And job insecurity increased as more workers were employed in short-term or contingent contracts.
Everything from inclement weather to job insecurity has been blamed for consumers' reluctance to spend.
The same is true of Labour's repeated charges of growing wage inequality and job insecurity.
That's less than Americans, Irish and even Spaniards facing job insecurity due to the country's hefty debt pile.
The fast-track victory prompted pundits to wax lyrical about the job insecurity that stalks the land, fuelling sympathy for unions.
Dr Bo Netterstrom, from Bispebjerg Hospital in Denmark, said other stresses at work such as job insecurity "are likely to be of major importance".
Yet we also want to be protected from the downside, the job insecurity that results from greater foreign competition and the cultural hegemony of the United States.
Union leaders point to low pay, spiralling housing costs and intense job insecurity as the corrosive cocktail which led their members to opt overwhelmingly for industrial action.
The report warns job insecurity and unemployment rates tend to go hand in hand - whenever one of these factors rises, the other one jumps up as well.
Acceptance of work has always meant acceptance of job insecurity.
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The likely first casualty is reform of the labour laws: of the four, it is the measure that would provoke most concern among a public worried by job insecurity.
He will talk much of what he calls the "squeezed middle", the low and middle-income families feeling the pain of lower living standards and job insecurity as the economy stagnates.
But in the short run, there is also a risk that greater uncertainty caused by cuts in unemployment benefits and more job insecurity may cause households to save more and spend less.
Later in the day, Ms O'Grady, the first female general secretary in the TUC's 144-year history, pledged to "reach out, campaign and fight back more" to support workers and families struggling with the cost of living and job insecurity.
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Unless the U.S. wishes to become a Greenzone, where wealthy and upper middle class people live out the ubiquitous American dream, and the rest of the riff raff dodge bullets and live in perpetual job insecurity, then this is no way to grow out of the economic crisis.
"As the experience of job loss and economic insecurity spreads more in our society, there should be more political support for broadening WARN, " predicts Rick McHugh, a lawyer in Ann Arbor, Mich.
But the tarnished image and insecurity of the job is taking a toll on my emotions as I start this job.
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Mr Brillstein's ghostwriter did a good job of capturing the humour and insecurity of Hollywood's most famous manager.
This insecurity - not knowing whether his job is safe - means he is considering evading tax for the first time in his life.
The high proportion of temporary work breeds insecurity, and people who feel their job is about to disappear may also be more reluctant to spend.
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Probably partly because of higher unemployment, which meant more insecurity, and made people feel the need to show their dedication to the job, and partly because lower tax rates and rising pay at the top of the scale made working harder more worthwhile.
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