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• Nonunion firms hit Boston ironworkers with antitrust lawsuit.

  - 2004-12-07

  The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 7--Six New England steel-working firms have filed an antitrust lawsuit against one of Boston's most powerful and politically connected unions, alleging that the labor group has conspired to shut out nonunion companies from...

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• Many U.S. businesses suffer as fewer youths turn to skilled blue-collar careers.

  - 2004-11-23

  By Kimberly Blanton, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 23--WATERTOWN, Mass. -- Rob Chermesino's college-educated friends went into finance and sales. His fiancee is a meeting planner. Chermesino picked up a wrench. After a restless year at...

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• Big Dig jobs in Boston are nearing end of road.

  - 2004-08-19

  By Diane E. Lewis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 19--More than a decade after thousands of construction workers began flocking to the Big Dig, Boston's $14.6 billion roadway project is winding down -- and so are the jobs. ...

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• BJ's Wholesale Club settles dispute with Labor Department.

  - 2004-07-16

  By Kimberly Blanton, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 16--BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. has paid $320,000 in overtime wages to 233 workers in its chain of warehouse stores in a settlement with the US Department of Labor. ...

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• More Temporary Workers Become Permanent Fixtures in Nation's Economy.

  - 2004-06-07

  By Robert Gavin, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 7--DRACUT, Mass. -- Scott Gelinas spent the first eight years of his working life at the same manufacturer and planned to make a career there. His layoff in the summer of...

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• Boston Janitors Want No Penalties from Convention Disruptions.

  - 2004-06-04

  By Diane E. Lewis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 4--Boston janitors who clean buildings downtown want Mayor Thomas M. Menino to seek assurances from their employers that they will not lose jobs or pay if they are late for...

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• Workers at Boston Health Care Center Stage Symbolic Strike.

  - 2004-05-19

  By Diane E. Lewis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--More than 100 nurses assistants, housekeepers, and licensed nurses walked off the job at the Edgar P. Benjamin Health Care Center in Mission Hill yesterday during a symbolic strike to...

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• Janitors, Cleaners Face Job Hazards, Report Finds.

  - 2004-04-22

  By Mac Daniel, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 22--A survey of janitors and cleaning staff working for a Brighton firm found widespread injuries and health problems that workers trace to unsafe working conditions and poor training, according to the...

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• Opening Job Market May Spur Large Corporate Turnover of Frustrated Workers.

  - 2004-04-02

  By Kimberly Blanton, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 2--Ed Leppert was suffering from a common affliction in today's economy: career reversal. His employer downsized, his paycheck shrank, and the customer relations group he managed was disbanded. He was...

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• Illinois Drug Maker Abbott to Shut Bedford, Mass., Office, Lay off 500 Workers.

  - 2004-03-26

  By Ross Kerber, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 26--Abbott Laboratories yesterday said it plans to close its Bedford office and lay off most of the 500 employees there, a blow to the state's economy, which is already suffering more...

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