The Big Three Detroit automakers all had near-identical agreements with the United Auto Workers.

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In addition, the secretary of Homeland Security must have "implemented a mandatory employment verification system to be used by all employers to prevent unauthorized workers from obtaining employment in the United States, " according to the bill summary.

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Ford Motor ( F - news - people ) announced it would be offering buyout or retirement incentive packages to all 41, 000 of its hourly, United Automobile Workers-represented workers in the U.S. The company is trying to reduce payroll costs as a step toward regaining profitability by 2011.

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Negotiations with the United Auto Workers union on a new national contract begin this summer at all three U.S. automakers.

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In rural areas, the United Nations says wages, agriculture income and productivity all improve when the female workers are educated.

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All this means that while something like one in nine workers in Greater London is a foreign national, for the United Kingdom as a whole the figure is only one in 25.

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