New Economy's Long Working Hours Pose Bid Challenge to European Unions. Stock options ease the pain of 60-hour weeks

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European internet start-up companies are increasing, thereby creating new jobs, new financial compensation, and new concerns for labor unions.

European Union, Employee Benefits NEC, Europe, Officials and employees, Forecasts and trends, Employee benefits

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Britain's Trade Unions Stage a Comeback. After 20 Years of Dwindling Influence and Membership, a New Breed of Unions Sets Out to Recruit

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Statistics of labor union membership have shown a steady decline attributed to Margaret Thatcher. However, UK trade unions are regrouping and looking at the Internet start-up companies.

Influence, Thatcher, Margaret

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U.K. seeks to restrain public-sector pay gains

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UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced wage restraints that permit wages to increase at a rate that preserves the government's inflation target of 2%. Labor unions, however, have stated that consumer prices are increasing at a yearly rate of over 4%, and that pay raises need to be larger.

Legal issues & crime, Product standards, safety, & recalls, Government regulation (cont), Government expenditures, Government regulation, Economic Programs, Administration of Economic Programs, Legal/Government Regulation, Standards, Analysis, Laws, regulations and rules, Compensation and benefits, Economic policy, Wages, Wages and salaries, Economic indicators, Labour unions, Salary, Brown, Gordon (British politician)

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