Being the junior partner in a moderate government had weakened the appeal of Mr Haider's party to its core constituency, disgruntled blue-collar workers and others, such as small farmers and shopkeepers, who feel threatened by modernisation.

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They looked at 65 workers who were performing the core work of the warehouse, picking up customer orders, gathering together the goods, packing them onto a hand truck and moving it to the area where the products could be picked up.

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Workers in heavy industry, the core of Mr Bertinotti's support, might get a 35-hour working week and be exempted from the tougher rules on early retirement.

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Just northwest of the downtown core, the affluent Tarrytown neighbourhood attracts government workers and families, drawn to the historic housing stock and parkland on the shores of Lake Austin.

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Their product line had gotten stale, they owned too many non-core brands, they had too much debt, and they had obligations to the United Auto Workers they could never hope to honor.

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What remote workers should do is set clear performance goals and regular times for meetings and calls with core teams.

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Not only is IBM and other major employers demanding it, the Office of Personnel Management (in effect, the HR department for federal workers) has just announced it is demanding plans that have the PCMH model at their core.

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However, Janine Allis-Smith, a campaigner with Cumbria Opposed to a Radioactive Environment (Core), said that more work would have to be done before the general public, as opposed to workers in the industry, would feel reassured.

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