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Furloughs criticized
The largest state employees union balked Thursday at a proposal from Gov. Martin O'Malley that its members take up to five unpaid leave days as a cost-saving measure to help close a budget shortfall. "We would like to see a plan without furloughs,"...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Constitutional Issues, Martin O'Malley, Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing
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New jobless filings unexpectedly drop
The Associated PressNew claims for jobless benefits fell unexpectedly last week but the number of people continuing to receive government aid reached a 26-year high and large companies announced more job cuts today. The Labor Department reported that initial claims for...Tags: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., State Street Corporation, United Technologies Corporation, Unemployment, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc
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9 Illinois Secretary of State employees face 3-day suspension for looking up Obama address
Associated Press WriterCHICAGO (AP) — Nine Illinois Secretary of State employees face suspension without pay because they looked up President-elect Barack Obama's street address in state records, officials said Thursday. "It's a violation of our policy to be looking up...Tags: Barack Obama, Verizon Wireless, Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection, Jesse White
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Wave of jobs cuts across US economy signaling a deepening recession
AP Business WriterA round of more than 15,000 layoffs announced Thursday by AT&T Inc., DuPont and Viacom Inc. suggests a yearlong wave of job cuts is accelerating, just as the government is expected to report a higher unemployment rate for November on Friday. Swiss bank...Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Consumers, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Moody's Corporation, AT&T Corp.
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Unemployment benefit for laid-off autoworkers: nearly full pay without leaving home
AP Auto WriterNEW YORK (AP) — For more than two decades, many autoworkers who lose their jobs have been able to enjoy one of the best unemployment benefits in the nation: receiving nearly full paychecks without even leaving home. Since the 1980s, the industry'...Tags: National Government, Vehicles, General Motors Corp., Labor Legislation, Unemployment
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Economic crisis makes for strange political bedfellows
As a severe fiscal winter sets in, the major political parties may be borrowing more and more - from each other's sales pitches. Elected Democrats - presumed to be pro-tax, pro-spending, and pro-labor - are forced to slash government budgets and will try...Tags: David A. Paterson, National Government, Sales, Budgets and Budgeting, Labor Legislation
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Windstream cuts 170 jobs, 2.3 percent of workforce; expects to pay $6M in severance benefits
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Telephone and broadband provider Windstream Corp. said Thursday it will cut 170 jobs from its workforce because of declining revenue from its landline business. Windstream spokesman David Avery said the cuts include...Tags: Consumer Electronics Industry, Alltel Corp., Unemployment, Earnings Forecasts, Retirement
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Post-Sept. 11 program faces more problems getting secure identification to port workers
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — A security program spurred by the 9/11 attacks to safeguard seaports has hit yet another snag, causing concern that commerce could be slowed during the busy holiday season. House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson said...Tags: AFL-CIO, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Michael Chertoff, Defense, National Security
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Los Angeles County report says woman who died at troubled hospital could have been saved
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A homeless woman who died after writhing in pain on a hospital floor for nearly an hour could have survived if she had received proper treatment, a county report concedes. The report, obtained by the Los Angeles Times when it was...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Martin Luther King Jr.
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AG says Ryan's sentence shouldn't be commuted
Associated Press WriterIllinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said Thursday that former Gov. George Ryan's corruption sentence should not be commuted to time served, saying the bribery scandal involving his tenure as secretary of state led to the deaths of six children in a...Tags: Lisa Madigan, Prisons, Political Campaigns, Punishment, George Bush
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Reports: Wis. agents saw few Election Day problems
Associated Press WriterThe 50 agents and prosecutors Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen sent to monitor the presidential election reported very few problems, according to reports made public Thursday. "Uneventful, steady, friendly, happy," assistant attorney general Rebecca...Tags: Prosecution, Illegal Immigrants, Vehicles, Democratic Party, Voting
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Brazil's Vale to reduce nickel output for Canadian unit, launch early retirement program
AP Business WriterSAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — Citing falling nickel prices, Brazilian mining giant Vale said Thursday it will reduce production of the metal at its Canadian division and cut jobs in that unit through a voluntary retirement program. Companhia Vale do Rio...Tags: Metal, Juneau, Unemployment, Metal and Mineral, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce
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