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- noun Plural form of
retrenchment .
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Examples
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According to the Solidarity report, the cause of the retrenchments was a mixture of local and international reasons.
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Satawu general secretary Randall Howard said the union has rejected the notion of retrenchments since it was first proposed in
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"One of the reasons advanced for the retrenchments is the strong value of the rand," Krugel said, adding that the rate cut could lead to the devaluation of the currency.
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Numsa said the retrenchments were a means to maximise profits and workers were becoming unnecessary casualties in the process.
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"The retrenchments are a result of a decrease in demand for platinum caused by the economic crisis," said Kleynhans.
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State negotiators reportedly tricked the unions by replacing the word "retrenchments" with the phrase "retaining quality jobs" in a framework agreement signed by all parties after the summit.
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It has also suffered a number of setbacks, such as retrenchments and the increased casualization of labour, decreasing its objective capacity.
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A workshop to look at issues such as retrenchments, unilateral restructuring, the NEF demands, and the involvement of our membership must be held before the end of 1992. 5.
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"retrenchments," and senile forfeitures of all that made England great and grand through five hundred years of history!
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Thefirst thing that it also must do is get a sense of fiscal responsibility and make radical retrenchments on the expenditures line.
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