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October 16, 2009

Puerto Rican Workers Stage General Strike
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In Puerto Rico, public sector workers staged a general strike Thursday
to protest the government’s plans to lay off 17,000 workers. Puerto
Rico’s unemployment rate exceeds 15 percent. Some analysts expect the
layoffs to propel that rate to at least 17 percent.



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