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Global BusinessAmerican Jobs: The Ties that BindThe World of Work in the USA

Do workers' rights collide with the need to protect intellectual property?

  • Claire Bolderson in Boston
  • Lawyer Russell Beck says 40% of workers sign non-compete clauses
  • Brian Connolly
  • Professor Matt Marx signed non-competes before he became an academic
  • Research in labs at Indigo could result in finding new ways to feed the world
  • Holyoke, Massachusetts, was built on the banks of the Connecticut river
  • The Hazen Paper Company revived its fortunes by specialising in holographic paper
  • Jules Pieri, co-founder of The Grommet
  • Erik Wessel works at The Grommet
  • Mass State House

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