Think of all the farm jobs lost to tractors and other farm equipment, and all the factory jobs lost to labor-saving technology, equipment, and computers.
We need to restore the bargaining power that labor has lost over the last 30 years, so that ordinary workers as well as superstars have the power to bargain for good wages.
Referring to the lost production in South Africa because of labor unrest this year, he said the lost PGM output could be as high as 1.2 million ounces versus 2011 production, referring to the combination of platinum, palladium and rhodium.
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Australia has had five leaders -- and in one case the same one twice -- since 2007, when long-time Liberal leader John Howard lost the federal election to Labor's Kevin Rudd.
Relations between Mexico and China have been tense since China's emergence as an export powerhouse and challenging rival for the Latin American country in the global trade arena, though Mexico has recently recovered some lost ground due to rising labor costs in China.
Rather than the 110, 00 jobs that were expected to have been created, the Labor Department said the economy lost 4, 000 positions.
Rather than the 110, 000 jobs that were expected to have been created, the Labor Department said the economy lost 4, 000 positions.
For example, many valuable employees are impossible to replace, and lost knowledge and capabilities cannot be acquired from the labor market.
Yet, just for the week that ended on June 4, 2011, 427, 000 Americans lost their jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
U.S. carmakers have lost money on small cars for years because of high labor rates and the cost to insure union retirees.
Deputy White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart told reporters aboard Air Force One on the flight from Houston to Birmingham the new money will be a U.S. Labor Department grant to help workers who have lost income as a result of the devastation.
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The Labor Department reported yet another 131, 000 jobs lost in July.
More interesting, when Labor releases its own take on the jobs created and lost for the month, is what sectors the jobs that were created were in, and what sectors lost positions.
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Lost in the emotions is the fact that a good dose of cheap labor sure would be convenient in the scheme of global competition.
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Rick Santorum took his nostalgia for manufacturing to 2nd place in the recent GOP presidential primary, but lost on his partisans is the simple and happy truth that manufacturing of the labor intensive variety, no matter the tax subsidies, will never return to the United States.
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Today, the Labor Department released its monthly employment survey and reported that the nation lost 11, 000 jobs in November -- which was about 115, 000 fewer than was forecast -- and is about close to zero, from the perspective of our overall economy. (Applause.) The unemployment rate ticked down, instead of up. (Applause.) The report also found that we lost about 160, 000 fewer jobs over the last two months than we had previously thought.
More than a million Americans lost their jobs this year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In the second decision, a federal judge in New York chucked out a class-action suit after discovering that the plaintiff, a labor-union pension fund, never owned the shares it claimed it lost money on.
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Most analysts had expected that Friday's unemployment report from the Labor Department would in fact show that fewer, not more, jobs were lost in March than in February.
But the inevitable labor problems, computer meltdowns, stock price fluctuations and employee displacement (I lost a job in an airline merger, by the way) are steps on the path to an improved industry that better serves its passengers.
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First, the Department of Labor will work closely with State unemployment offices and the responsible parties to cross-check payments for lost wages as a result of the spill.
The Chinese government recognizes that these jobs will eventually be lost to countries like Vietnam, Cambodia, or Indonesia which can be even more competitive on the cost of labor than China.
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Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), prevailing employees can recover double damages for up to three years of lost overtime or other pay, as well as their costs and legal fees.
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