Word: collared
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Miners has also observed the degree to which many men, primarily white collar, are tied to their work. "They say it's my identity, it's my place in the sun, I am my business card--that kind of thing," says Miners. Typically, when such men retire, they get restless after a short period, then try to find the same kind of work in which they once excelled--which isn't always easy...
...surely will--there isn't a lot Washington can do to encourage employers to hand out more raises. Cost pressures will be so intense during the next expansion, business experts say, that companies are likely to stick to their guns. They will outsource more work--including skilled and white-collar tasks--to cheaper labor markets. They will embrace pay-for-performance schemes, which generally reward only the top-ranked workers at each wage level. And they will shift more of the costs and risks of illness and retirement to workers, especially in steel and other heavy industries...
EXPORTING WHITE-COLLAR WORK...
...since most companies would opt for comp time. Democrats oppose the bill, which nonetheless sailed through a House committee. The other bill would let unionized companies reduce their pension obligations by billions of dollars, further imperiling a benefit that is already eroded and underfunded. New data show that blue-collar workers have shorter life spans than white-collar workers. So, both management and organized labor argue, less pension funding is required--and that would free cash for new jobs and pay raises. But actuaries say the analysis is faulty; it fails to account for the longer lives of many white...
...town Wisconsin to produce a show and finds the locals are less simple than he expects. "Luis" stars character actor Luis Guzman ("Boogie Nights") as the owner of an East Harlem donut shop; prime-time could use a few more working-class sitcoms (is a donut shop owner blue collar or powdered-sugar collar?) and it seems to have a strong voice...