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Tough laws, reduced ranks: What's next for unions?
From a sprawling United Auto Workers hall outside Detroit, John Zimmick has seen factories close and grown men cry when their jobs disappear. Through all the economic uncertainties of life in auto country, there has been one constant: the union. In...
Tags: University of Pennsylvania, Plant Closings, Economy, Business and Finance, Voting, Unemployment
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Maxim employee forged email to state in hepatitis c case
A staffing company owned by Columbia-based Maxim Healthcare Services created a false email to make it appear it had informed state health officials about unethical conduct by contract worker David Kwiatkowski, who is accused of exposing hundreds of...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Career and Workplace, Hospitals and Clinics, Hepatitis, Trials
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Chicago school closing plan ignites emotions
After months of anxiety for parents and teachers, the release of a list of 53 public schools Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration plans to close ignited a fresh round of questions and protest as communities struggle to deal with the largest schools shake-...Tags: Career and Workplace, Teachers, Terry Mazany, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology
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Teachers get contract ahead of right-to-work
Teachers get contract ahead of right-to-work LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Teachers in Lansing are among the latest to get a union contract in the week before Michigan's right-to-work law takes effect. The Lansing State Journal reports teachers and...Tags: Career and Workplace, Teachers, Labor Legislation, Teaching and Learning, Crime, Law and Justice
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Unions sign long deals before right-to-work starts
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Washtenaw County has approved contracts with five public worker unions that will enable the unions to keep collecting dues from all covered workers for the next decade, despite Michigan's right-to-work law, which takes effect...Tags: AFSCME, Career and Workplace, Employees, Politics, Rick Snyder
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Teacher pension problems catch lawmakers' attention
SACRAMENTO -- For years, problems with California's pension fund for teachers and school employees have been growing. Now a new report says the fund needs an additional $4.5 billion every year -- more than Sacramento spends on both university systems...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Employees, Teachers, Politics, Interior Policy
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New terms in rail sale delay board's approval
PIERRE -- At least one member of the South Dakota Railroad Board is tired of the delays in the latest try at selling the state-owned railroad line between Napa Junction and Platte. Dan Baker of Rapid City stood alone Wednesday in voting against...Tags: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, Career and Workplace, Travel, Politics, Executive Branch
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State report outlines Kwiatkowski's time in Maryland
Supervisors at a Maryland hospital weren't surprised when drugs were missing from a treatment room where contract radiology technician David Kwiatkowski was assigned. A manager had spotted him going through needle-disposal containers and he was among...
Tags: Career and Workplace, General Practitioners, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Healthcare Policies, Maryland General Hospital
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Report paints dire picture of teacher pension fund
The pension fund for California teachers and school employees will run out of money by 2044 if lawmakers don't take drastic action, according to a new report from the Legislative Analyst's Office. The report said problems with the pension fund, known as...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Interior Policy
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Is Prime Healthcare settling scores with union?
In recent years, Prime Healthcare has built a reputation as a take-no-prisoners company willing to run roughshod over patients and employees alike in its quest for profits — $283 million on revenue of $1.6 billion in 2010, according to a financial...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Kamala D. Harris, Medicare, Healthcare Contract Issues, Los Angeles International Airport
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Speed camera bill up for Senate vote
The state Senate could vote as soon as Tuesday to bar the state and local governments from paying speed camera contractors based on ticket volume and to require that all automated speeding tickets issued in Maryland give drivers enough information to...
Tags: Fines, Career and Workplace, Politics, Brekford Corp., Howard County
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Weeks in review
Change of SubjectA roundup of state and local news-review and weekly political chat shows. Descriptions provided by the broadcast outlets in most cases: Editorial roundtable (Chicago Tribune TV) Kristen McQueary, John McCormick and Paul Weingarten discuss the week's...
Mar 23, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Mar 23, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 24, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Mar 22, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Mar 22, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Mar 21, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 20, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Mar 20, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 20, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 19, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Mar 18, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 15, 2013
| Chicago Tribune
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