Steve Gross, a global practice leader at consulting firm Mercer LLC, says some executives are eliminating jobs' as a preventive measure 'in anticipation of a long recession.

咨询公司Mercer LLC的全球薪酬事务负责人格罗斯(Steve Gross)说，一些企业因预计将有长期衰退而提前采取预防性的裁员措施。

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Stocks rose early last week and, despite data showing that U. S. employers are eliminating more jobs than they have in five years, held onto their gains.

股指在上周末有小幅回升，尽管数据显示美国的雇主为了保障他们的利益裁减了大量的岗位，比他们在过去五年裁减岗位的都多。

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It is eliminating production jobs that were the bedrock of the black non-professional middle class.

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We're eliminating those jobs that pay on average between maybe 800 and a thousand dollars per week.

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It means eliminating lifetime jobs, kicking out the remnants of organized crime and rewarding organizers for successfully landing sustainable employment for employees (not for landing company-killing contracts).

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