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NEWS ABOUT: white collar

white collar stories: 2 news summaries

Recession Crushes
White-Collar Michigan

Layoffs, property price plunge leaves middle-aged workers in limbo

Sep 17, 09 1:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tens of thousands of middle-aged white-collar workers have been left jobless and stranded in Michigan by the recession, the Wall Street Journal reports. Auto industry veterans laid off by the Big Three are finding themselves competing against against younger people for a smattering of job openings. With property prices down... More »

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Chrysler • General Motors • Detroit • Michigan • recession • Ford • unemployment • auto industry • Big Three • white collar

(Newser) - Greasy, sweaty manual labor instills a moral code that middle managers will never understand, Matthew B. Crawford writes in the New York Times. A doctoral graduate in poli-sci, Crawford parroted opinions at a Washington think tank before turning to motor bike repairs. Now he feels a deep satisfaction as... More »

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employment • manual labor • carpenter • mechanic • shop class • knowledge worker • white collar

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