Many technology companies, facing particularly fierce competition for workers, are among those absorbing the higher premiums.
He and Mourning are fierce competitors, tireless workers and aching for a championship.
And as Italians live longer and have fewer children (Italy has one of the lowest birth rates in the European Union), the problem is getting worse.But change faces fierce opposition from workers and their unions.
The competition for admission to business school is fierce, as many workers view an economic downturn as the perfect time to step out of the work force and earn an extra degree.
And that may be the case for years to come — especially in France, where the job-cutting plans announced so far by Renault and PSA Peugeot Citroën have been criticized by many analysts as insufficiently daring, even as they encounter fierce resistance from workers and, in some cases, government officials.
Last winter, these workers overcame fierce management opposition and voted to join the Communications Workers of America, only to spend nine months in rancorous contract talks.
Experts say China's booming economy has led to labor shortages and fierce competition for young workers in this country's coastal manufacturing centers, where a huge share of the world's toys, textiles and electronics are made and assembled.
But on an unpromising patch of land, fully exposed to the fierce Balkan summer sun, workers are sweating over a tribute to the man who brought Austro-Hungarian influence over Bosnia to a violent end.
Some informants reported receiving financial assistance from other community members from time to time, while others reported widespread distrust among sex workers and fierce competition for clients that sometimes became violent.
Laura Melissa Georgee) is a young, very pretty hospital worker with a fierce erotic attachment to her therapist.
His father, a textile worker, was a fierce German nationalist and a member of Der Stahlhelm (the Steel Helmet), a paramilitary group that opposed the Treaty of Versailles and the Weimar government.
