It is disappointing that the other unions appear willing to accept what is by any measure a severe cut in redundancy rights that effectively tears up the contracts their members have signed.

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And the fact is that 4.3 million jobs have been created over the last 27 months and it is a measure of how severe the recession was that that is not nearly enough.

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This final version is less severe than a draft released last summer, giving programs more opportunities to right themselves if they run afoul of the measure.

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