Labor

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Goodyear employees scuffle with riot policemen during a demonstration against layoffs, in front of Goodyear headquarters in Rueil Malmaison, west of Paris, Thursday March 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

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Martha Stewart arrives at court in New York on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, to testify in a suit filed by Macy's Inc. against Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. for breaching an exclusive contract when MSLO signed a deal with J.C. Penney Co. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks to service members and civilian employees at the Pentagon on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, after being sworn in. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this Friday July 14, 2006, file photo, teachers' union head Elba Esther Gordillo gestures as she arrives to attend a meeting with education workers a day after being expelled from Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, file)

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Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against regional government-imposed austerity plans to restructure and part-privatize the health care sector in Madrid, Spain, Feb. 17.

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Workers of tire manufacturer Goodyear demonstrate in front of the company's offices in Reuil Malmaison, France, outside Paris, on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. The U.S. tire manufacturer confirmed in January that it will close a plant near the northern French city of Amiens; the shutdown will force the layoff of 1,173 workers. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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** FILE ** Councilman David Catania questions a witness during a hearing held by the D.C. Council Monday, March 28, 2011, in Washington, D.C., about the hiring processes in Mayor Vincent Gray’s administration. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)