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As a result, productivity at the Minnesota mines doubled with no new investment because work rules changed and the employment of skilled workers was cut in half.
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The plants had to be cut back and replanted, which took skilled labour.
ECONOMIST: A banana bank is safeguarding the future of the crop
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The limits include more levies on firms that employ low-skilled foreign workers, a cut in foreign worker quotas and stricter qualification guidelines.
BBC: Singapore budget focuses on foreign workers
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He believes the UK no longer "honours" skilled work, and wants to cut the number of academic institutions.
BBC: Labour conference: Call to axe half of universities
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And real reform means fixing the legal immigration system to cut waiting periods and attract the highly-skilled entrepreneurs and engineers that will help create jobs and grow our economy.
WHITEHOUSE: State of the Union 2013
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More recently, and more sensibly, Sweden has cut taxes on labour, especially for the low-skilled.
ECONOMIST: A bit more unequal, a lot more efficient
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Engineers designed the dies on paper, and skilled craftsmen used hand-operated machinery to cut the die from a hunk of steel.
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And real reform means fixing the legal immigration system to cut waiting periods, reduce bureaucracy, and attract the highly-skilled entrepreneurs and engineers that will help create jobs and grow our economy.
FORBES: Full Text: President Obama's 2013 State Of The Union Address
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Take care while shopping: Since 2008, a few communities around the country and one large operator, Erickson Retirement Communities, have sought bankruptcy protection. (Erickson was bought and renamed Erickson Living.) Other CCRCs have cut staff, reduced services or postponed opening assisted-living or skilled-nursing units.
WSJ: Family Value: Beyond Long-Term Care
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The number of visas issued to skilled non-EU migrants without job offers - known as tier 1 - would be cut by 13, 000 to 1, 000, and the corresponding number of visas issued to those with job offers - known as tier 2 - would increase by 7, 000 to 20, 700, Mrs May explained.
BBC: May unveils plan to reduce non-EU immigration