Word: labors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ALEXIS Labor CLINTON 113 Confirmed HERMAN Secretary April...
Uncertainty over interest rates and the economic outlook is behind all the turbulence. Expect more. Consider last Tuesday, when the government reported a slowing in manufacturing activity and, more important, a noninflationary 0.6% rise in labor costs in the first quarter. The news sent the Dow surging 179 points, its second best daily performance ever. A day later, investors applied the brakes on hearing that the economy grew an astounding 5.6% in the first quarter--too fast for comfort. But a closer look at the numbers showed inflation remained dormant. Don't put away the Dramamine just yet. The markets...
Newly confirmed Labor Secretary Alexis Herman discovered last week that it pays to tough it out through even the most protracted Senate confirmation battles. Below, a look at Cabinet-level nominees who cooled their heels the longest...
Messinger's criticisms rely on the creative value of labor for moral force. They appeal to the better part of us. Unfortunately, Messinger may not win much sympathy with this argument since too many of us do not feel fulfilled by our jobs even off of workfare. It's doubtful that an electorate could be convinced to vote against Giuliani's workfare since it doesn't provide creative enough jobs...
These criticisms cut straight to the first definition of the value of labor. Here changes should be made, immediately. The workfare workers must be assured that the hours they spend at work be safe and secure. We owe this minimum standard to every worker as a human being, not as an employee...