The staff laid off on Friday were 100 employees with steelwork trades and 44 other workers.

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His workers learned their trades from superb masters: bookbinder Louis H.

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Mr. Murphy, a former aide to city Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, has the support of some of the city's largest and most politically powerful unions, such as 1199 SEIU, which represents health-care workers, and the Hotel Trades Council.

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The wholesale, hotel and restaurant trades have taken on another 100, 000 workers.

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Burr said his group opposes such an exclusion because, even though unemployment in the construction industry is high right now, at times when it is low there can be labor shortages in high-skilled trades and contractors want to be able to bring in foreign workers.

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Liam Gallagher of Derry Trades Council said a drop in demand for computer products has left workers fearful.

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Since defense workers in both the public and private sectors usually make more money than people employed in the construction trades, their spending probably has a stronger impact on the rest of the economy.

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"We're opposed to a deregulated Europe where workers' rights are pushed to one side", said Tony Young, the President of the British Trades Union Congress.

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