Tag: workers
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November 13, 2007 03:33 PM EST --
There are not enough engineers in the United States.
My husband and 1200 of his coworkers lost their jobs to outsourcing. They were all engineers. After 23 years on the job, they came and . . .
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December 16, 2007 10:32 PM EST --
So today the water main in front of my house broke. It's not too much of a suprise. My house is over 100 years old, so I guess the water pipes are, too. Water was gushing out of . . .
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August 21, 2007 05:30 PM EDT --
Last night on Jim Lehrer's PBS show they did a story on how farmers in Colorado can't find workers to pick the crops. The guest workers that the government allows causes so . . .
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July 03, 2008 10:05 AM EDT --
Most of my adult life I've either been a Monday - Friday employee for a public institution or unemployed on the Fourth of July. I can remember having to work on the Fourth when I did my time pushing . . .
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April 06, 2007 01:27 PM EDT --
When CPS social worker Dana Gresbach asked two children to remove their clothes so she could inspect them for signs of abuse, she violated their rights against unreasonable search and seizure according . . .
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March 19, 2008 12:55 PM EDT --
For anyone who did not completely "get" my poem, Working Girl's Lament , you might not realize what huge compliment that is to me. I feel like quite a bit of my writing is . . .
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July 31, 2008 09:38 AM EDT --
If you've ever had to sift through resumes, you know all about the wondrous treasures to be found therein. Today I am shaaaaring some of the sparkly bits of joy that came my way the last . . .
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August 12, 2008 04:55 AM EDT --
I'm in a screen tent with 2 co-workers and it is raining out. The teens are sleeping soundly. I'm not sure how much longer we will be outside, if it keeps raining. I only just . . .
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September 15, 2008 03:02 PM EDT --
That's what I heard in a radio commercial for a hair regrowth product for men the other day. (Yeah, I listen to the radio. The real radio. Not that fakey glorified impersonal stuff . . .
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January 31, 2007 12:10 PM EST --
Ok, here is my little rant for today. I have this co-worker that completely drives me insane. I think she thinks I'm stupid or something cause the director of our daycare center will come in . . .
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November 12, 2007 07:33 PM EST --
This new generation of college graduates has a different value system than we did. They don't want to work. Mothers calling professors at school to ask why their child is failing. . . .
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February 12, 2008 10:33 PM EST --
WE ARE IN TROUBLE!
The population of this country is 300 million.
160 million are retired.
That leaves 140 million to do the work. . . .
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September 24, 2006 01:02 AM EDT --
By JULIA PRESTON
Published: September 22, 2006
The following is an excerpt from the article published in the New York Times:
Mr. Ivicevich, a 69-year-old family farmer, is not given to . . .
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September 23, 2006 11:32 PM EDT --
Colleges and universities all over the nation dedicate time to the farm worker plight in the United States. It is often a part of their education as they prepare for careers as social service . . .
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August 07, 2006 02:15 PM EDT --
Sister Mary Beatrice was in my store recently and she bought a few items of clothing that would last her the next five years. She has spent more than 30 years of her life as a Roman Catholic Nun, in service . . .
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September 22, 2006 10:00 PM EDT --
"Edgar is at work," said Brenda, his ten year old sister.
I blinked twice before answering, "This is the first day of summer school. Where is Eliazar?"
Brenda nodded at the . . .
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September 26, 2006 09:34 AM EDT --
I agree the "freedom of speech" is as American as the Bill of Rights. I agree that stating your beliefs without fear of persecution is what makes this country great. However, crossing . . .
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February 28, 2007 12:31 PM EST --
Folks, Here is this weeks e-mail from Howard Dean of the DNC. Enjoy.
Dear Mitchell,
American workers need help - and there's something you can do about it.
Regardless . . .
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March 12, 2007 10:57 AM EDT --
Should Workers Who Smoke Be Penalized?
Every morning between 5 and 6 a.m. my dog, Smokey Joe, convinces me it’s time for him to go out and chase coyotes, I usually move from . . .
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April 02, 2007 02:35 AM EDT --
A Southern California mother, Deanna Fogarty-Hardwick, filed a lawsuit against Child Protective Services (CPS). She claimed caseworkers had unjustly taken her children in February 2000. The children were . . .
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