Four hundred thousand diamond workers are protesting wages in Gugarat, India. A security firm opened fire on one gathering, killing one and injuring six. Inflation is at a 13 year high in India and it has become difficult for workers to survive. “Wages have remained static for over a decade, so we have no option

What are some of the current issues around green practices in the jewelry sector? This article in the Green Supplement of National Jeweler features my company, Reflective Images, as well as several other people involved in the Madison Dialogs. http://www.nationaljewelernetwork.com/njn/content_display/independent/

Reuters reports that the National Union of Mine Workers, South Africa’s biggest union, are preparing for a big fight with DeBeers. “There is just no room for peanut increases and for that we are prepared for war,” said Eddie Majadibodu, the NUM negotiator at the companies, adding that food prices, fuel prices and general inflation