Lookers Turn Into Buyers In Local Retail Scene
A November 1973 reader column touches on shoppers who linger in stores versus those who buy. It urges courtesy to not tie up sales staff and notes experienced clerks can convert lookers into customers. It also shares anecdotes from readers in Brookline and Austin about asking for chores pay and family dynamics.
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Survivor benefits and pension plans face big gaps
A March article notes many pensions lack survivor annuities leaving families at risk after a worker’s death. Vesting rules exclude many. the Hodgens survey shows only large firms and industries provide survivors’ benefits. Advocates urge life insurance planning and informed employee bargaining in the 1970s.
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Evan L. Hodgens
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Monthly Labor Review
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