

This facility, which comprises two blocks of workers dormitory and a communal block, was previously owned by Marina Bay Sands and operated by PBT on behalf of MBS since Dec 1, 2008 as part of the ‘Design, Build & Operate’ Workers’ Dormitory contract with MBS.

The dormitory with the capacity for up to 2,280 workers is complete with ample amenities to meet the needs of all the workers, including mini mart and various recreational facilities such as hard courts, gymnasium, games room and TV corners. Laundry, food catering and shuttle services are also provided.

Al Qaeda frees Spanish aid workers

August 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

Two Spanish aid workers held hostage by al Qaedaâ€™s north African branch since November are believed to have been released. Albert Vilalta and Roque Pascual are thought to have been set free in return for nearly five million euros.

Larger Mix of Skill Sets the Future for IT Workers

August 17th, 2010 | No Comments

IT workers with hybrid skills that mix technology and business management expertise, along with certifications, will be highly sought after as technology jobs grow in the double digits over the next four years, says a tech industry group. – Specialization
can be a good thing in technology work, but its not necessarily the future,
contends vendor-neutral, non-profit industry organization CompTIA, which has
a major conference going on this week in San Antonio, Texas.
Hybrid skills that
combine on-the-job expertise along with trainin…

Corexit Is Being Sprayed at Night, Even Now (According to BP Vessel of Opportunity Workers and Others)

August 16th, 2010 | No Comments

The government and BP have said that no dispersants have been sprayed in the Gulf since the well was partially capped on July 15th.However, local residents have been saying for weeks that Corexit is still being sprayed.Admiral Allen wouldn’t unequivoca…

Bodies of American aid workers headed home

August 12th, 2010 | No Comments

The bodies of four American aid workers killed in northern Afghanistan are headed to the United States. Ten members of an International Assistance Mission medical team, eight foreigners and two Afghans, were shot and killed in Badakhshan province last week.

Medical workers among 10 killed in Afghanistan

August 7th, 2010 | No Comments

Eight foreigners and two Afghans have been found shot dead next to abandoned, bullet-riddled vehicles in north-eastern Afghanistan, officials say. The dead foreigners are believed to be six Americans, one Briton and a German, who worked for an international charity providing eye care and medical help.

Of Course Clean Up Workers Can’t Find the Oil … BP Used Dispersants to Temporarily Hide It, So Now It Will Plague the Gulf For Years

July 27th, 2010 | No Comments

News headlines state that cleanup workers are having a hard time finding oil. Sounds good, right?Actually, if BP had let things run their course:Oil-skimming vessels could have sucked up most of the oilBooms would have stopped most of the oil from hitt…

IT Workers Getting More Confident, Report Says

July 24th, 2010 | No Comments

Most technology workers believe they can get a new job, though almost as many believe there are currently fewer IT jobs than there were, according to a Harris Interactive survey. As confidence rises like the summer temperatures, where are the jobs? – In the war between perception and reality,
perception appears to have the edge right now.

IT worker confidence in the second quarter of 2010
has risen 6.6 points to 58.2 despite rocky economic indicators all around, according
to a survey by Harris Interactive that was sponsored and published b…