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• Immigrant advocates decry new rules
In a decision dated Wednesday, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said immigrants facing deportation do not have the right to get their cases reopened just because of shoddy work by their attorney. Another Justice Department rule, which took effect ...
• Pizza employees ordered to work in the cold
LACEY, Wash. – Employees of a pizza delivery shop say the owners has cut off the heat in the store. And they say if the workers don’t like it, they can leave. Dan Baxter, who works at the Pizza Time in Lacey, says he expects to be fired for ...
• Why I Finally Quit
Nevermind that I was getting paid about $20,000 below market rate with pretty pathetic benefits while working up to 60 hours a week in a high-stress work environment. I was part of a team that would create something revolutionary . . . right? And don ...
• Low on cash, French Quarter may stink again
I always thought that was part of the charm, that you had to smell puke, you had to smell all these different things while walking to work," said Gwen Rodriguez, who lives and works in the Quarter. "When anything went on, like a parade or whatever ...
• Jobless rate jumps to 7.2 percent in Dec.
Not only are employers slashing jobs; they also are cutting workers' hours and forcing some into part-time work. The average work week in December fell to 33.3 hours, the lowest level on records dating to 1964 — and a sign of more job reductions in ...