factory workers

Why is that so -- when the average worker hasn't enjoyed even a small raise? That's because Wall Street enjoys at least four major advantages that other industries can only dream about, including an implied backstop against losses by the federal government.

"Just Pay It" is what sportswear giant Nike said it would do on Monday after it agreed to give $1.5 million to a relief fund for 1,800 workers who lost their jobs when two of its suppliers closed factories in Honduras.

M.A.C. Cosmetics and fashion label Rodarte created a cosmetics and clothing line inspired by Ciudad Juarez, the violence-ridden border town, featuring products with names such as Factory, Juarez and Ghost Town. Not everyone is applauding.

In what has to be one of the strangest financial incentives ever, and one that must be unintended, Foxconn Technology in China is paying six to 10 years of gross salary to families of its workers who commit suicide at the factory. The payments of as much as $15,000, according to a New York Times...