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3/1/2004; 1:55:21 PM
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Paris air traffic controllers strike Wednesday. Air traffic controllers at Paris' Orly airport have called a strike for Wednesday that could result in major flight disruptions, airport officials said. Expatica France Feb 10 2004 5:34PM GMT
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Despite growing economy, job recovery lags. The Texas economy is growing but job recovery and state revenues continue to lag, economists told the state's budget leaders Monday. Wichita Falls Times Record News Feb 10 2004 11:46AM GMT
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Work permit plan to attract EU migrants to Scotland. THOUSANDS of migrant workers coming to the UK from an enlarged European Union after May 1 are to be encouraged to seek employment in Scotland first.
The radical plan has been hatched by Jack McConnell in private talks with David Blunkett in an attempt to address Scotland's falling population and the resulting damaging effect on the Scottish economy. Glasgow Herald Feb 10 2004 4:42AM GMT [Moreover - Search results for...]
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Migrant Workers Refuse Departure. More than 800 undocumented migrant workers in South Korea on Tuesday announced that they will refuse to be driven out of the country while pledging to hold massive protest rallies against the new work permit system. Hankooki Feb 10 2004 9:40AM GMT
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Mexicans who worked in U.S. seek pay. About 200 Mexicans who worked in the United States during and after World War II protested in front of the U.S. Embassy and the president's residence to demand back pay they said is due them. AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer Feb 10 2004 3:49AM GMT
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Minneapolis might shutter schools. Teachers had already heard that the enrollment decline and resulting budget troubles could mean job losses for 220 teachers next year. The teachers will have to look at the amount saved and the district's strategy to see "whether this is a justifiable solution or an overreaction," said Louise Sundin, president of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers. "We've all been waiting for the other shoe to fall. I think this is it." Pioneer Planet Feb 10 2004 11:09AM GMT
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Economic team sees job boom. President Bush's economic advisers predicted Monday that the U.S. economy would add 2.6 million jobs this year in an election-year bonanza for the incumbent president. Minnesota Pioneer Planet Feb 10 2004 11:41AM GMT
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Norway to limit guest workers. As a member of the European Economic Area, Norway is obligated to allow members of the EU plus those in the EEA free access to the local job market. But Norway is worried it now will attract large numbers of job-seekers from eastern European countries that now are about to join the EU. Aftenposten Feb 10 2004 3:53PM GMT [Moreover - Search results for...]
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Alcan workers reject deal to end Arvida standoff. The Arvida facility employs 550 workers. Alcan announced last month that it would close the plant 10 years earlier than the expected closing date of 2015. The workers, members of the CAW, then began to occupy and operate the smelter themselves to protest the closure decision. Quebec, Canada. CBC Feb 10 2004 5:56PM GMT
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Czechs and the EU: Little Interest in the EU Among Czech Homeless. BRNO, Czech Republic--While most Czechs believe their country should join the European Union, EU membership leaves many of the poorest people in this city cold. These Czechs, who are struggling just to get by, do not expect the EU to change their lives in any substantial way. Many of them scoff at the EU and say it will have a positive impact on the lives of richer Czechs, but the poor will be forgotten again.
Transitions Online Feb 10 2004 3:40PM GMT
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Double whammy for Irish jobs from Eastern Europe/Far East - Hogan. Youghal's narrow loss of up to 1,000 new jobs to Slovakia and the loss of 50 existing jobs in Offaly to Latvia and the Far East marks a new low for the Irish economy, Fine Gael Enterprise, Trade & Employment Spokesman Phil Hogan TD said today (Tuesday). Politics.ie Feb 10 2004 4:57PM GMT
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Equity may bypass union to resolve airport strike. Striking baggage workers from the South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union (Satawu) have not met Equity Aviation Service's deadline on a wage offer, the company said today. SABC Feb 10 2004 4:53PM GMT
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Argentina Faces Off with IMF, and Wins. February 09, 2004
Mark Weisbrot
For the second time in less than six months, the government of Argentina stood up to the International Monetary Fund -- and the IMF backed down. Last week the Fund approved the latest installment of its lending to Argentina, after having failed in its efforts to get a better deal for Argentina's private creditors. Oneworld Feb 10 2004 3:51PM GMT
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Tower Automotive to move DaimlerChrysler work from Milwaukee to Mexico 
By Terry Kosdrosky
Feb. 10, 2004 11:22 AM
Tower Automotive Inc. said today it will shift frame-assembly production for the Dodge Ram pickup from its Milwaukee plant to a joint-venture plant in Mexico, a move done at the behest of DaimlerChrysler AG.
The move is planned for the middle of 2005 and will begin with frames for the 2006 model year. About 500 workers are expected to be laid off because of the move. The Milwaukee plant also produces frames for the Ford Motor Co. Ranger pickup. Crains Detroit Business Feb 10 2004 5:11PM GMT
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Janice Kimball
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