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U.S. Workers Fear Losing Their Jobs, Poll Finds.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, April, 2004
By Kathleen Lynn, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 22--Eighteen percent of American workers have experienced at least one layoff since 2001, according to a new survey by Rutgers University.
And despite signs of economic recovery, American workers remain worried about their job security, the "Work Trends" poll found.
"There's still a lot of anxiety out there," said Carl Van Horn, executive director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers, which conducted the poll with the help of the Center for Survey Research and Analysis at the University of Connecticut.
The survey of 1,007 members of the American workforce took place mostly in February. Although the job...
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