Labor offers free day in $1.6b childcare package
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The federal Labor leader has promised to spend $1.6 billion boosting child care, including providing a free day of care each week for some children.
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Workers at Delta Air Lines breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after hearing the news the airline&#39;s pilots union agreed to $1 billion in wage and benefits concessions.
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Congress won't give you one--the federal minimum wage is still $5.15. Although 22 states require employers to pay more (and six more may do so in November), activists in Chicago and elsewhere are pressing for a "living wage" to help the working poor.
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Hundreds of low-income families in Virginia stand to receive long-awaited subsidies to help pay for child care under a proposal included in Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's budget.
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The NHLPA says that it made a lot of concessions in their proposal - which included a 24 per cent salary rollback â-nd it will save the league over $1 billion US over the next six years.
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LABOR DAY weekend at the Wal-Mart here was a great shopping scene for children. As they pushed carts brimming with new notebooks, clothes and shoes through the aisles, they got a small preview
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News Editor. It&#39;s Thursday and for many, that&#39;s one day short of payday. But before San Marcos residents who find themselves on a tight paycheck-to-paycheck budget write a check this afternoon
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There is a slight uptick in the number of men who provide early childhood care or education to children 5 and younger.
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$16.5 billion was set aside for salaries, bonuses and benefits, or an average of $622,000 for each employee.
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Program offers mapping software, services free to nonprofit organizations for promotions.
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ABC Learning Centres Ltd., Australia&#39;s biggest day-care operator, plans to spend A$380 million ($264 million) buying rivals to cut costs and lift its share of the nation&#39;s market to a fifth.
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Package will give most US households $300 to $1,200 apiece, plus an extra $300 per child.
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Ontario should use new federal day-care cash to turn the current &quot;mishmash&quot; of day care, parent resource and kindergarten programs for 4- and 5-year-olds into a single program for all children, says a study to be released today.
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No, tell us how you really feel. This Labor Day, workers are saying their biggest work problems are mostly economic. Their pay is not keeping up with increasing health-care costs or other increases in living expenses. They are disgruntled enough to look for work on the job. Retirement "security"...
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It's part of a plan to cut costs by $1.6 billion between now and March 2008.
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Tomorrow is ``Consumer Day" at Staples, when the first 1,200 shoppers at any of the chain's 64 Massachusetts stores will receive a voucher worth $7.50.
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Retailers promote a new Labor Day kickoff. Would we kid you?