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• Nudging Welfare Recipients Reforms Intended To Encourage Work Earn Mixed Reviews

  June 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A16 1. Breaking the cycle. James Nelson sandblasts a Dumpster at Western Systems and Fabrication, where he landed a job through a state program designed to help people off welfare and …

• No Nike Sweatshops, Says Ex-Ambassador

  June 25, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young, hired by Nike to evaluate its labor practices, said in a report Tuesday that he saw no widespread abuse of workers at the company’s shoe …

• Pension Problems Nearly 14 Percent Of Pensioners Aren’t Getting What’s Coming To Them, And The Senate Aging Committee Wants To Fix That.

  June 17, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Edwin Witort was expecting a pension of more than $300 a month. He got $103. After years of wrangling, he paid a private company nearly $10,000 to fix things. Photo …

• Telect Relocates Texas Operation

  June 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 Telect Inc. is relocating its Richardson, Texas, cable manufacturing operations to Liberty Lake., The move will create 20 to 25 new jobs here over the next few months as construction …

• Jobless Rate Sinks To 24-Year Low

  June 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 The nation’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.8 percent in May, a level last seen when Richard Nixon was president. Wall Street cheered, sending stock prices to record levels despite talk …

• Key Tronic Lays Off Eleven

  June 7, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 Key Tronic Corp. has laid off 11 people as it continues to shift its high-volume production activities to its plant in Juarez, Mexico. “About half of those layoffs were due …

• Scholastic Corp. Eliminates 400 Jobs

  May 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A12 Scholastic Corp. said it will cut about 6 percent of its work force, and close or sell several magazines as part of a restructuring to improve profit and cash flow …

• Local Hiring Stressed By Kempthorne

  May 30, 1997 in Idaho on Page B4 U.S. Sen. Dirk Kempthorne said Thursday that the Forest Service should make sure it doesn’t exclude local residents when it hires. Kootenai County Commissioner Ron Rankin and U.S. Rep. Helen …

• Panhandle Forests Due More Job Cuts Workers Told To Expect Another 10 Percent Reduction In Force

  May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 The Idaho Panhandle National Forests may lose another 10 percent of its work force after its staff already has been reduced by a quarter since 1995. Forest officials are preparing …

• Novell Cuts 1,000 Jobs, Reports Loss Troubled Software Company To Focus On Internet Products

  May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A12 Novell Inc. said Wednesday it will lay off 1,000 employees, or about 18 percent of its work force, as it tries to streamline its business to focus on Internet software. …

• Hitch Your Wagon To A High-Tech Star

  May 29, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A12 Most women believe that technology is the ticket to their advancement in the job market, according to a survey commissioned by Avon Products Inc. The survey of 400 working women …

• Worker Landscapes On Computer

  May 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 A landscape worker left paralyzed in a car accident is getting another chance to sculpt flowerbeds and bushes - on the computer. With the help of Goodwill Industries, Faustino Ambrocio …

• Show Me The … Money Finding A Decent Job Can Mean The Difference Between A Fun Summer And A Broke Summer

  May 26, 1997 on Page B1 At a job fair at Riverfront Park a couple of months ago, Gonzaga Prep junior Kevin McKenna (top) and other high school students began their quest for summer work. Photo …

• Employer Is Watching You Many Record Voice Mail, Review Computer Files And Videotape Workers

  May 23, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Feel like the boss is watching your every move? You might be right. Nearly two-thirds of employers record employee voice mail, e-mail or phone calls, review computer files or videotape …

• L-P Dashes Workers’ Hopes Employees Told Chilco Plant Unlikely To Reopen As Expected

  May 21, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Louisiana-Pacific furloughed 100 workers in January at its Chilco, Idaho, plant in what was supposed to be a temporary layoff. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review

• Boeing Work Force Expansion Tapers Off

  May 21, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 The Boeing Co. work force is growing at a slower pace, with hiring down to 400 workers a week between April 15 and May 15 from 460 a week in …

