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Americans paychecks shrinking

June 13, 2010
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getting less money from reduced-income customers, and its a hardship for workers trying to figure out how to pay bills. In Siegels case, he brought in about $60,000 a year before his primary job as promotions director for a comedy club was eliminated.

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Americans adapt to earning less, but paychecks may never recover

June 11, 2010
By Pay Cuts

less money from reduced-income customers, and it's a hardship for workers trying to figure out how to pay their bills. In Siegel's case, he brought in about $60,000 a year before his primary job as promotions director for a comedy club was eliminated.

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IT worker demand rises amid mixed market signals

June 10, 2010
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rose by 10 per cent and there are positive signs from the figures, concerns remain about unemployment and cuts coming in future years. The REC report showed there are still 60,000 unemployed IT professionals and 68,000 employed job hunters competing for

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Spain strike to vent frustration, but test is job reform (Reuters)

June 7, 2010
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through a plan to shave 15 billion euros (12.35 billion pounds) off the budget with public sector cuts, is a shot across the government's bows before unions receive its draft of much-awaited labour reform Wednesday. Public sector workers face average

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Spain strike to vent frustration, but test is job reform

June 7, 2010
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* Over 2.3 million workers affected by pay cuts * Public workers' strike may hit schools, hospitals * Labour reform to be unveiled on Wednesday MADRID, June 7 (Reuters) - Spain's public sector strike against a government

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Romanian public workers strike over wage cuts

May 31, 2010
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Tens of thousands of Romanian public workers have gone on strike, protesting hefty wage cuts meant to reduce the country's budget deficit. The workers walked off the job Monday, the same day the ruling Democratic Liberal Party submitted a plan to slash

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Why not being paid for a job makes me angry | Susannah Straughan

May 30, 2010
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Companies are shamelessly circumventing minimum wage laws and cherry picking 'interns' from a pool of free labour As Mark Lawson muses on how the wealthy might survive in this age of "conspicuous non-consumption", I think the

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At work — and earning less: As economy begins to recover, many are living on reduced salaries

May 30, 2010
By Pay Cuts

less money from reduced-income customers, and it's a hardship for workers trying to figure out how to pay their bills. In Siegel's case, he brought in about $60,000 a year before his primary job as promotions director for a comedy club was eliminated.

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How high inflation is hitting your finances

May 26, 2010
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Inflation has exposed the yawning gap between public and private sectors. While public sector workers enjoyed an average pay rise of 4% last year, many in the private sector saw their pay frozen or accepted cuts to keep them in a job. Overall, British

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Millenium Labour Council backs Minister Patel’s job plan

May 22, 2010
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measure of last resort. They said companies should consider alternatives such as a shorter working week, moratorium on wage increases and salary sacrifices or wage cuts before deciding to lay-off workers. The MLC is a joint project between South

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City releases job cut numbers: 14 workers laid off

May 16, 2010
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trim the budget without cutting salaries, the city announced last week that they could no longer avoid making cuts that are an unwelcome subtraction from city worker's bank accounts: layoffs and furlough. Now, the city has released more specific

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Unjust pay cut for older workers hurts – AsiaOne

May 16, 2010
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Unjust pay cut for older workers hurts
AsiaOne

Days later, her pay was cut by 10 per cent. She was doing the 'same job and more', Madam Tay wrote to me last week, responding to a Saturday Special package ...
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Teachers From Across The State Plan Education Funding Rally

May 15, 2010
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Hundreds of teachers from around the state will march on the state capitol Saturday, in protest of budget cuts. The rally comes as hundreds of area teachers learn they may not have a job next year because of state budget cuts that could cost school

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No economic immunity

May 15, 2010
By Pay Cuts

his job in the field of electronics. The majority of teachers also work hard. My husband had a wage freeze last year, and this year it remains to be seen. Our insurance premiums also doubled this year. Why is it the majority of teachers feel they should

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The Vent / Cobb – Atlanta Journal Constitution

May 11, 2010
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />The Vent / Cobb
Atlanta Journal Constitution

I understand about downsizing-- I would have gladly taken a 10% pay cut like they did in DeKalb than lose my job completely. It's not that a practice fiels ...

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Oak Forest admin., others take pay cuts

May 6, 2010
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s job wasn't among the positions cut by city officials while preparing the 2010-11 budget. But his pay wasn't left untouched. Marquart will take a pay cut of at least $15,000 and give up some perks stipulated in his contract in the coming year to help

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Village committee suggests staff, spending cuts – Spinal Column Online

May 5, 2010
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Village committee suggests staff, spending cuts
Spinal Column Online

"I said I'd be willing to take a large paycut if they would just let me keep my job but they didn't want to mess with it," she said. ...
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Barrett says Harley wants to keep politics out of its negotiations

May 1, 2010
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Harley-Davidson, Barrett said. It wants to work this out internally. He said the company wants to negotiate any wage cuts or job eliminations at its plants in Milwaukee, Menomonee Falls and Tomahawk. The company has about 1,400 employees in Wisconsin.

