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• Teens

  - 2008-05-01

  Teens are the latest segment of consumers to cut back on indulgences as the job market sours and prices increase. Teen hiring decreased 5% since March 2007, with many mom-and-pop stores, which typically hire younger workers, laying off employees, reported The Boston Globe.

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• Shell companies.(CAYMAN ISLANDS)

  - 2008-04-01

  Houston, Tex. construction firm Kellogg Brown & Root has set up two shell companies in the Cayman Islands that exist only on a computer file in order to avoid payroll expenses, the report says, reports The Boston Globe (March 8, 2008): Based on a...

  Tags: Boston Globe, FINANCE, Halliburton Co., payroll, worker

• Weymouth, Mass., workwear retailer to keep holiday hours for first time.

  - 2004-12-09

  By Naomi Aoki, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 9--DEDHAM, Mass. -- Unless your significant other is a carpenter, you probably don't think of Work 'N Gear as a holiday shopping destination. But this holiday, Work 'N Gear is...

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• Delta worker at Boston airport struck, killed by de-icing vehicle.

  - 2004-12-08

  By Mac Daniel, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 8--A longtime Delta Air Lines ground worker at Logan Airport died yesterday when he was run over by a 25-ton truck driven by a friend, investigators and co-workers said. ...

  Tags: accident, Boston Globe, Delta Air Lines Inc., Marshall, worker

• 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...

  Tags: AJAX, antitrust, Boston, Boston Globe, INTERNET, job, worker

• Union supporters disagree with labor board's ruling on work rules.

  - 2004-12-01

  By Diane E. Lewis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 1--The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that employers may post regulations in the workplace that critics contend will discourage workers from organizing bargaining units or engaging in other...

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• Delivery services woo holiday temporary workers with competitive pay, benefits.

  - 2004-11-24

  By Diane E. Lewis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 24--One day, Ed Blain hopes to deliver sermons from the pulpit. This holiday season, he's happy to help sort packages. Blain lives in Brookline and studies divinity at Holy...

  Tags: Benefits, Boston Globe, hiring, U.S. Postal Service, United Parcel Service of America Inc., worker

• 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...

  Tags: Boston Globe, career, job, mechanic, Northeastern University, worker

• Boston-area transit agency to probe janitors' abuse complaint.

  - 2004-11-11

  By Anthony Flint, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 11--MBTA officials agreed yesterday to investigate a company that cleans the T's subway trains after the contractor's employees said they were overworked and harmed by noxious fumes and dangerous materials....

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• Flu-wary Massachusetts firms attack germs.

  - 2004-11-08

  By Diane E. Lewis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 8--With winter approaching and too little flu vaccine to go around, some Massachusetts employers are declaring war on germs. By relying on an arsenal of weapons ranging from sanitizing...

  Tags: attack, Boston Globe, Clorox Co., vaccine, worker