Labor

G8 talks seek to link environment, labor (The Japan Times)

12 May 2008

NIIGATA (Kyodo) Labor officials from the Group of Eight nations began on Sunday a three-day meeting to discuss ways to curb climate change coupled with measures to redress economic and regional... Read more ...

G-8 labor officials begin 3-day meeting in Japan (Lexington Herald-Leader)

11 May 2008

Labor ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations met with international trade union and business groups Sunday to discuss the reduction of workplace emissions of "greenhouse" gases blamed for global warming, officials said. The talks, in Niigata on Japan's north coast, are aimed at boosting support for global environmental initiatives before Japan hosts the G-8 summit in July. ...

G-8 labor officials begin 3-day meeting in Japan (San Francisco Chronicle)

11 May 2008

Labor ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations met with international trade union and business groups Sunday to discuss the reduction of workplace emissions of "greenhouse" gases blamed for global warming, officials said. The talks, in Niigata...