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Updated
4/1/2004; 2:25:44 PM
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Tuesday, March 02, 2004 |
Weirton Steel moves to cut health care for retirees. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- Bankrupt Weirton Steel Corp. is moving to terminate health care coverage and life insurance benefits for some 10,000 retirees, dependents and surviving spouses, declaring "forced liquidation of Weirton is a realistic possibility" if the expense isn't eliminated soon. AP via New Jersey Online Mar 2 2004 6:43PM GMT
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Ford expects to finish Europe job cuts. Ford Motor Co. expects to eliminate 1,600 jobs in Europe in the first half of 2004, the final portion of roughly 6,700 cuts announced last year as part of a restructuring, company officials said. Boston Globe Mar 2 2004 10:11PM GMT
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Employees buy Eugene, Oregon based Bi-Mart. Employees of retailer Bi-Mart have agreed to purchase the company from its senior executives and Portland-based Endeavour Capital through an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). Business Journal of Portland Mar 2 2004 7:04PM GMT
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Gateway to Cut Another 1,000 Jobs (Reuters). Reuters - Personal computer and consumer electronics gear maker Gateway Inc. (GTW.N) has cut about 1,000 jobs this year and will cut another 1,000 in the next few months, bringing the number of employees down to about 5,500, a company spokesman said on Tuesday. [Yahoo! News - Business]
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Minneapolis bus drivers to set strike date. Union leaders, officials from Metro Transit and a state mediator left the bargaining table early today after more than 15 hours of negotiations failed to produce an agreement to prevent bus drivers from striking. Star Tribune Mar 2 2004 3:04PM GMT
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A United Front. Two of the country's most innovative and effective unions are joining together, making them 440,000 members strong. They are, by conservative estimate, the two most goddamn tenacious unions in the United States. The Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE) and the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union (HERE), which last week announced their intention to merge, are each known for two of the most remarkable long-term campaigns in American labor history [AlterNet]
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car to hire 6,500 new workers this year. The rental car company said the need for new employees is the result of growth in its car rental, fleet services, car sales and truck rental divisions. It will primarily seek candidates for its management training program, where nearly all of its operational employees begin. St Louis Business Journal Mar 2 2004 4:56PM GMT
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Holland is 'too restrictive on skilled expat migration'. The Netherlands is suffering economically because it places too many restrictions on the entry of foreign engineers and software developers, Dutch Economic Affairs Minister Laurens Jan Brinkhorst has claimed. Expatica Netherlands Mar 2 2004 5:36PM GMT
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Sony to shift production to Mexico. Sony Technology Center-Pittsburgh plans to shift about 25 percent of its production of two popular liquid-crystal-display model televisions to Mexico, a move that could signal some changes at its Westmoreland County manufacturing plant. Pittsburgh Tribune Review Mar 2 2004 7:56AM GMT
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Illegal Migrant Workers Refuse to Leave Korea. In the face of a government crackdown, undocumented workers in Seoul Korea on Tuesday again urged the government to suspend its deportation policy of illegal workers and allow them to work legally in the country. Hankooki Mar 2 2004 12:52PM GMT
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Migrant workers keep home economies afloat. Foreign workers based in Switzerland send home around SFr3 billion ($2.4 billion) each year, according to the Swiss National Bank (SNB). NZZ Online Mar 2 2004 12:55PM GMT
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Volvo employs women only to build new concept car. Volvo Car Corp.'s decision 14 months ago to allow hundreds of women employees to create a vehicle that suits their needs has given birth to a roomy, 215-horsepower coupe that's easy to park, maintain and keep clean. Miami Herald Mar 2 2004 11:47AM GMT
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Bay Area grocery workers prepare for contract fight. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union has planned a mass rally for March 14 in San Francisco to build support among both its own union members and others in the community.
Its target is expected to be Safeway, which the union says has pushed hardest to reduce employee health costs. Grocery workers at other food stores also are unionized but are expected to adopt whatever contract is bargained between the grocery workers' union and large grocery chains. San Jose Mercury News Mar 2 2004 11:19AM GMT
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Janice Kimball
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