Articles Written by:    MICHAEL LUO     

Longer Unemployment for Those 45 and Older

When Ben Sims, 57, showed up earlier this year for a job interview at a company in Richardson, Tex., he noticed the hiring manager several decades his junior falter upon spotting him in the lobby. “Her face actually dropped,” said Mr. Sims, who was ...

From MICHAEL LUO, The New York Times,  12 Apr 2009
Related Topics: AARP

In U.S., some executives step down to lower-paying jobs

Mark Cooper started his work day on a recent morning cleaning the door handles of an office building with a rag, vigorously shaking out a rug at a back entrance and pushing a dust mop down a long hallway. Nine months ago, he lost his job as the ...

From MICHAEL LUO, International Herald Tribune,  1 Mar 2009
Related Topics: United Parcel Service, Inc.

Forced from executive pay to hourly wage

TEMPE, Arizona: Mark Cooper started his work day on a recent morning cleaning the door handles of an office building with a rag, vigorously shaking out a rug at a back entrance and pushing a dust mop down a long hallway. Nine months ago he lost his job ...

From MICHAEL LUO, International Herald Tribune,  1 Mar 2009

Forced Down the Job Ladder, From Executive Pay to Hourly Wage

TEMPE, Ariz. Mark Cooper started his work day on a recent morning cleaning the door handles of an office building with a rag, vigorously shaking out a rug at a back entrance and pushing a dust mop down a long hallway. Mark Cooper, at work as a janitor. ...

From MICHAEL LUO, The New York Times,  28 Feb 2009

Jobless angry at possibility of losing out on benefits

As governors in nine states, mostly in the South, consider rejecting millions of dollars in federal stimulus money for increased unemployment insurance, there is growing anger among the ranks of the jobless in those states that they could be left out ...

From MICHAEL LUO, International Herald Tribune,  27 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Rick Perry,  Phil Bredesen,  Barack Obama

Months after Ohio plant closed, most workers are still struggling

NEW FRANKLIN, Ohio: It has been 10 months since most of the workers walked out of the plain, low-slung factory here for the final time. The building, which had been home to the Manchester Tool Company since just after World War II, sits dormant now, a " ...

From MICHAEL LUO, International Herald Tribune,  10 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Kennametal Inc.,  New York Times Company

Months After Plant Closed, Most Workers Are Still Struggling

NEW FRANKLIN, Ohio It has been 10 months since most of the workers walked out of the plain, low-slung factory here for the final time. The building, which had been home to the Manchester Tool Company since just after World War II, sits dormant now, a ...

From MICHAEL LUO, The New York Times,  9 Feb 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Kennametal Inc.

For Growing Ranks of White-Collar Jobless, Support With a Touch of the Spur

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. The meeting could have been at any number of corporations across the country. Everyone present sat at tables around an LCD projector with their laptops open. Bob Roeder said compiling the weekly job search reports made him feel ...

From MICHAEL LUO, The New York Times,  24 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Electronic Data Systems

Extended U.S. benefits are a lifeline for many unemployed Americans

HUDSON, Florida: Rick Rockwell plopped his large frame down in front of his laptop on Thursday morning, next to a foot-wide sheaf of unpaid bills still in their envelopes, lined up like an accordion on his desk. He logged into his bank account to see ...

From MICHAEL LUO, International Herald Tribune,  21 Dec 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  George W. Bush,  Best Buy Co., Inc.

Extended Benefits Are a Lifeline for Many Unemployed

HUDSON, Fla. Rick E. Rockwell plopped his large frame down in front of his laptop on Thursday morning, next to a foot-wide sheaf of unpaid bills still in their envelopes, lined up like an accordion on his desk. He logged into his bank account to see if ...

From MICHAEL LUO, The New York Times,  20 Dec 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  George W. Bush,  Best Buy Co., Inc.

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