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Companies Profit Without Hiring More Workers
Updated On: Mar 06, 2013
Mar. 5, 2013 | ECONOMY | Even as corporations are making record profits, millions of Americans remain out of work and the economy is growing slowly. Experts say that economic policies have made it easier for corporations to profit, but that those gains have not translated to more jobs. The sequestration cuts could lead to about 700,000 in job losses, even though it is not expected to impact the stock market. Companies also say that the increase in productivity has made it possible for them not to hire new workers, and in some cases have even laid off more employees. Read more here.
Today in Labor History
May 23, 1903:
An estimated 100,000 textile workers, including more than 10,000 children, strike in the Philadelphia area. Among the issues: 60-hour workweeks, including night hours, for the children.

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