Posted by Bob on 8/27/2007, 8:38 am HELENA, Mont. (AP) - ...Record low unemployment across parts of the West has created tough working conditions for business owners, who in places are being forced to boost wages or be creative to fill their jobs. John Francis, who owns the McDonald's in Sidney, Mont., said he ...even offered up to $10 an hour to compete with higher-paying oil field jobs. Yet the only calls were from other business owners upset they would have to raise wages, too. Of course, Francis' current employees also wanted a pay hike. ...Unemployment rates have been as low as 2 percent this year in places like Montana, and nearly as low in neighboring states.
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