Working Life

   Here we go, another example of a lack of courage: Days after a federal judge blocked his efforts to furlough half the state work force, Gov. David A. Paterson is drafting a plan that would lay off thousands of government workers at the beginning of next year, a move officials say is necessary to […]

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   Ah, things aren’t hard enough for workers–retirement has vanished, unemployment is at double-digits (don’t believe the media focus on the below 10 percent number–if you add in discouraged workers and people who can’t find full-time work, the number if over 16 percent), wages are flat. But, that’s not enough–now employers are complaining they can’t […]

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    Unless you plan on buying the winning ticket in Friday’s $270 million mega-millions jackpot, you, and probably most people in the country, will continue to be on the front-lines of the economic quakes ahead. Every time I write about the economic nastiness brewing, I always say this: for most Americans, it’s been bad times […]

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    Unless you plan on buying the winning ticket in Friday’s $270 million mega-millions jackpot, you, and probably most people in the country, will continue to be on the front-lines of the economic quakes ahead. Every time I write about the economic nastiness brewing, I always say this: for most Americans, it’s been bad times […]

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