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   University of California, Berkeley
Updated 1/5/2004; 10:50:24 AM

Friday, December 05, 2003

Grocery Strikes Skew Employment Picture (Reuters). Reuters - Grocery strikes skewed U.S. employment data in recent months, as payrolls were first boosted by temporary hires and then depleted when strikers joined the ranks of the unemployed, the Labor Department said on Friday. [Yahoo! News - Business]
2:16:54 PM    comment []

Xmas cheer makes Austrians sour. Austrian shop workers say they are being 'terrorised' by Christmas carols and beg shops to pipe down. [BBC News | Europe | World Edition]
1:06:57 PM    comment []

Euro Uses Jobs Report to Hammer Dollar (Reuters). Reuters - The dollar slumped to a record low against the euro for a sixth straight day on Friday amid a broad sell-off caused by disappointment that U.S. job creation in November fell short of recent inflated expectations. [Yahoo! News - Business]
10:36:46 AM    comment []

Europe: Workers war builds against Christmas music. Shop workers' anger at being forced to listen to hours of Christmas music during the festive period is spreading across Europe. Dutch and German trade unions have now backed the demands by colleagues in Austria who said the combined effect of listening to endless hours of Jingle Bells made staff "aggressive and confrontational". LabourStart headline - Source: Ananova [LabourStart]
10:36:24 AM    comment []

Boom a boon for Bush. Economic dispatch: Fuelled by tax cuts and spending, the US economy is riding high - but for how long, asks David Teather. [Guardian Unlimited]
10:33:31 AM    comment []

Unions target Quebecor's U.S. workers  A major drive is under way to organize printing giant Quebecor World Inc.'s largely non-union U.S. work force, targeting 3,000 employees at six key plants in five states.The AFL-CIO, working with the Canadian Labour Congress and the main printing industry union, is poised to formally launch the offensive at a meeting today in Memphis.  Globe and Mail [GAM] Canada
10:14:05 AM    comment []

Europe praises Bush steel repeal. A global trade war appears to have been averted as Europe and Asia welcome the US repeal of illegal steel tariffs. [BBC News | Business | World Edition]
10:13:20 AM    comment []

Arab women lag in workforce and parliaments, UN committee informed  The Arab region has the world’s lowest proportion of women in the workforce and parliament, the United Nations adviser for women’s issues yesterday told the first meeting of a UN committee set up to assess the progress of Arab women.[UN News Service]
10:13:14 AM    comment []

Strike Siphons Revenue From Albertsons (AP). AP - Albertsons Inc. reported a 51 percent decline in third-quarter profit on Friday as the strike by Southern California grocery workers siphoned an estimated $132 million from revenue in just the last 19 days of October. [Yahoo! News - Business]
10:12:41 AM    comment []

 Payrolls Disappoint, Factory Orders Jump (Reuters). Reuters - American employers hired far fewer workers than expected in November, U.S. government data showed on Friday, though the gain was the fourth straight monthly increase and the unemployment rate fell. [Yahoo! News - Business]
10:12:33 AM    comment []


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