There is no doubt that, since the peak of manufacturing in the US, the manufacturing industries have gone from 14.536 million production and non-salaried positions in 1979 to 8.262 at the end of last year.

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Regal Entertainment Group, which operates more than 500 theaters in 38 states, last month rolled back shifts for non-salaried workers to 30 hours per week, putting them under the threshold at which employers are required to provide health insurance.

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