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• H-P Slashing Jobs At Vancouver Plant

  February 19, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A10 Hewlett-Packard Co. said it will eliminate 1,000 jobs, or a third of the work force, at its Vancouver, Wash., plant amid a shift in customer taste to lower-priced ink-jet printers. …

• Nebraska Tribe Makes Cigarettes Omaha Brand Produced At Former Health Club Site

  February 10, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A5 An Indian tribe gasping for jobs has turned a health club into a cigarette factory. In a building that once featured basketball courts and treadmills, the Omaha Nation Tobacco Co. …

• Friedan Prods Men To Do More Feminist Seeks New Partnership In Balancing Work, Home Demands

  February 6, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A12 Pioneer feminist Betty Friedan addresses the Association of Work-Life Professionals Thursday in Miami. Photo by Associated Press

• Gold’s Plunge Triggers Mining Industry Cutbacks

  February 6, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A12 The line of people queued up to receive unemployment checks here is twice as long as it was a year ago, before plunging gold prices hit the mining industry. And …

• Immigration Officers Become Largest Federal Agent Force

  January 26, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Thanks to the growing national concern over immigration, the nation now has more immigration officers authorized to carry a gun and make arrests than it has FBI agents. Led by …

• Students On The Job Should Teenagers Have The Freedom To Work Longer Hours?

  January 22, 1998 in Washington Voices on Page V1 1. East Valley High student Andrea Tonani works at the steam table at Senor Froggy. Photo by Steve Thompson/The Spokesman-Review 2. Teenager Ken Dahlstrom works the french-fry line at Ron’s …

• Hewlett-Packard Closing Plant In Vancouver

  January 19, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A18 Between 200 and 250 workers for Hewlett-Packard Co. are losing their jobs after the California-based firm announced it is closing its printed circuit assembly division here. The company said it …

• Disk Drive Maker Cuts 10,000 Jobs Seagate Technology Blames Intense Industry Price War

  January 16, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A10 Seagate Technology Inc., the largest independent maker of computer disk drives, on Thursday said it is cutting 10,000 jobs, mostly in Asia, as it struggles against an intense industry price …

• Netscape Cuts Back, Eliminates 400 Jobs

  January 16, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A10 Netscape Communications Corp. will cut its work force by about 400 people to reduce costs after projecting a quarterly loss of more than $80 million, company officials said Thursday. The …

• Georgia-Pacific Selling Mills, Warehouses

  January 15, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A8 Georgia-Pacific Corp. said Wednesday it will sell most of its millwork fabrication plants as well as 13 distribution warehouses in the Western United States. Warehouses to be sold or closed …

• Cda Lands $10 Million Gte Center Order-Processing Facility To Employ 65 In April; More Openings Likely Later On

  January 15, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Coeur d’Alene edged out 60 other locations in Western states for a $10 million GTE Northwest order-processing center. The facility will open in April with 65 jobs paying between $8.50 …

• Pacificorp To Close Glenrock Coal Mine

  January 13, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A6 PacifiCorp announced Monday that it will cut 600 jobs and close its Glenrock coal mine in Wyoming as it takes $214 million in pretax charges for the fourth quarter. The …

• Jobless Rate Edges Up But November Total Was 31-Year Low For Month

  December 24, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A6 November can be tough for job-seekers as seasonal workers are stricken from payrolls. But this November was an exception, with unemployment in Washington falling to its lowest level in more …

• Downsizing Trend Here To Stay

  December 21, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A18 Corporate America has an early Christmas present for workers: another round of job cuts. The pace of downsizing has picked up recently, both locally and nationally, even as the U.S. …

• Boeing To Eliminate 12,000 Jobs 1998 Cutback Follows Hiring Spree Over Last Two Years

  December 17, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A20 Boeing spent much of the year frantically hiring to overcome production problems. Now, top executives hope to cut the work force by about 12,000 next year - if things get …

• Rjr Nabisco Slashing 3,000 Tobacco Jobs

  December 17, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A20 Joe Camel is getting company on the unemployment line. The cigarette maker that recently laid off the hip advertising character under pressure from smoking critics is slashing nearly 3,000 jobs …

• More Women Managers, But Not At The Top Female Executives Continue To Earn Less Than Male Counterparts, And Glass Ceiling Still Prevails

  December 11, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A12 Despite growing numbers of women in managerial jobs worldwide, women earn less than men in those positions and hold just 2 to 3 percent of the top spots, a U.N. …

• Group Health To Cut Work Force Citing Losses Due To State Programs, Company Plans To Lay Off 10 Percent Of Its 1,000 Workers

  December 4, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Group Health Northwest is laying off up to 10 percent of its 1,000 employees because of serious financial losses. As many as 100 people will lose their jobs over the …

• Jobs Plus Keeping Things In Perspective North Idaho Waiting For Strong Signs Before Getting Excited About Chip Plant

  December 2, 1997 in Idaho on Page B1 Often wooed but never wed, North Idaho once again is waiting at the altar for a large technology firm to come and tie the knot. At the invitation of the …

• Jobs Fall Along With Timber Harvest Panhandle National Forests Facing Smaller Budget, Layoffs

  November 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Both the timber industry and U.S. Forest Service are cutting jobs in the Inland Northwest, a consequence of soft lumber prices, declining federal spending and a smaller timber harvest. Thirty-two …

• Jobs Made To Order For Disabled Workers

  November 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Jeff Church, who got his job through Goodwill Industries, stacks envelopes at the Coldwater Creek warehouse. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

• Potlatch Trims Jobs At 2 Plywood Mills

  November 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A18 Potlatch Corp. is making changes at its plywood plants in Pierce and St. Maries that have resulted in 40 lost jobs, with more to follow. The new strategy is to …

• Jobless Rate Drops To 4.1% October Level Is Lowest For Month In 29 Years

  November 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A12 Bucking the trend of job losses in autumn, Washington state’s unemployment rate dropped from 4.3 percent to 4.1 percent in October, the lowest rate for the month in 29 years, …

• Kimberly-Clark To Cut 5,000 Jobs

  November 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A14 Kimberly-Clark Corp. is eliminating about 5,000 jobs, or 7 percent of its global work force, in an effort to improve efficiency and profits at the manufacturer of such well-known paper-goods …

• Gm Will Cut 42,000 Jobs

  November 18, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A8 General Motors Corp. will cut 42,000 jobs in the next five years through attrition and the selling and closing of plants, USA Today reported Monday. GM spokesman John Mueller declined …

• Older Workers Staying On The Job Longevity, Looser Benefits Rules Reverse Early Retirement Trend

  November 13, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 For most of the last 50 years, Americans have avidly pursued the goal of early retirement. In 1950, nearly three-quarters of all 65-year-old men were working. By 1985, less than …

• Idaho Unemployment Rate Climbs Slightly

  November 11, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A12 Idaho’s forecasted unemployment rate increased slightly to 5.1 percent in October. The rate is one-tenth of a percentage point higher than a month before and the same as October 1996. …

• Kodak Plans Huge Layoffs

  November 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A18 Once again, the knives are getting sharpened at Eastman Kodak Co. The world’s biggest photography company is preparing to lay off as many as 10,000 of its 95,000 employees to …

• Local Job Growth Strong In Decade

  October 25, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A12 Jobs, businesses and payrolls continued to grow in Spokane County through the middle part of the decade, according to Census Bureau data released Thursday. The federal government reported that in …

• Citicorp Slashing Jobs

  October 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 Citicorp, the nation’s second-largest banking company, is eliminating 8.3 percent of its worldwide work force by April 1999 to cut the costs of processing customer transactions, the company said Tuesday. …

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