This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_000_01BE76CA.CBA03E50 BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1999 U.S. employers laid off 190,070 workers in 1,608 mass layoff actions in December, BLS reports. The total number of layoff events from January through December 1998, at 15,647, was somewhat higher than in the prior year (14,960), and the total number of initial claimants for unemployment insurance benefits, at 1.7 million, was greater than 1997's 1.5 million. ... (Daily Labor Report, page D-1). President Clinton announced his intent to fill three top positions at the Labor Department. He will nominate T. Michael Kerr, currently deputy assistant secretary of labor in ESA, to head the Wage and Hour Division. ... Edward B. Montgomery will be named as assistant secretary of labor for policy. Currently a senior adviser to Secretary Herman, Montgomery served as the Labor Department's chief economist from 1997 to January 1999. Prior to taking that post, he was an economics professor at the University of Maryland. ... The president intends to nominate Irasema Garza as director of the Women's Bureau. Garza currently is secretary of the U.S. National Administrative Office, the agency responsible for monitoring the labor side accord to NAFTA. ... (Daily Labor Report, page A-16). ------_=_NextPart_000_01BE76CA.CBA03E50 b3NvZnQgTWFpbC5Ob3RlADEIAQWAAwAOAAAAzwcDABkACQAVADYABABKAQEggAMADgAAAM8HAwAZ AAkAFQAmAAQAOgEBCYABACEAAAAzNjU0MTJCNzkyRTJEMjExODg4RTAwQzA0RjhDNzgzMQDwBgEE gAEAEQAAAEJMUyBEYWlseSBSZXBvcnQAkAUBDYAEAAIAAAACAAIAAQOQBgCsBgAAHAAAAEAAOQAg NPjUyna+AR4AcAABAAAAEQAAAEJMUyBEYWlseSBSZXBvcnQAAAAAAgFxAAEAAAAWAAAAAb52ytQd txJUPOKSEdKIjgDAT4x4MQAAHgAxQAEAAAANAAAAUklDSEFSRFNPTl9EAAAAAAMAGkAAAAAAHgAw QAEAAAANAAAAUklDSEFSRFNPTl9EAAAAAAMAGUAAAAAAAgEJEAEAAAADBAAA/wMAAO8FAABMWkZ1 HAHnWv8ACgEPAhUCpAPkBesCgwBQEwNUAgBjaArAc2V0bjIGAAbDAoMyA8UCAHDccnESIAcTAoB9 CoAIzx8J2QKACoENsQtgbmcxODAzMwr7EvIB0CBCgkwF8ERBSUxZB/AARVBPUlQsIFegRURORVMY wFkZgABNQVJDSCAyNDkZgDE5GwAKhQqFVS4gUy4gZW0LUG95xwSQBCALYWQgbw3QGuFQMCwwNxhg dwWwawccwguAGuAsNjA4IDcAwAQRC2B5HVIA0HRp2wIgHnNEBZAcYGIEkBmArxecCiAYchedIBUw cBTRAnMcQCBUaGUgdOZvAZADIG51INIdQR9mLGV2CfAjwCADUiBKVQBwdQrAeSRAaANgdaxnaCCH GuI4GYBhBUCkMTUe0DQ3GYB3HzA8IHMDcAfQEcAFQGhp/ydQJPEnAAORHpEnACQwE5BPIBAFwByw CsEoMRrAOfUe4CkoUW4dMCriJF4LgPZpIAAkgWMLYQOBJgIFsbx1bhxkB4ACMB6BcwhwWwBwILAg IOAvYGYuEHPZKFQuNx8QAxBsIBEpBM8JwShwKjYa8TcnBCAxkDY1McYcQC40sCNQKES1C3BsJuBM AaAFsVIjgwsZgAqwZyzQRC0xKXouGzxQFTAAkA2wL/FD7zIAAjACICxhbghgMIEdMP8p8B5yMuAv 8SRQJiAx4Sby6wngLOFwKxBvAJAgBChxbyriNXQgkAqxdC/SI+FI3yzQA/A6kTkQMdBuMtEkAKkc QE1pEbFlAyBLBJB9IQFjCHAVMAIwNUENsHD8dXQm4B8xBAABkC/xEfB/BQASACbCJSM1kh6RGeBB 1xmAOkEswGEslFc2YixyZkgIYRiwaXYEADRoRb5kKSALIBhwPsECIWcpce8m0T3TIOAkoGEHgB0w KTGfQN9B6i8SI5AyAGN5I+H6Qz/XYUihAwAFsUNwROHfKjI6UAZgSNY9oHIDgRox/0ZoTCEl0EfD PD8l4TOxEbD/CJAloQWgPiJIUCYkM3I6Mn8mhhryI+E30CtCOkEBkGv9C4BnKlIFQDthNiEswSki +wORUNVjBCATkB1QB5ApYPtLwTwUVQMAJdAR4C4QQfP2TSbBFsFkNJUkEhOQN/bdOdNkTuE6UD4n STBgEfBpAMAgRwrAektQKTFkfmkVMB/wBbElIUOjKXFu7TOxQghwK5B1I+FbpD/I7zmhSLtW8xwi TihwIBEkgXxBZD5BSEEwYCAAJdAg9k8N0D7wZUMBLME2YTCA/ybgN+EjkACBAmAs0C8SBGD/LgEF sFP0LNBCRDgCH9EFoYMskTpQTkFGVEE0n/U1rkE2sDY21xdPGFFphQUUUQBr4AADAPE/CQQAAAMA /T/kBAAAAwAmAAAAAAADADYAAAAAAAIBRwABAAAAMAAAAGM9VVM7YT0gO3A9QkxTO2w9RENQQ1NN QUlMMS05OTAzMjUxNDIxNTRaLTUwNjc0AB4AOEABAAAADQAAAFJJQ0hBUkRTT05fRAAAAAAeADlA AQAAAA0AAABSSUNIQVJEU09OX0QAAAAAQAAHMGDJ9tTKdr4BQAAIMFA+oMvKdr4BHgA9AAEAAAAB AAAAAAAAAB4AHQ4BAAAAEQAAAEJMUyBEYWlseSBSZXBvcnQAAAAAHgA1EAEAAAA0AAAAPEUxNkVF QTRDRTlDN0QwMTE5QUU0MDA2MDk3MDVDRDg4Q0Q0RDI5QGRjcGNzbWFpbDE+AAsAKQAAAAAACwAj AAAAAAADAAYQYuGQewMABxDpAwAAAwAQEAAAAAADABEQAQAAAB4ACBABAAAAZQAAAEJMU0RBSUxZ UkVQT1JULFdFRE5FU0RBWSxNQVJDSDI0LDE5OTlVU0VNUExPWUVSU0xBSURPRkYxOTAsMDcwV09S S0VSU0lOMSw2MDhNQVNTTEFZT0ZGQUNUSU9OU0lOREVDRU0AAAAAAgF/AAEAAAA0AAAAPEUxNkVF QTRDRTlDN0QwMTE5QUU0MDA2MDk3MDVDRDg4Q0Q0RDI5QGRjcGNzbWFpbDE+AOLW ------_=_NextPart_000_01BE76CA.CBA03E50--
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