Labor

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A Spirit store advertises for employees in Hayward, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Retailers including Toys "R" Us, Pier 1 and Borders plan to hire more temporary holiday workers this season than last year, emboldened by several months of sales gains and a slowly improving economy. While such jobs will be an early Christmas present for some of America's unemployed, they're unlikely to make a dent in the stubbornly high unemployment rate. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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Commuters line up for buses at Victoria Station in central London, Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. London commuters scrambled to get to work amid a one-day strike by the city's subway workers. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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Bed Bath & Beyond is among the retailers advertising for workers during the holiday shopping season. The additional jobs are not expected to lower the nearly 10 percent unemployment rate. (Associated Press)

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In this Sept. 8, 2010, photo, a shopper buys paper towels at Costco in Mountain View, Calif. Consumer spending rose by a moderate amount in August while incomes increased by the largest amount in eight months, a gain that was propelled by the resumption of extended unemployment benefits. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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On this Sept. 29, 2010, photo, a Target store advertises for employment, in Daly City, Calif. Retailers including Toys R Us, Pier 1 and Borders plan to hire more temporary holiday workers this season than last year, emboldened by several months of sales gains and a slowly improving economy. While such jobs will be an early Christmas present for some of America's unemployed, they're unlikely to make a dent in the stubbornly high unemployment rate. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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** FILE ** President Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meet at the United Nations on Sept. 23. Mr. Wen promised to allow a stronger yuan but said before the meeting that any rise would not be rapid for fear of causing job losses and business failures. (Associated Press)

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Longshoremen pass time early Wednesday at the Port of Newark in New Jersey before being persuaded later in the day to return to work. The dispute was between their union and Fresh Del Monte Produce. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Workers assemble regional jets at a Bombardier plant in Montreal in 2003. (Canadian Press Photo/Ryan Remiorz)

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Demonstrators march down a main boulevard in Brussels on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Labor unions organized the march of nearly 100,000 workers of the European Union institutions to protest the budget-slashing plans and austerity measures of governments seeking to control spiraling debt. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

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A woman takes a picture as demonstrators march down a main boulevard in Brussels, Belgium on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Labor unions organized a march of nearly 100,000 workers of the European Union institutions to protest the budget slashing plans and austerity measures of governments seeking to control spiraling debt. The ironic banner in French reads: 'Don't touch our profits'. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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Riot police detain a protester in Brussels, Belgium on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Labor unions organized a march of nearly 100,000 workers of the European Union institutions to protest the budget slashing plans and austerity measures of governments seeking to control spiraling debt. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

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A protester is detained by plain clothes policemen, during a demonstration in Brussels, Belgium on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Labor unions organized a march of nearly 100,000 workers of the European Union institutions to protest the budget slashing plans and austerity measures of governments seeking to control spiraling debt. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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Demonstrators march as hold a bunner tha read in Greek, "No to the frugality yes to the employment and to the development" outside of Finance Ministry during an anti-austerity protests in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Anti-austerity demonstrations erupted across Europe to protest the budget-slashing, tax-hiking, pension-cutting austerity plans of European governments seeking to control their debt. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

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Thousands of demonstrators march in Lisbon Wednesday, Sept. 29 2010, demanding more and better employment. Portugal's government convened an unscheduled Cabinet meeting Wednesday as it came under fierce pressure to explain how it intends to steer the country out of a deepening financial crisis. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

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Demonstrators march down a main boulevard in Brussels Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Labor unions prepared a march of nearly 100,000 workers on the European Union institutions on Wednesday to protest the budget slashing plans and austerity measures of governments seeking to control spiraling debt. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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Riot police detain protesters in Brussels, Belgium on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Labor unions organized a march of nearly 100,000 workers of the European Union institutions on Wednesday to protest the budget slashing plans and austerity measures of governments seeking to control spiraling debt. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

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Demonstrators march down a main boulevard in Brussels, Belgium on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Labor unions organized a march of nearly 100,000 workers of the European Union institutions to protest the budget slashing plans and austerity measures of governments seeking to control spiraling debt. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

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