What they and the government need to do now is support the small-scale entrepreneurs who want to train legions of wood workers, home builders, machine-operators, and plumbers.

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In Eugene, Deanna Stutzman was one of thousands of workers with jobs tied to wood products who were idled nationally in 2009, as the most severe recession in decades drove the housing market to a near-halt.

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According to the Associated Press news agency, the fire spread quickly because construction workers had recently applied a flammable wood preservative to the exterior of the building.

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Contrary to Mr Wood's assertions, the evidence so far suggests that they are eating into workers' real earnings, and hurting companies' profit margins at home (as they have difficulty passing on higher costs).

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This is done so that body and repair shops throughout the world can figure out how Mulliner workers seamlessly fitted a DVD player into the rear headrest, or how the folding solid wood tables unfurl.

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While the temperature outside was minus 30 degrees Celsius (minus 22 Fahrenheit), the wood-burning stove was cold because the family had run out of firewood, according to the welfare workers.

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Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood raised the question of employment in Labour councils as she criticised the leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf for forcing council workers to accept a pay cut whilst he was "raking in a massive salary".

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