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• San Jose, Calif.-area companies make grade as best workplaces for commuters.

  - 2004-09-29

  By Therese Poletti, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 29--Seven Silicon Valley companies rank among the best workplaces for commuters, according to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report being released today. Intel topped the list...

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• U.S. technology companies cut back on stock options.

  - 2004-07-08

  By Mark Schwanhausser, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 8--Technology companies are getting much stingier with stock options -- especially with rank-and-file workers. A Mellon Financial survey released Wednesday indicates tech companies nationwide have slashed...

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• 2002 Was Year of Survival for Workers at Fremont, Calif., Auto Plant.

  - 2003-03-13

  By Matt Nauman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 13--Officially, NUMMI had a record year in 2002, producing 369,856 cars and trucks. But inside the plant, it wasn't a pretty picture. "It was a...

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• Mediator Says West Coast Port Talks Are `Moving Forward'.

  - 2002-10-06

  By Jennifer Bjorhus, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 6--On one side of the bay, about 300 union members rallied alongside Oakland docks Saturday in support of locked-out port workers. Across the bay, union leaders, management and federal...

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• American Workers Suffer Confidence Crisis over Retirement Savings.

  - 2002-08-25

  By Mark Schwanhausser, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 25--For countless Americans, saving for retirement is a confidence game -- but it's easily shattered confidence. When first questioned for a survey by the Charles Schwab brokerage, ...

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• Premier Law Firm in California's Silicon Valley Plans Layoffs.

  - 2002-08-15

  By Deborah Lohse, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 15--Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, one of Silicon Valley's premier law firms for tech companies, plans to lay off 100 administrative and support workers and an undetermined number of...

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• Airport Worker Checks Could Cost San Jose, Calif.-Area Airports $1 Million.

  - 2001-12-18

  By Aaron Davis, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 18--New mandatory FBI background checks on airport employees will cost Bay Area airports more than $1 million, but no one seems to know who will pay. ...

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• Citizenship Requirement May Disqualify Many Screeners at San Francisco Airport.

  - 2001-11-21

  By Ann E. Marimow, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 21--More than half of the security screeners at San Francisco International Airport could lose their jobs within the next year because they don't meet citizenship requirements of the new aviation...

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• San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Work in Progress Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

  - 2000-11-20

  Nov. 21--`SOFT SKILLS' JUST AS VITAL AS TECH SKILLS IN VALLEY: With unemployment at a record-low 1.6 percent in Santa Clara County, hanging onto employees is a major focus for all Silicon Valley employers. But managers of technical workers have the t Nov. 21--`SOFT SKILLS' JUST...

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• San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Work in Progress Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

  - 2000-10-23

  Oct. 24--When we hear about technology and disabled workers, the focus is usually on innovations that promise to help people do jobs they couldn't do before. Technology has made a huge difference for many workers. But as one advocate for blind and vi Oct. 24--When we...

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