Word: labors
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...giant phone companies? "The world will be a much simpler place for consumers," argues NYNEX's Seidenberg, "with more choices, more services and more products united under a single roof and unified brand." Seidenberg says phone bills should deflate as the companies merge their billing and cut their labor costs; thousands of jobs will be downsized in the Bell Atlantic/NYNEX upsizing...
...four are currently being held in Chinese prisons or labor camps because they publicly expressed prodemocracy opinions and sought to reform the Chinese government, alleged Mel Yiasemide, an organizer of the event and a member of Boston's Amnesty International Chapter...
What do I fear about Peres?" concerned about answering at all, Yitzhak Rabin mulled the question carefully. This was in the mid-1980s, and Rabin was hardly a disinterested observer. He and Shimon Peres had been bitter Labor Party rivals throughout their careers. Both men were still angling to lead Israel, and Rabin was reluctant to offend needlessly. "O.K.," he finally said, "but this is for later. You'll talk to me first...
...studies, the most prominent of which is by Princeton economists David Card and Alan Krueger. The two surveyed employment patterns in fast-food restaurants in New Jersey and Pennsylvania cities after the Garden State raised its minimum wage to $5.05, vs. $4.25 for Pennsylvania. Economic theory says that increased labor costs should have forced New Jersey employers to cut jobs or that employers in Pennsylvania should have lifted wages to keep workers from hopping across the river for a raise. But the study found no such evidence. In fact, the results suggested that a moderate hike--much like...
...Administration officials say additional studies show that the 11 million workers who would benefit from the raise are not just middle-class teenagers but, in 40% of the cases, a family's lone breadwinner. "Someone who works hard and plays by the rules should not live in poverty," argues Labor Secretary Robert Reich...