Pincus Brothers Reins In U S Garment Production
In Philadelphia Pincus Brothers Inc shifts work overseas after laying off workers including a 63-year-old Puerto Rican woman and two Chinese sewers. The garment industry nationwide shrinks from 26 000 in the 1950s to about 400 000 in Philadelphia, with wages around 318 weekly and rising unemployment for veterans and long-time employees.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Pincus Brothers Inc
India
China
Pincus
Brooks Brothers
Bill Blass
David Pincus
United States
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Fox
U.S
Joseph Daroff
Joseph H. Cohen
Louis Goldsmith
Pincus Brothers
Nathan Pincus
Gener
Bosnia
Rwanda
Mikhail Gorbachev
Elie Wiesel
Fred Kline
Bensalem
Kline
John Fox
Unite
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Language posters turn small sideline into million dollar venture
John Freivalds built JFA Associates into a language and international business consultancy in Golden Valley Minnesota. His posters the Periodic Table of Languages and the Periodic Table of Money drew buyers globally and helped push annual poster revenue toward one third of last year’s 350000 dollars.
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Knight Ridder
ST. Paul
Minn
John Freivalds
Freivalds
Midwest
JFA Associates
Golden Valley
Canada
Australia
Indonesia
JFA
Valuing workers values shapes hiring and retention
Employers use values inventories to learn what employees value in work life balance, pay, advancement, and flexibility. Examples include a Northbrook firm guiding priorities, a Des Plaines library offering flexible scheduling, and Hewlett Packard adapting roles to fit personal life goals.
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Kathy Rychel
PeopleWorks
Northbrook
Rychel
Sandra Norlin
The
Des Plaines, Ill
Public Library
Norlin
Claudia Cameron
Hewlett-Packard Co
Cupertino
Calif
Cameron
North America
Chantal Vivier
Jim Cameron
Scientist
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