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• Staying afloat in a sinking economy
  Career counselor Amy Lindgren of Prototype Career Services will answer listener questions about downsizing, layoffs, pay cuts, job searches and more.Midday, February 2, 2009
• Duluth braces for LGA cuts
  Duluth officials are trying to come to terms with their most recent budget crisis -- cuts in Local Government Aid announced this week by Governor Pawlenty. Even though the cuts are not as big as once anticipated, city officials say they have little left to cut after struggling to fix the budget last year.January 30, 2009
• Pawlenty's budget would shed state jobs in Minn.
  An Associated Press analysis shows that Gov. Tim Pawlenty's budget proposal would cut the equivalent of more than 1,100 full-time state workers within about two years.January 30, 2009
• Obama signs equal-pay bill
  President Barack Obama signed an equal-pay bill into law Thursday before cheering labor and women leaders who fought hard for it and the woman whose history-making lawsuit gave impetus to the cause.January 29, 2009
• Iowa slaughterhouse manager faces charges
  Nearly a thousand new charges have been filed in the state's prosecution of alleged child labor violations at a northeast Iowa kosher meatpacking plant.January 27, 2009
• Minnesota unemployment rises to 6.9 percent
  Minnesota continued to shed thousands of jobs in December, pushing the unemployment rate to 6.9 percent. But, some sectors are still adding jobs. Those were some of the headlines today from the Department of Employment and Economic Development, which released its latest jobs report Thursday.January 22, 2009
• Ameriprise Financial plans 300 layoffs in Minnesota
  Ameriprise Financial plans to cut about 300 jobs in Minnesota. The Minneapolis-based financial services company revealed the cutbacks in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday.January 20, 2009
• Ecolab laying off 1,000 workers, 100 in Minn.
  Ecolab has announced it is laying off about 1,000 workers, including 100 in Minnesota. The job cuts are part of a larger restructuring the company is undertaking.January 14, 2009
• Avoiding Facebook faux pas in the workplace
  Instead of just seeing coworkers in the office hallway, employees are now running into their colleagues in cyberspace. And that kind of interaction can get a bit tricky.January 14, 2009
• Ford plant offers new round of buyouts for employees
  Approximately one third of the remaining UAW union members at Ford's St. Paul plant are eligible for a new round of buyouts.January 14, 2009
• Unemployed may see expanded subsidized health care
  Minnesotans who have lost a job could more easily sign up for state-subsidized health care under a bill introduced in the Minnesota House.January 14, 2009
• Alliant, G&K Services announce layoffs
  Minnetonka-based G&K Services and Eden Prairie-based Alliant Techsystems have both announced layoffs this week.January 9, 2009
• Minn. unemployment fund headed for deficit
  Increased unemployment rates and shrinking payrolls are putting pressure on a fund that pays benefits to unemployed people in Minnesota.January 9, 2009
• State unemployment program offers extended hours
  For the next few weeks Minnesota's Unemployment Insurance Program is offering its online service on Sundays.December 26, 2008
• Unease at the office
  The threat of layoffs makes every employee nervous, and creates a tense and gloomy workplace. Many workers are trying to be more flexible in an effort to save their jobs, while employers are figuring out how to keep workers informed about impending cuts. Midmorning looks at what the recession is doing to the American workplace.Midmorning, December 24, 2008

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