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A person types on a laptop keyboard, in North Andover, Mass. The American workplace is grueling, Women in Difficulties
stressful and surprisingly hostile. So finds an in-depth study of 3,066 U.S. workers, released Monday, PHARMACY
Aug. 14, 2017, by the Rand Corp., Harvard Medical School and the University of California, Los Oranjestad:
Angeles. Central Tel. 585 8077
(AP Photo/Elise Amendola) San Nicolas
One-fifth of Americans find workplace hostile Seroe Preto Tel. 584 4833

By PAUL WISEMAN disproportionate share of jobs offer good prospects
AP Economics Writer abuse. for advancement. And the INFORMATION 118
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American workplace is gru- they face “unpleasant mistic they become. PROF. TAXI 588-0035
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So concludes an in-depth —Nearly three quarters say the demands of their job. 280-2828
study of 3,066 U.S. workers they spend at least a fourth “Wow — (work) is a pret- CruISE SHIP
by the Rand Corp., Har- of their time on the job in ty taxing place for many
vard Medical School and “intense or repetitive physi- people,” Maestas says. “I
the University of California, cal” labor. “I was surprised was surprised by how pres-
Los Angeles. Among the at how physically demand- sured and hectic the work-
findings: ing jobs were,” says lead place is.” In many cases,
— Nearly one in five work- author Nicole Maestas, a less-educated workers en- August 23
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calls “disturbingly high” — economist. ditions. For example, fewer Zenith
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