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Reports that several part-time grocery workers have walked off their jobs or been locked out as several supermarket chains move to control health-care costs. Increase in the number of part-time workers in the U.S. job market, according to the U.S. Department of Labor; Impact of rising health-care costs on companies' decision to shift more of the burden to employees; Comparison of the rates of employee-participation in health insurance between part-time and full-time workers, indicating that part-timers are not offered the same level of coverage for a variety of reasons; Percentage decrease in the number of companies offering health coverage to part-time workers between 2003 and 2001, according to a survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting; Number of employees striking Albertson's Inc., Safeway Inc.'s Vons and Kroger Co.'s Ralphs supermarket chains in Southern California.

The article presents news briefs on topics such as a two-day strike by German workers at electronic commerce firm Amazon.com, the death toll related to a defect several car models manufactured by General Motors Co., and a joint venture by telecommunications firm AT&T and media mogul Peter Chernin.

Focuses on home-based piece workers in the U.S. Decreasing numbers of home-based piece workers; Cheaper piece rates in China; History of home workers.

Reports on the impact of news about war and terrorism on U.S. employees, as of March 21, 2003.

Presents news report about life on the job, including the increase in average hourly pay of employees in July 2002.

Presents news and information related to employment in the U.S., such as the decision of a Cincinnati federal appeals court to allow workers to walk off their jobs if they have reasonable concerns.

Discusses various issues related to job trends in the U.S. in 2002.

Presents news briefs relating to work and the work environment in the United States. Plans of labor groups to establish mandatory ergonomics regulations in U.S. states; Effect of temporary employees on the performance of companies; Ruling in a California federal appeals court that non-union employees must pay for union organization efforts; Others.

Presents briefs relating to employment and the workplace in the United States. Details on unemployment rates; Use of the Internet by employees to check standings among sports teams; Plans of executives at large U.S. companies relating to staffing; Efforts by U.S. legislators to require boards of trustees that include employees for 401(k) plans.

Presents news briefs relating to work and the work environment in the United States as of March 5, 2002. Percentage of American workers who bring their work home; Increase in gasoline taxes in New Jersey, and how it could affect conditions for gas station operators; Details on possible plans of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) to lay off internal employees; Decreasing average job tenure in the United States.

Presents news briefs relating to work and the workplace in the United States. U.S. companies, unions and other groups that have petitioned the U.S. Labor Department claiming damage from the North American Free Trade Agreement; Employment offers for former employees of Enron Corp.; Legislation before the U.S. Senate designed to ban discrimination against employees based on genetics; Others.

Presents news briefs relating to work and the work environment in the United States. Decrease in offerings of severance packages to employees; Victory by labor unions in a court battle deciding whether federal contractors were required to post notices telling workers they have a right not to join a union; High injury rates among air transportation workers.

Presents news briefs relating to the workplace in the United States. Fears by managers that companies could be held liable for anthrax infections and other terrorism-related problems; Unemployment in New York City exacerbated by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks; Opposition from Democrats in the U.S. Congress to the nomination of Eugene Scalia as Labor Department solicitor; Illness responsible for one third of unscheduled absences at companies; Others.

Presents news briefs relating to the workplace. Layoffs among corporate human resources departments; 'Working Woman' magazine put on hold so that the directors can consider the magazine's direction; United States government funds for unemployment insurance normally sent to U.S. states possibly held back; Legislation concerning temporary employees in California and its implications.

Presents several work and employment-related news briefs as of July 17, 2001. Agreement in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives about a bill which would prohibit employers and insurers from using genetic-testing to discriminate against workers; Need for international culinary workers in the U.S.; Effect on employees of First Union Corp. and Wachovia Corp. merger; Others.

Presents United States employment-related news briefs as of June 5, 2001. Decreased labor union activity; Dispute over the decision of the Supreme Court that a refund be given to nonunion workers for union dues used for politics; Reduced severance packages for laid off workers; Others.

Reports United States job-related news briefs as of May 22, 2001. Accusations of employee discrimination at Xerox Corp.; Extension of the time limit in which employees laid off by Cisco Systems can exercise their options; Decision of a San Francisco, California federal appeals-court that dues-paying nonmembers of unions do not have to pay for organizing efforts, which has upset union organizers; Others.

Presents news briefs related to business as of April 17, 2001. Claim of a hospital that a union-operated Web site bears a logo similar to that of the hospital; Percentage of surveyed companies that monitored employee communications and performance; Offering of workplace violence policies by insurance companies; Others.

Presents brief reports about working conditions in the United States, for the week of April 10, 2001. Survey by University of Arizona scholar Barry Goldman on the frequency of discrimination claims filed by white workers, as opposed to black workers; Efforts in New York City to found a labor union for boxers; Relative job security for temporary employees; Unemployment rates in U.S. metropolitan area; Other brief reports.

Presents brief reports about working conditions in the United States, as of April 3, 2001. Prospects that states may seek to use pension funds as a way to make up budget shortfalls; U.S. Border Patrol's agreement to cooperate with other federal agencies to clean up trash on the U.S.-Mexican border; The George W. Bush administration's attitude toward unions; Other brief reports.

Presents brief reports about working conditions in the United States, as of March 27, 2001. Job insecurity of temporary workers; Layoffs of hotel workers; The Supreme Court's attitude toward binding labor arbitration; Statistics on the frequency of inappropriate questions asked by job interviewers; Unionization efforts at the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN); Other brief reports.

Presents brief reports about working conditions in the United States. Challenges facing Leo W. Gerard, international president of the United Steelworkers of America; The so-called 'computer palm' problem which afflicts computer users who rest their weight on the palms of their hands; Dispute between Federal Express and the FedEx Pilots Association, over contract to carry U.S. mail; Unemployment among black women; Business-skills seminar for clergy, at Columbia Presbyterian Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia; Other brief reports.

