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Donald Trump Says Atlantic City, N.J., Casino Layoffs Are 'Just Seasonal'.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2003

By Suzette Parmley, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 9--ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.--To quell reported employee unease at his three Atlantic City casinos, Donald J. Trump said the move to let go of more than 300 employees last week was nothing out of the ordinary.

"This is just seasonal," said Trump, reached in his New York office by phone yesterday. "We do this all the time. You hire in the spring, and let go in the fall."

More than 300 Trump employees, mostly full-timers, were handed pink slips late last week at the Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino, Trump Marina Hotel Casino, and Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort. They represented all levels and all departments. But the most heavily hit were supervisors and middle...

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