Illinois Unemployment Law Sparks Employer Backlash
Employers say Illinois rules letting quitters collect benefits cost them at least 50 million dollars and draw 23 percent of May 1979 claims from voluntary separations. They argue the law treats quitting as just cause, not fault of the employer, creating a welfare-like system.
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Byron Levener
Springfield
Puerto Rico
Illinois
Robert J. Kartholl Jr
Carson Pirie Scott & Co
Kartholl
Terence O’hagan
Chicago
Illinois Bureau of Employment Security
Lyle Anderson
Perrone
Autotrol Corp
Crystal Lake
O’hagan
Wisconsin
Bud Lemke
Lemke Screw Products Co
Lemke
Thaddeus Lechowicz
Organized Labor
Michael Klein
United Auto Workers
Klein
James Peterson
Bimet Corp
Morris
Carson Pirie Scott
Senior enlisted men quit Navy in increasing numbers
Senior enlisted sailors Wilt on the Eisenhower, McCann on the Radford, and Stefan on the Memphis plan to leave after eight years. They say long family separations and extended deployments, plus higher private sector pay, drive the exodus. Navy leaders acknowledge readiness suffers as ships face heavy assignments and shortages.
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Navy
New York Times
Norfolk, Va
Herbert F. Wilt
Eisenhower
Gregory A. McCann
Radford
Robert L. Stefan
Memphis
Washington
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Wilt
Florida
McCann
Bargain barber keeps town talking in northwest Ohio
Art Okuley, 89, offers $1 haircuts with free dry cleaning delivery to Delphos cleaners drawing customers from across northwestern Ohio. A seven decade veteran of barbering, he works 11 hours daily while recalling early 1900s roots and a family claim to Annie Oakley. He has no plans to retire.
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Barber Art
Okaley
Continental
Ohio
Continental, Ohio
Art Okuley
Okuley
Delphos
Norman Rockwell
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