1.   America West held a job fair this week to help the fired workers find new jobs with companies like McDonnell Douglas.

2.   At a company known for good employee relations, fired workers said they were given little notice, little input and little justification when they lost their jobs.

3.   Attorneys for the fired workers argue in legal briefs filed with the Supreme Court that age discrimination cases should be treated the same.

4.   AlliedSignal said it would try to find jobs in the specialty film division at its Elizabeth plant for some fired workers.

5.   Competitors Quepasa.com in Phoenix, Picosito.com in San Francisco and Yupi.com in Miami have all fired workers or folded in recent months.

6.   Cut off from their families and unable to find anyone to help them, escapees and fired workers find themselves once again becoming prey for the gato.

7.   Depending on the size of the organization or the number of employees influenced by the fired worker, some experts advise holding an employee meeting.

8.   Eighty percent of the fired workers are managers.

9.   Fired workers often claim terminations are made only to deprive them of sizable benefits.

10.   Fired workers received two months of salary for each year of employment.