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Apple Easing Out Samsung Components from its Product Lines

The next iPhone version, set to be unwrapped on Sept 12, will have less Samsung imprints compared to the previous editions, with reports indicating that Apple has rolled out a program that would slowly wean away its products from components manufactured by its South Korean rival.

CFMEU Ends Grocon Blockade, Grollo to Negotiate With Union

The three-week strike that has stopped construction activities at different Grollo sites has just ended. The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) lifted its blockade at the Myer Emporium job site, prompting Grocon Chief Executive Daniel Grollo to agree to resume negotiations with the union.

Samsung Labour Violations Pile Up, Highlighted in New CLW Report

U.S.-based China Labor Watch (CLW) has upgraded this week its scathing review on Samsung’s labour practices, highlighting what the activist group called as “illegal and inhumane treatment,” of young Chinese workers tasked to assemble a host of Samsung products.
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Grocon Protest Enters 3rd Week

The stand-off between builder Grocon and the Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union (CFMEU) entered its third week on Wednesday with the protest of construction workers spreading to two more sites.

Union Resumes Blockade of Grocon Work Site

The rejection by Australian building firm Grocon of a compromise offer from the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has led to the return on Monday evening of the blockade at the Emporium construction site in Melbourne.

Police Secures Myer Emporium Site

The Victoria police have deployed hundreds of officers to the Grocon Myer Emporium construction site in Melbourne to secure the area occupied by members of the union. With their presence, the police safety secretly escorted 35 Grocon non-union employees inside the $250-million site.

China’s Chery Auto Continues Recall from Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, Singapore

Two weeks after Chery Auto, China's largest domestic automobile manufacturer and exporter, recalled some 23,000 vehicle units from Australia due to findings of potential cancer-causing asbestos in some models, the company announced it is set to recall an additional 18,000 units from overseas, still due to the same reason.

Samsung on the Offensive, Unwraps Android, Windows Smartphones

What Samsung has been up to since losing its U.S. legal battle with Apple last week? It appears the tech giant is far from licking its wound, opting instead to push out two new gadgets that it hopes would soon eclipse the court room disappointments it just absorbed.

Union to Prolong Grocon Protests

Prospects for industrial peace in Grocon construction sites appears bleaker as the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) disclosed plans to further prolong the ongoing strike which on Thursday entered its ninth day.

Perth Shops Now Open on Sundays, Holidays

Perth residents trooped to shopping malls and other retail outlets on Sunday for the first time as Western Australia's amended Sunday trading laws took effect on Aug 26.

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