As rural factories lay off workers, people drift toward the cities.

随着乡镇企业裁员，人们陆续移向城市。

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America's more flexible jobs market makes it far easier and cheaper to lay off workers.

美国拥有更具弹性的劳动力市场，这使得解聘工人更容易，费用也更低。

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That means they are less likely to lay off workers.

也就是说，这些小企业解雇员工的可能性减少了。

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Union contracts also make it difficult for management to lay-off workers and utilize part-time employees.

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And instead of hiring 1, 000 workers, they intended to close one of its older facilities and lay-off 135 temporary or contract workers along with 40 full-time employees.

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With the woes of the financial sector grabbing headlines, technology companies could opt to write-off bad acquisitions now, kill ill-conceived product lines or lay off unneeded workers.

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