Dell will dismiss 260 workers in North Carolina, and Fruit of the Loom, which is owned by Berkshire Hathaway, is axing 80 in Alabama.

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PIN, which belongs to the publisher Axel Springer, said it would dismiss 1, 000 workers.

ECONOMIST: Pay in Germany

The union Unison says the council is planning to dismiss 9, 941 workers and re-employ them on revised terms.

BBC: Almost 10,000 Doncaster Council workers face 'dismissal'

In the long run this may prove a boon for American firms, which have far more freedom to choose which workers to dismiss than their European counterparts.

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We don't need to scare the wits out of workers with threats to dismiss them.

BBC: UK Politics

First, let's dismiss the laughable idea that the United Auto Workers union will recognize the problem and willingly cut the burdens, freeze the already-rich pensions and make workers contribute far more to pensions and retiree health care.

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