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...past decade, more firms are desperately trying to hang on to their workers while still cutting labor costs--which account for fully two-thirds of most companies' expenses. "One of the great successes of the U.S. economy has been putting flexibility into the wage structure and compensation plans," says Ira Kay, a compensation consultant at Watson Wyatt Worldwide, a human-resources consultancy. Variable pay "is a shock absorber." So much so, in fact, that today it could be helping to keep unemployment as much as a full percentage point lower than it would otherwise be--a savings worth 1.4 million...
...unionists and a majority of nationalists. It is unlikely that the moderate, pro-independence Social Democratic Labor Party (SDLP) would join with unionists to oust Sinn Fein, especially with party leader John Hume planning to retire in November. Therefore, the UUP is set to leave the coalition if the IRA does not relinquish its weapons...
Trimble should be applauded for his resolute approach to the peace process. Although unionists have regularly made concessions to Sinn Fein and the IRA since the ’98 accord, these moves have not been reciprocated. The agreement mandated that all terrorist weapons had to be decommissioned by June 2001, yet the IRA has made no tangible moves towards fulfilling this obligation. Indeed, the organization rescinded its offer of a weapons handover this past August, contending that it was negotiating with General John de Chastelain’s Independent International Commission on Decommissioning. Unionists were understandably upset over...
...IRA goes, a disarmament initiative would serve as a gesture of good will towards the United States and its upcoming war on terrorism. From a regional perspective, it would help Sinn Fein establish a greater degree of trust with Trimble’s party and also prevent a collapse of the volatile coalition government in Northern Ireland. Unfortunately, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has cautioned that “the politics of pressure against the IRA is counterproductive.” It remains to be seen whether or not disarmament is a legitimate possibility...
...Ulster Unionists have stood firm against the desires of terrorists and sought to uphold the tenuous peace agreements of 1998. Trimble’s demands of the IRA are more than reasonable. As he stressed on Saturday, “The promise was made that they would put weapons beyond use. There is a procedure, there is a decommissioning commission, there is legislation, there is a decommissioning scheme...