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Monday, February 24, 2014

Employment

News                                                                                                                             
FOX Business | United Technologies' Sikorsky Unit to Cut 600 Jobs
Sikorsky Aircraft, the helicopter unit of United Technologies Corp (UTX), on Friday said it would lay off 600 workers beginning in the next few weeks, citing continued "challenging and unstable economic conditions."
CNN Money | Big business hits back on minimum wage
Big business is striking back hard against President Obama's efforts to raise the minimum wage, using a government report released just Tuesday that said the effort would both lift people out of poverty and spur job losses.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Heritage Foundation | Few People Actually Raise Families on Minimum Wage
Bias often appears in facts someone omits, not in actual inaccuracies. Take the New York Times’ new minimum wage calculator, which shows how difficult it can be to support oneself on just a minimum-wage income. Left unsaid: Few minimum-wage workers do so.