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UAE: Dh500,000 compensation for worker after bricks fell on him (KT file photo used for illustrative purpose) He suffered a permanent disability as his company failed to put in place safety mechanisms at the construction site. A construction worker of Asian origin, 38, who was grievously injured after bricks fell on him at a construction site, has been awarded Dh500, 000 in compensation for the accident. The worker has suffered permanent disability following the accident. His walking ability has been impaired at least 80 per cent and he is confined to a wheelchair. He also suffered a 20 per c...

Move it to beijing and sell the products in the united states. i think the american people are waking up to that. they see a presidential candidate that has basically done his job that way. in many ways that's what this olympic story is about with our athletes. the awards were given out for breaking trade laws, china would get the gold medal, and that what we're seeing with all the outsourcing and all the trade agreements and all that far too many people, the elite in this country have done to the middle class. it's really an ultimate betrayal of our country and the middle class. >> you think ...

Class. it's really an ultimate betrayal of our country and the middle class. >> you think mitt romney betrayed the american economy? >> i think he's part of a group of business people who saw the best way to do business was shut down production here and move i abroad, make it there and sell back to the united states. you can avoid labor laws, you can evade environmental and worker safety rules, and the bottom line, gets better. and back to this olympic committee thing, i think, my guess is i don't know the people of the u.s. olympic committee, but my guess is they are a bunch of business peopl...

Many people, the elite in this country have done to the middle class. it's really an ultimate betrayal of our country and the middle class. >> you think mitt romney betrayed the american economy? >> i think he's part of a group of business people who saw the best way to do business was shut down production here and move it abro abroad, make it there and sell back to the united states. you can avoid labor laws, you can evade environmental and worker safety rules, and the bottom line, gets better. and back to this olympic committee thing, i think, my guess is i don't know the people of the u.s. ...

Today? >> well, it's interesting. 100 years after the triangle shirt waste fire, a lot of things that those women died for are under attack. so much we take for granted. child labor laws, minimum wage, unemployment insurance, pensions, health care, worker safety rules. all of this stuff that we take for granted now in many ways was started after this tragic fire. look at what we're seeing in wisconsin and across this country right now, an assault on some of the basic rights that these women died for. >> and why do you think momentum to mount that assault has accumulated? >> i would be the firs...