Canada to promote pact to curb U.S.'s cultural exports
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The Canadian Government is proposing a new international trade agreement designed to limit the number of imports of US cultural products into the Canadian market. The proposed agreement would allow countries to address a growing international concern that the increasing overseas presence of the US entertainment industry is threatening the cultural integrity of other countries. The agreement would except such cultural items as book and film distribution and TV programming from larger free trade agreements, allowing countries to keep out such foreign products. The US argues, however, that such rules are trade barriers and is opposed to the proposed agreement.
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Canada's Govt proposes new international agreement curbing the export of cultural products such as TV, books, movies
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1998
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Abitibi mills face strike today; impact is likely to be limited
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Numerous Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. mills are expected to go on strike on June 15, 1998. The strike will force a shutdown of these mills. However, industry analysts believe that the short-term effects of a strike on the North American newsprint market will be limited. The Communications, Energy, and Paperworks union has been trapped in a stalemate over negotiations with Abitibi. Both sides have been negotiating since the last five-year labor contract ended on April 30, 1998.
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Numerous Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. mills are expected to go on strike on June 15, 1998; strike will force a shutdown of mills
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1998
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Newspaper in Detroit are ordered to rehire workers from strike
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Two Detroit newspapers were ordered by the National Labor Relations Board to rehire hundreds of workers who went on strike. The two papers, the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press, was also ordered to pay the workers wages that they lost during the strike. The board ruled that the newspapers did not negotiate in good faith with the workers and that they brought about the strike. The decision may force both papers to lay off hundreds of permanently-hired replacement workers.
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Two Detroit newspapers ordered by National Labor Relations Board to rehire hundreds of workers who went on strike
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1998
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