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• Campaign for America's Future: 'State of the Union 2007: By the Numbers'

  - 2007-01-23

  To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Toby Chaudhuri, +1-202-587-1653, or Noreen Nielsen, +1- 603-858-2607, both for the Campaign for America's Future WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- President Bush is expected to hail the state of the union as strong tonight, but for Americans worrying about how to make ends meet, the country is...

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• Retail stores lost 13,000 workers nationwide in the last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics--just 1%.(THE NUMBERS)

  - 2006-07-01

  RETAIL STORES LOST 13,000 workers nationwide in the last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics--just 1%, but an unusual decline in a time of overall job expansion. RETAIL STORES LOST 13,000 workers nationwide in the last year, according to the Bureau...

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• Latin lament: Hispanic workers are dying at an alarming rate on your jobsites. Think they aren't working for you? Think it doesn't really affect you? Think again!(United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States. Occupational Safety and Health Adm

  - 2005-07-01

  ALFREDO ALVAREZ'S LAST WORDS were, "Help me, I'm going to die. Talk to my family." ALFREDO ALVAREZ'S LAST WORDS were, "Help me, I'm going to die. Talk to my family."

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• Study shows contractors facing labor shortage

  - 2004-04-14

  A Construction Industry Institute study indicates that 75 percent of contractors are experiencing shortages--and the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the construction industry will need to attract 240,000 workers each year, to replace those leaving the workforce or retiring, while still allowing for industry growth....

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• Women's and men's access to employer-provided benefits: an assessment of women's acceptance as breadwinners.

  - 2003-03-22

  INTRODUCTION One of the most significant economic and social trends over the last half-century is the large-scale entry of women, particularly mothers, into the paid labor force. In 1940, women made up under 25% of the labor force, whereas today this proportion has increased...

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• Chao Speaks to AFL-CIO Exec Council Meeting; Highlights Economic Plan's Benefits for Workers, Job Creation, DOL's Enforcement Record

  - 2003-02-26

  HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Feb. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today spoke to the annual winter executive council meeting of the AFL-CIO, stressing the benefits the Administration's economic growth proposal would provide for union members. It is the third annual AFL-CIO meeting Secretary Chao has...

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• U.S. labor market performance in international perspective: from 1960 to 2000, U.S. unemployment rates improved from relatively high to the lowest among the G7 countries; Canada and the United States were leaders in job creation, while Japan and Europe ha

  - 2002-06-01

  For developed economies, monthly unemployment and employment changes are considered the two most informative labor market indicators, providing knowledge about the current performance of the labor market and the economy as a whole. International analyses often focus on these two key indicators as well, to compare the functioning of labor...

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• Defining the employee status of independent contractors in the U.S.: a review and report on the legal issues for technical communicators. (Review of Research).

  - 2002-05-01

  INTRODUCTION The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (1999) estimates that there are more than 8 million independent contractors ICs in the U.S. This number is growing rapidly because more people are going into business for themselves as corporate employers make workforce...

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• Manufacturing workers earning more. (Industry News). (in 2002, Bureau of Labor Statistics).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

  - 2002-05-01

  Manufacturing workers in nonsupervisory roles are making more money this year than last. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor, manufacturing workers made an average of $15.15 an hour in February this year. That Manufacturing workers in nonsupervisory roles...

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• What is an employee? The answer depends on the Federal law; in a legal context, the classification of a worker as either an employee or an independent contractor can have significant consequences - What is an Employee? - United States labor legislation -

  - 2002-01-01

  In the American workplace today, a full-time, 40-hour-a-week employee who stays with the same employer performing the same job over the course of an entire worklife would be viewed as a rarity, or at least as a person found in lesser proportion in the U.S. workforce than in decades past....

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