The film showed the living and working conditions of agency workers brought in to help with the Christmas rush, principally at an Amazon warehouse in Bad Hersfeld, in the state of Hesse.

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They include the Dublin-based European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), and the European Training Foundation (ETF), which deals with teacher training and the skills profiles of migrants.

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Demonstrators marched in countries around the world, with fury in Europe over austerity measures and rage in Asia over relentlessly low pay, the rising cost of living and hideous working conditions that have left hundreds dead in recent months alone.

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The Navy said they had been working and living in "some of the most challenging conditions imaginable".

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Keep that in mind when you hear about living and working conditions during the nineteenth century.

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Another poll indicated that a majority of Germans saw the European single market as a risk to their living and working conditions.

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