 All News items (domestic and international)
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Thursday, May 20, 2004
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Detroit fights to save jobs. Marvin Washington cleans the interiors of city buses. The newlywed’s job — and that of his co-worker wife — is one of the targeted layoffs within the Detroit Department of Transportation. “We don’t have enough people working in that department, and they cut our overtime. We’re looking for other jobs now,” said Washington, 39, a coach service attendant. Detroit News May 19 2004 12:55PM GMT [Janice Kimball's Radio Weblog]
2:37:07 PM 
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CWA union Gives SBC Final Strike Notice. The Communication Workers of America the union representing 102,000 employees of SBC Communications Inc. said Wednesday it would stage a four-day strike starting Friday because of a deadlock in contract negotiations with the nation’s second biggest local phone service provider.MSNBC May 19 2004 1:53PM GMT [Janice Kimball's Radio Weblog]
2:36:46 PM
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Clashes erupt as three Andean nations open free trade talks with U.S. Colombia, Ecuador and Peru opened negotiations for a free trade accord with the United States Tuesday as anti-riot police clashed with protesters who say the pact would lead to job losses in the South American nations. Some 2,000 people marched through the Caribbean port city of Cartagena toward the conference center where the talks took place, holding signs that read "Colombia is not for sale" and "No free trade deal." San Francisco Chronicle May 19 2004 4:25AM GMT [Janice Kimball's Radio Weblog]
2:36:19 PM
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The brewery strike that is unnerving Norwegian beer drinkers. Norway's brewery workers have gone out on strike, and supplies may run out. With all production now at a halt, Norway cannot even import from neighbours Sweden or Denmark, because its truck drivers are also on strike. The 2,560 striking full-time brewery staff fear that a growth in temporary workers may undermine job security. BBC May 19 2004 4:06PM GMT [Janice Kimball's Radio Weblog]
2:36:00 PM
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Korean auto industry facing labors steep demands. Unions are demanding participation in company management and requesting that companies provide social welfare funds in addition to wage increases. Companies say they cannot accept such "infringements of managerial rights." The unions of four automobile companies under the Korea Metal Worker's Federation ¯ Hyundai Motor, Kia Motors, GM Daewoo Auto & Technology and Ssangyong Motor ¯ made their demands at a joint press conference yesterday Joon Ang Ilbo May 19 2004 4:44PM GMT [Janice Kimball's Radio Weblog]
2:35:40 PM
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Immigrant Workers 'Helpful to UK Economy'. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said today that workers arriving in Britain from new member countries of the European Union were bringing useful skills and helping the UK. Mr Straw, speaking during a visit to Basildon, Essex, said that, provided immigrants from countries such as Poland paid taxes, they were not harming the British economy. PA News via The Scotsman Online May 19 2004 11:22AM GMT [Janice Kimball's Radio Weblog]
2:35:28 PM
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S.F. nonprofit to shut down. The Management Center, the financially troubled San Francisco nonprofit that has advised tens of thousands of nonprofit groups over the past 27 years, plans to shut down today and sell its programs to other organizations. San Francisco Chronicle May 19 2004 12:41PM GMT [Janice Kimball's Radio Weblog]
2:34:55 PM
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Slovak unemployment dips to 15.25 % in April.
The unemployment rate in Slovakia fell to 15.25 % in April, down from 16 % in March and 15.44 % one year earlier, according to figures released by Slovakia's Center for Labor, Social Affairs and Family.
The result was slightly better than preliminary estimates, which put the April jobless rate at 15.4 %. The number of job seekers ready to start work immediately fell 4.73 % to 399,309 in April.
The data for the past two months represent a renewed downward trend in unemployment, according to the center's spokesman, Peter Zemanik. Forecasts suggest unemployment could fall to under 15 % in May, he adds.
The Bratislava region again registered the lowest unemployment level of under 4 %, while the highest levels of over 30 % were seen in the districts of Rimavska Sobota, Revuca, Velky Krtis and Roznava.
Interfax Information Agency May 19 2004 12:37PM GMT [Janice Kimball's Radio Weblog]
2:34:41 PM
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