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• 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
• Minnesota's jobless rate jumps to 6.4 percent
  The job market continues to get tougher for Minnesotans as the recession deepens. Minnesota lost another 10,500 jobs in November and the state's unemployment rate spiked 10 6.4 percent.December 18, 2008
• Employers cut 533,000 jobs in Nov.
  The government says employers axed 533,000 jobs in November, the most in 34 years, and the unemployment rate rose to 6.7 percent.December 5, 2008
• UAW to renegotiate labor terms with Big Three automakers
  A United Auto Workers official says the union has agreed to restart contract talks with the Detroit Three automakers and delay their payments into a union-run health care trust.December 3, 2008
• Cirrus announces temporary layoffs
  Airplane maker Cirrus Design says it's temporarily laying off about 165 people at its plant in Grand Forks, N.D., and 335 people in its Duluth headquarters next month.November 26, 2008
• Pioneer Press offers unpaid leaves of absence
  The Pioneer Press says it will let employees take unpaid leaves of absence as a way to cut costs.November 25, 2008
• Hastings hospital workers picket Regina Medical Center
  A picket line will greet visitors to Regina Medical Center in Hastings this morning. About 230 workers plan to strike from 6 a.m. Monday until 6 a.m. Wednesday.November 24, 2008
• State jobless rate rises to 6 percent
  Minnesota's unemployment rate ticked up in October to 6 percent, up a tenth of a percent from the month before. The Department of Employment and Economic Development says the state lost 7,500 jobs last month.November 20, 2008
• Delta faces tough workplace issues in takeover of NWA
  Delta and Northwest Airlines are in the early stages of knitting together their two operations. One of the trickiest issues ahead is how to combine the two workforces.November 13, 2008
• The balance between labor and retail
  President-elect Barack Obama has big plans for U.S. labor policy, though retailers are concerned about the impact of such plans on their already slumping earnings.Midmorning, November 12, 2008
• Cliff's warns of possible layoffs on Iron Range
  Cliff's Natural Resources has notified federal officials it could lay off workers at two Minnesota taconite mining companies, and two more in Michigan.November 7, 2008
• Business, labor leaders anxiously watch Senate race
  Labor leaders and business groups across the country will be closely watching the results of Minnesota's Senate race on Tuesday night.October 31, 2008
• Economic stimulus for the unemployed
  Congress held hearings this week to consider suggestions for economic recovery. Midmorning asks what options are on the table and whether or not they would improve the nation's rising unemployment numbers.Midmorning, October 30, 2008
• Immigrants may fill workforce void
  Economists, demographers and immigrant advocates met Tuesday to discuss how migrants might fill the void left behind by an aging population in Minnesota.October 29, 2008
• ICE arrests 23 immigrant workers near Fargo
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials Tuesday arrested 23 illegal immigrants working at an ethanol plant near Fargo.October 29, 2008

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