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McPier chief calls on Hyatt to resolve long labor dispute
Tribune reporterThe public owner of the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place on Monday called for a swift resolution to the long-running battle between the Chicago-based hotel company and the workers' union, saying it is unfair and inappropriate for the employees to have gone...Tags: Chicago Hotels, McCormick Place, Wage Contract Issues, Unions, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Blue Shield may lose exclusive CalPERS HMO contract
Blue Shield of California may be losing its longtime grip on one of the healthcare industry's most coveted insurance contracts. Officials at the California Public Employees' Retirement System are recommending breaking up Blue Shield's current...Tags: Healthcare Provider, Politics, Healthcare Contract Issues, Public Employees, General Motors Corp.
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Mike Feuer collects $650,000 for city attorney runoff campaign
Former lawmaker Mike Feuer, a candidate for Los Angeles city attorney in the May 21 runoff, had raised $308,000 by April 6, the first campaign reporting deadline, and had collected an additional $350,000 in taxpayer matching funds, according to a document...
Tags: Politics, Religion and Belief, Ethics, Wage Contract Issues, Values
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Bob Lutz: GM deserved federal money, but Fisker, well, who knows?
Autoblog.comFiled under: EV/Plug-in, Manufacturing/Plants, Legislation and Policy, Fisker Two days after a Congressional hearing about a US Department of Energy loan to Fisker Automotive, Bob Lutz wrote a column pondering what should be done to stop the financial... -
Letters: California wasn't late on gay marriage
Re "California, late to the altar," Editorial, April 26 Your editorial regarding the role of California in the race to recognize same-sex marriage omits what I believe to be the biggest catalyst of the changes taking place in the country. In 2004,...Tags: Minority Groups, Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Gavin Newsom, Family
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SEC accuses city of Victorville, others of fraud in bond sale
Ever since the Department of Defense shut down George Air Force Base in 1992, the high desert town of Victorville has struggled to reinvent itself. The city encouraged massive residential and retail development. It invested in two new power plants....Tags: Alternative Energy, Politics, Laws, General Electric Company, Defendants
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Steelworkers to vote on proposed 6-year contract with Caterpillar
— The United Steelworkers union will vote Tuesday on a proposed six-year contract with Caterpillar Inc. that would freeze wages, increase contributions to health care costs and offer senior employees fewer protections. The proposed agreement covers...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Mining, Politics, Wage Contract Issues, Unions
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Mail Call - April 30
“It’s Earth Week. There should be zero tolerance in Hagerstown and Washington County for littering of cigarette butts; burning cigarette butts in roadways, and cigarette butts in our beautiful parks.” — Hagerstown “In regard...Tags: Politics, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Quitting Smoking
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Caterpillar Wisconsin workers consider contract
Tribune reporterMembers of the United Steel Workers in Wisconsin are set to vote Tuesday on a proposed six-year contract with Caterpillar Inc. that would freeze wages, increase health care costs and give senior employees fewer protections. The proposed agreement covers...Tags: Mining, Health Insurance Cost, Strikes, Wage Contract Issues, 401K
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Who was in charge at the city detention center?
I have lots of questions about the Black Guerrilla Family case, starting with this: Was the warden of the Baltimore City Detention Center asked to approve maternity leave for any of the female correctional officers allegedly impregnated by inmate Tavon...
Tags: Prosecution, Gang Activity, Black Guerrilla Family, Work Rules Contract Issues, Career and Workplace
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Protests in Bangladesh as death toll from building collapse rises
NEW DELHI, India -- The death toll in Bangladesh rose to more than 300 people Friday following the collapse this week of a building that housed five apparel factories, officials said, as protests by workers at other garment plants intensified....
Tags: Politics, Disasters and Accidents, New Delhi (India), Human Rights Watch, Labor Disputes
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My challenge to Karen Lewis
A year ago Chicago teachers, clinicians, paraprofessionals and parents hoped that their strength in numbers and unity would yield the legislative action and contract settlement needed to remedy the problems teachers face in the classroom —...Tags: Chicago Charter Schools, Politics, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Karen Lewis
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