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AMMAN — Over 500 applicants aged between 18 and 25 who want to make a change and create an impact in their community responded to the EU-funded Social Innovation Challenge, run by Expertise France and IBTECAR Consulting in partnership with the Ministry of Social Development.The Social Innovation Challenge was launched by Expertise France and IBTECAR Consulting as part of the

* Outsourcing reforms could force change in Amazon labor practices By Christine Murray and Avi Asher-Schapiro MEXICO CITY, April 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – After six months of shifts moving boxes at an Amazon warehouse near Mexico City as a contract worker, Jaime Hidalgo believed job security and brighter prospects beckoned when he received the company’s “blue badge” making him staff. Hidalgo, 35, was convinced the mandatory overtime and 60-hour weeks had been worth it as he beca...

INSIGHT-Inside Amazons shadow workforce in Mexico Reuters 1 hr ago * Amazon reliant on staffing agencies to fill warehouses in Mexico Popular Searches * Outsourcing reforms could force change in Amazon labor practices By Christine Murray and Avi Asher-Schapiro MEXICO CITY, April 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - After six months of shifts moving boxes at an Amazon warehouse near Mexico City as a contract worker, Jaime Hidalgo believed job security and brighter prospects beckoned when he recei...