| Unions, health boards play cards close to the chest
The two sides in the radiographers industrial dispute are remaining tight-lipped over steps under way to reach a solution. The APEX union, which is acting on behalf of radiographers from seven district health boards who want the same pay as colleagues from other boards, says a mediator is continuing to relay information between the parties. If mediation is unsuccessful, the dispute looks set to persist. The boards say that in the present situation they are unwilling to improve on their latest offer. .
South Africa: New Panel to Get to Grips With Cybersquatters
CYBERSQUATTERS will soon be evicted from internet addresses they have wrongfully registered as a new panel to settle domain name disputes opens for business this week. Many companies have been the victims of cybersquatters who register internet addresses that infringe on a brand or trademark so they can sell it to the company for a fat profit. About 10 companies fighting domain name disputes are expected to bring their cases to the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law, which has been accredited as a domain name dispute-resolution service provider. Mike du Toit and Wim Alberts of the legal firm Bowman Gilfillan serve as its senior adjudicators, while several of their partners are being trained as panellists. .
Anna M. Wróbel
Anna is a member of the Polish Center for Mediation, active mediator, negotiator and facilitator with wide experience of the Polish market & business environment. Anna's areas of expertise include group & organizational conflicts, multicultural conflicts, international & home business, family, automotive industry and telecommunications. Anna graduated from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, but her interest in multicultural business environment takes her to Warsaw (the capital of Poland), where she works in Daewoo-FSO, taking part in the "due diligence"
procedure. Soon she moves to TP SA (France Telecom Group) to work for the Supervisory Board. Her interest in ADR methods and expert communication skills earn her a Postgraduate diploma in "Negotiation & mediation", whereas the knowledge about the international business gets improved during "the International Relations and Diplomacy" postgraduate studies ending with a Foreign Office internship.
Calling Israel for Covert or Overt Negotiation, President Abbas ...
GAZA, Palestine, April 7, 2007 (IPC + Agencies) - - President Mahmoud Abbas expected the release of the Israeli captive soldier Gilad Shalit and BBC correspondent Alan Johnston abducted on 12 March in Gaza at the same time, Abbas called Israelis gov't to enter into secret or public negotiations with Palestinian National Authorities, believing in the possibility to reach an agreement between the two parties within months.
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