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Doty isn't immune to anxiety. In the coming weeks, he's set to take a one-week furlough himself. And many of the jobs at his plant are bound for Texas, a state with comparatively relaxed labor laws and weaker unions...
...Layoffs Cut Deeper Bleak job news continued, with all sectors of the economy--from prescription drugs to construction equipment--buckling under the pressure. More than 50,000 U.S. job cuts were announced on Jan. 26 alone, adding to the 2.6 million lost since December 2007. The Labor Department also announced that 21,137 mass layoffs--involving 50 or more job cuts at once--took place...
...there another way to express your unhappiness?' JEAN-FRANÇOIS COPE, of France's National Assembly, on the prospect of the country's transportation networks, public schools and government offices shutting down after labor unions called for a one-day strike...
...Still, union leaders warn they may repeat the action if Sarkozy fails to respond to what they say was the biggest labor protest in 20 years. "I cannot imagine tomorrow we'll hear the same old 'I saw nothing, I heard nothing, and I have nothing to say,'" Bernard Thibault, general secretary of the General Confederation of Labor warned Thursday. "It's just not possible...
Obama for America Campaign Manager David Plouffe, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, and former Pennsylvania Governor and Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge are among those who will serve as fellows at Harvard’s Institute of Politics this spring, the IOP announced Friday. “What’s most exciting about this year is the breadth and diversity of the people who will be here on campus,” said IOP Director Bill Purcell. “This group really covers a very broad territory in our political experience and our political future...