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Mary Gallagher News From AOL News

Chinese Workers Ramp Up Demand for Better Wages

By Jamila TrindleAug 15th 2010 – 5:47PM
Kin Cheung, AP

Kin Cheung, AP

(Aug.15) -- China's image as a place where workers will meekly put up with long hours, low pay and lousy working conditions might need updating. And as that changes, so too might the legendary low price of Chinese products. In the latest in a series of developments indicating a shifting balance between labor and Chinese...

Mary Gallagher News From the Web

  • 05/13/12 Food Deserts Leave Many Americans High and Dry Source: Scientific American Even within the borders of one of the world's top agricultural countries, healthy food can be hard to come by.
  • 04/26/12 Parade Adds Time Inc. Veteran Source: Fishbowl NY - Mediabistro.com Mary Gallagher has been named Northeast Regional Manager of Parade publications, a new position at the company.
  • 04/20/12 Food-Desert Researcher Slams Times Article Source: SN (Supermarket News) A noted food-desert researcher here took issue with an article in The New York Times this week that quoted two new studies undercutting the connection between food deserts — neighborhoods lacking access to fresh foods — and obesity.
  • 04/19/12 Despite claims, researcher says obesity-food desert... Source: Chi Town Daily News - Chicago IL Although some new studies have questioned whether improving access to grocery stores is an effective step in the fight against obesity, local data suggests this is a worthy fight in Chicago.

Background on Mary Gallagher

Mary Gallagher is an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, actress, director and teacher. For six years, she was artistic director of Gypsy, a theatre company in the Hudson Valley, New York, which collaborated with many artists to create site-specific mask-and-puppet music-theatre with texts and lyrics by Gallagher.

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