• Jobless Rate Drops To 5 Percent Warmer Weather Contributes To Improvement In Labor Market

  May 21, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 Washington’s unemployment rate dropped more than half a percentage point in April from 5.6 percent to 5.0 percent, Commissioner Carver Gayton said Tuesday. It was the lowest reading in April …

• High-Tech Jobs Grew Rapidly From 1995 To ‘96

  May 18, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A19 The high-tech industry added close to a quarter of a million new jobs to the U.S. economy between 1995 and 1996, according to preliminary 1996 data assembled by the American …

• Rep. Chenoweth Issues Apology For Racial Remarks But Reaffirms Opposition To Forest Service’s Minority Hiring Program

  May 14, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 U.S. Rep. Helen Chenoweth apologized Tuesday for statements last week about racial diversity, but she stood by her opposition to the U.S. Forest Service’s minority hiring program. “She deeply regrets …

• Chenoweth Weighs In On Diversity Lawmaker Joins Opposition To Minority Hiring

  May 10, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 U.S. Rep. Helen Chenoweth said Friday that North Idaho has plenty of ethnic diversity, and she’s against the Forest Service trying to recruit minority workers who she said simply aren’t …

• Locke To State Managers: No ‘Dilbert Bosses’ Allowed Government Should Improve Quality Without Meaningless Gobbledygook

  May 1, 1997 in City on Page B2 Gov. Gary Locke said Wednesday he will tolerate no managers in state government like Dilbert’s boss. Instead, he told hundreds of his mid-level managers, he wants each of their agencies …

• Boeing’s Hiring Pace Continues To Slow

  April 23, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A8 The Boeing Co. is still taking on thousands of new employees, but the pace is expected to continue to slack off from last year’s hiring frenzy. The company’s latest hiring …

• Jobless Rate Drops To 5.6% Washington Enjoys Lowest Rate For March In Nearly 30 Years

  April 23, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A8 Washington’s unemployment rate fell more than half a percentage point in March to 5.6 percent - the lowest rate for that month since the “Boeing Boom” in 1968 and almost …

• Employers Fill Jobs With Perks Tight Labor Market Forces More Companies To Take Extra Steps To Attract, Keep Workers

  April 20, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A19 Billy Noah, human-resources manager at Wright Brands Food Inc., a family-owned bacon- and ham-processing plant in Vernon, Texas, is battling Texas-style to retain its 540 workers. In the summer he …

• Ceo Pay Hikes Topped 50% In ‘96

  April 20, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A17 The average pay raise for top executives last year was 54 percent, compared to a typical 3 percent boost factory workers got, Business Week reported. That meant that the average …

• State Agencies Promise To Create 6,000 New Jobs Welfare Recipients Must Be Working 20 Hours A Week By Next Fall

  April 19, 1997 in Idaho on Page B3 Idaho will find a way to create 6,000 new jobs so welfare recipients can be required to work, the directors of the state departments of Labor and Commerce said Friday. …

• Welfare Problem Moved, Not Solved

  April 14, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 Politicians in Olympia are bickering seriously at last about welfare reform legislation. But whatever they do, there are some things they can’t do. Some of the most important reforms will …

• Part-Time Pay Scale Protested Salaries Run About 39 Percent Of Wages For Full-Time Teachers

  April 12, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Feeling exploited. Terry Boyden was first in line to remind Gov. Gary Locke of the plight of part-time teachers. Willene Goodwin holds a sign at left Friday at Spokane …

• Jobs Plus Works Well For Oregon

  April 1, 1997 in City on Page B5 Oregon’s welfare system, which has seen its caseload drop by 41 percent over the last three years, is attracting international attention for its programs to help people get jobs. Government …

• Full-Time Life, Part-Time Jobs ‘Regular’ Jobs Hard To Find In Panhandle Economy

  March 30, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Always the season to find work. Pam Auletta is part of the seasonal workforce that makes the wheels turn at Schweitzer Mountain Resort. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

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