And because it is such a big state, still, for organized labor, workers' rights here and abroad, you know, those issues loom large here.
It is one of ruthless cost control and mercenary treatment to providers of labor (workers and staff) and capital (not just by beating down bank loan rates but also, primarily, by demanding from suppliers extended low or no-cost trade credit).
Whatever your politics, I think we can all agree that there is a significant difference between a law that makes less labor available by restricting the job market and one that reduces the amount of labor that workers are willing to supply.
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The question of temporary workers has traditionally produced a stark divide between business and labor, with business seeking a large, low-cost supply of workers, and labor opposed to any guest-worker program that could threaten American laborers and produce questionable working conditions.
In 1996, the Labor Department accused DeCoster of maintaining "sweatshop conditions" for migrant workers at its Turner, Maine, chicken farm, where then-Labor Secretary Robert Reich said workers risked salmonella by handling dead chickens and manure with their bare hands.
Fewer workers in labor unions, to name one important example, means fewer workers talking to one another at the union hall.
This does not allow for a labor market where workers can have their wages bid up.
Seniors get guaranteed coverage, while many younger workers labor in temporary or part-time jobs without benefits.
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Many of these gains are shared today by non-unionized labor and knowledge workers.
Malema has also called for nationwide strikes in the mining industry, dismaying politicians trying to quell labor discontent among workers.
The defendants were accused of violating the Sherman Act and Clayton Act antitrust laws by conspiring to eliminate competition for labor, depriving workers of job mobility and hundreds of millions of dollars of compensation.
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Mr. Li and other Chinese scholars and labor experts say workers from earlier generations, who hailed mainly from poor farms in China's hinterland, were accustomed to hard farm work and more single-mindedly focused on making money.
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Craig Becker and Mark Pearce were nominated to serve on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which protects American workers from unfair labor practices.
Leaders of the organized-labor movement already view service workers with nonexportable jobs as the last best hope of labor unions whose membership is at an all-time low.
The size of the labor force grew by 578, 000 workers in October, with the labor force participation rate moving higher by two-tenths of a percentage point to 63.8%.
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About a third of Japan's labor force are temporary workers who have no job security.
Many more have profited by replacing expensive US labor with cheaper overseas workers and software.
The H-2A visa controversy involving farm workers exemplifies labor's mixed bag as much as any other issue.
It has had to contend with a greedy middleman, unskilled workers, labor unrest, bad press and threatened suits.
And they can protect millions of other domestic workers who labor with precariously few guarantees for their safety and rights.
This way they can practice casting their pearls before small business owners in preparation for eating barbeque with the workers on Labor Day.
Meanwhile, the National Labor Relations Act protects workers at most private-sector employers who discuss employment terms and conditions with co-workers, among other actions.
Each year a universal health care law is introduced in the legislature and labor friendly changes to workers compensation laws are constantly sought.
Kopple draws multidimensional portraits of labor leaders and representative workers (from diehards to scabs), and also fills you in on the how-tos of negotiating.
The Fed also pointed to signs of structural unemployment, noting labor shortages for qualified workers with specific skills, particularly in the energy and IT sector.
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The Qatari Labor Ministry denies that workers are being exploited.
The National Labor Relations Board says workers have a right to discuss work conditions freely and without fear of retribution, whether the discussion takes place at the office or on Facebook.
In the past we have argued that colleges have produced a surplus of college graduates (at least in terms of the labor market demand for workers with a college education).
We, as consumers, have to embrace our own responsibility to the workers who labor over our coveted gadgets by keeping pressure on Apple and its competitors to ensure that they will change their ways.
Small business owners, business leaders, policy experts, workers and labor leaders are joining with senior administration officials today to share their ideas and strategies for making the workplace more flexible for American workers and families.
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