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Panel: Goodyear needs to cut employee pay, some services

April 30, 2010
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To get leaner, Goodyear needs to cut employee pay and benefits, scale back some services and do a better job determining how much it costs to run the city. These are among 15 proposals the Citizen's Budget Committee

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Oak Forest city admin. post to stay

April 27, 2010
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Marquart were dismissed, and it would have trouble attracting qualified job candidates. With the key administrator post staying, cuts have to come from elsewhere, especially if the city creates the position of building commissioner. Finance director

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Protest over 2.5million college cuts

April 27, 2010
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PROTESTERS will demonstrate outside a Tottenham college this afternoon over budget cuts and job threats. The College of Haringey, Enfield, and North East London, better known as Conel, is facing a 2.5 million budget cut which could mean a loss of

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Broward arts teachers asked to take half pay – Sun-Sentinel

April 26, 2010
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Broward arts teachers asked to take half pay
Sun-Sentinel

... music and physical education a choice: Take a pay cut of almost 50 percent, or take your chances waiting for a job to open up at another school. ...
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Superintendent retiring, but not leaving job

April 16, 2010
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continue to work full-time as superintendent. He says the economy has forced the the district to make some salary cuts and this is another way to save the district money. 'Basically, the only thing it does is change where I get my money from,' said

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News Flash: Postal Service Not Viable Business

April 12, 2010
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Postal Service's current business model "is not viable" and the mail agency should make deeper job and wage cuts, hire more part-time staff and consider outsourcing operations, according to a draft of a government audit acquired by The Federal Eye.

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Tentative OK given to county budget

April 9, 2010
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committee agreed to save a corrections deputy job in exchange for cutting a control room operator, which increased salary costs in the jail by $22,500. In budget hearings last week, Polk County Sheriff Bob Wolfe and jail administrator Lt. Barb Shipley

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Prince George’s County Cuts Moneysaving Job

April 5, 2010
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COMMENT| TWITTER | FACEBOOK | PRINT | EMAIL | RSS search tags: prince georges ? county ? cuts Stay on top of breaking news! Sign up for ABC 7 News e-mail alerts. Your Email: related stories: UPPER MARLBORO, Md. - Critics say a recent layoff in

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West Melbourne police chief takes pay cut to keep job – Florida Today

April 5, 2010
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />West Melbourne police chief takes pay cut to keep job
Florida Today

... forego more than $80000 from a deferred retirement program and take more than 10 percent pay cut to stay with the city where he spent his entire career....
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Jobs survey: Pay cuts remain but tech salaries jump – ZDNet (blog)

April 2, 2010
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Jobs survey: Pay cuts remain but tech salaries jump – ZDNet (blog)


ZDNet (blog)

<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Jobs survey: Pay cuts remain but tech salaries jump
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There's no doubt that the job market has been on a rough ride the past couple of years, what with...
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Student employee union protests

April 1, 2010
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Cho. Undergaduate and graduate TAs and research assistants gather in Mary Gates Hall yesterday to protest proposed job cuts. 'It kind of looks like the union and the university are at loggerheads,' said Damon di Cicco, a communications TA and steward for

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$6M hole equals 10 percent tax hike in Randolph Township

April 1, 2010
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the Thursday, March 18 Board of Education meeting proposed a 10.22 percent tax levy increase and district-wide wage freeze as the least painful ways close that gap. The measures are in addition to the job cuts already proposed. And, more actions could be

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KY: Senate approves what House calls ‘budget buster’

March 23, 2010
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Plan has more cuts, drops job-making projects FRANKFORT ? The Kentucky Senate passed its version of a $17.3 billion, two-year state budget Monday night that cuts deeper than the House's proposed spending

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Strike over Greece’s cutbacks turns violent

March 13, 2010
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all news broadcasts were suspended as workers walked off the job for 24 hours to protest against spending cuts and tax hikes designed to tackle the country's debt crisis. Minor clashes broke out in the northern city of Thessaloniki, where about 14 000

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National Sport: HMRC to accept Pompey administration

March 11, 2010
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executive Peter Storrie will remain in his job while the club attempt to find a buyer. Storrie, whose salary when Pompey won the FA Cup in 2008 was widely reported as £1.2million including bonuses, has agreed to take a 40% pay cut, while "one or two"

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National Sport: HMRC to accept Pompey administration

March 11, 2010
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executive Peter Storrie will remain in his job while the club attempt to find a buyer. Storrie, whose salary when Pompey won the FA Cup in 2008 was widely reported as £1.2million including bonuses, has agreed to take a 40% pay cut, while "one or two"

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School cuts: Size matters – Savannah Morning News

March 7, 2010
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School cuts: Size matters – Savannah Morning News


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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />School cuts: Size matters
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At the same time, it is better to take a pay cut than to lose a job. What's more, personnel costs make up 86 percent...
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NYSEG Customer Service Center Could See Cuts

March 2, 2010
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NY (WBNG Binghamton) Employees at a NYSEG customer service center in Kirkwood could be forced to take a pay cut, or lose their job. WBNG has obtained a memo between the local union representing those employees and New York State Electric and Gas. It says

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Obamacare 2.0 Is a Job Killer

February 23, 2010
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spending are both fully phased in, outlays could reach $1.7 trillion over ten years. As well as cuts in Medicare, often proposed but rarely realized, the program would be funded through a tax on expensive plans - individual plans that exceed $10,200 and

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UK managers: resigned to the recession?

February 23, 2010
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Never mind job cuts - an increasing proportion of British bosses are showing themselves the door. In these tough economic times, youd think people would be more determined than ever to cling on to

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Letter: State workers deserve rewards, not pay cuts – Prescott Daily Courier

February 16, 2010
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Letter: State workers deserve rewards, not pay cuts
Prescott Daily Courier

There are many people who would be happy to take a pay cut just to keep a job. Why is it that our workers at ADOT have taken quite a...
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