Presents news briefs about the United States working world, for the week of February 20, 2001. Companies' increasing use of job performance rather than seniority as a way to determine which employees are laid off; Poll by Peter D. Hart Research Associates Inc. for the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), which shows age differences in attitudes toward unions; Decline in numbers of experienced labor negotiators; Possibility of increased insurance costs for architects.

Presents news related to the working world in the United States, as of February 13, 2001. Meeting of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) in Los Angeles, California; States' increased use of telephone-based unemployment insurance systems; Economists' examination of possible increase in unemployment; Ernst & Young LLP's plan to offer same-sex domestic-partner benefits in 2002; Economic impact of California power outages on local businesses.

Offers news briefs related to employment and the workplace in the United States as of December 5, 2000. Projections of employee health-benefit costs; Effect of the observance of Ramadan among Islamic employees; Discussion of injunction petitions considered by the National Labor Relations Board for blocking companies from moving to Mexico; Accusation that early-retirement plans for teachers in Wisconsin and Minnesota violate age-discrimination laws.

Offers news briefs related to job life in the United States as of November 21, 2000. Drive among customer-service employees at Amazon.com to unionize; Discussion of a sexual-discrimination case where a female police officer on a K-9 force claims she faced an internal review because she did not love her dog; How Sovereign Bancorp Inc. will continue offering domestic-partner benefits to gay and lesbian employees.

Presents news briefs related to work life and conditions as of October 24, 2000. Endorsement by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons of early return to work programs for injured workers; Opinion that there is a need for night time child care; Conditions under which Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. employees will be laid off; Others.

Offers news briefs regarding the work force in the United States as of October 10, 2000. Details on a court ruling against Viacom Inc. which found that they must provide layoff benefits to workers; How transsexual employees may seek legislation that would grant them workplace protection; How small grocery stores in Los Angeles California have formed a union to protect their businesses against larger chain stores; Others.

Discusses trends taking place in the United States workplace as of September 12, 2000. Schools that are being affected by teachers' strikes; Worries over the impact that employees' personal debt is having on their ability to contribute to 401(k) plans; The number of Delta Air Lines employees that have taken the carrier up on its offer to provide discounted computers.

Announces that the United States National Labor Relations Board extended to nonunion employees the right to bring along a co-worker to a disciplinary meeting with an employer. Impact of the decision; Information regarding the ruling; Reaction to the ruling.

Offers news briefs pertaining to work in the United States for June 27, 2000. Details of the Workforce Investment Act that replaces a federally supported summer-jobs program for youth; System for telephone interviewing offered by Interim Services Inc.; Protection for employees who discuss salary; Reason that U.S. Nursing Corp. lacks popularity with organized labor.

Offers news briefs pertaining to work in the United States for June 20, 2000. Impact of the tight job market on volunteer groups such as Boston Partners in Education; Grant awarded to the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Illinois to hire testers, or civil rights investigators, to discover instances of discrimination; Availability of positions on the National Labor Relations Board.

Reports on news and trends in the United States workplace. How the tight labor market will adversely affect companies that clean and maintain swimming pools; The suspension of an offer of membership in the Screen Actors Guild if nonmembers participated for a certain number of hours in the union's commercial actors strike; Findings from the Industrial Noise and Hearing Loss Consensus Meeting.

Reports on trends in the United States workplace as of May 30, 2000. Percent of college graduates in 2000 that have accepted jobs; The two US states that have come up short in a high-technology employment survey by the Nasdaq Stock Market and the American Electronics Association; States that have extended the same-sex domestic-partner benefits to state employees.

Provides information on the appointment of Joe B. Foster as chairman, president, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Baker Hughes Inc. Resignation of Max L. Lukens as CEO of the company; Appointment of Andrew J. Szescila as senior vice president of the company's core oil-field operations; Price of Baker Hughes shares.

Announces the appointment of Kurt M. Landgraf as president of the pharmaceutical unit of DuPont Co. Effectivity of the appointment; Other positions he will be holding; Career background of Landgraf.

Reports on the dismissal of the chairman and chief executive officer of Physicians Resource Group Incorporated, Emmett E. Moore following a disappointing $18.4 million third-quarter earnings loss. Comparison of the 1997 earnings with the same period in 1996; Company trading results for November 19, 1997 on the New York Stock Exchange; Details on the termination of Moore.

Announces that Ralph Erben, chairman and a director of Luby's Cafeterias Incorporated, resigned four days after the company's chief executive officer, John Edward Curtis Jr. committed suicide and John B. Lahourcade was named to succeed Erben. Reason given for Erben's resignation; Other duties given to Lahourcade; Background information on all the parties; How the company's stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Announces the decision of Cendant Corp. to appoint a management team to run its membership club and other direct-marketing operations. Executives appointed by Cendant; Responsibilities of Michael P. Monaco as chairman and chief executive of the company's alliance marketing division.

Announces the appointment of Franklin Raines, White House budget director, to the post of chairman and chief executive officer of Fannie Mae. Circumstances surrounding Raines' appointment; Comments by Raines about his career decision; Name of Raines' predecessor; Advantages of Raines' being affiliated with Fannie Mae; Status of Raines' compensation; Details on Raines' business acumen.

Reports on the status of credit card payments in the United States. Increase in late settlement of accounts for the 4th quarter of 1995; Increase in late settlement of mortgage loans; Contributing factors; Rise in employee debt level.

Reports revelations by Bollinger Industries Inc. regarding the mass resignations of officials and advisers of company in June 1995. Reasons cited; Details of the new appointments of company's subsidiaries.