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Monday, September 02, 2013

Labor Day woes: US workers still worried about their jobs

American workers remain almost as concerned about their jobs as they were five years ago, according to a new poll by Gallup.

Forty-three percent of Americans still fear their benefits will be cut, down slightly from 46 percent in 2009. Thirty-one percent believe their wages will be reduced, down from 32 percent in 2009.

Twenty-nine percent of Americans still believe they will be laid off, hardly changed from the 32 percent who believed the same five years ago. One quarter of Americans believe their hours will be cut back, down from 27 percent five years ago.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

In an ideal world unemployment would work on an honor system.When people had to have it, it would be available.They would aggressively look for a job while they were collecting it and take the best job they could find.In the real world they grow complacent with the guaranteed unemployment income and stop looking altogether.

Anonymous said...

PRMC has layoffs coming soon.

Anonymous said...

Worry NEVER solves anything.