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American Crystal union members head back to work
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) - Union members will soon head back to work at American Crystal Sugar plants in Minnesota, Iowa and North Dakota, but they say the sting of a 20-month lockout will make their return difficult both for them and the company. A...Tags: Unions, Politics, Strikes, Career and Workplace, Elections
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Labor nominee Perez faces sharp questions from GOP senators
Thomas E. Perez, the former Maryland labor secretary nominated to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, faced pointed questions at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday about whether politics influenced his decisions as the top civil rights attorney in...
Tags: Laws, Labor Markets, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Crime, Law and Justice, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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City Rejects Petition to Repeal Assembly Labor Ordinance
Channel 2 NewsA petition asking voters to repeal Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan’s controversial rewrite of the city’s labor laws has been rejected by city officials, who say it won’t appear on the municipal ballot because it was improperly worded and...Tags: Laws, Civil and Public Service, Crime, Law and Justice, Local Government, Labor Legislation
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NASCAR 'Feuding with the Stars' continues with Keselowski
Is there another professional sport that feuds with its talent more than NASCAR? Fresh off the contentious deal with Denny Hamlin — who got slapped with a $25,000 fine after criticizing the Gen 6 model earlier this season — defending...Tags: Denny Hamlin, Richard Petty, Sports, Career and Workplace, Auto Racing
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Palestinians protest in support of striking prisoners
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinians demonstrated throughout the West Bank and East Jerusalem on Friday demanding the release of four prisoners on a hunger strike in Israeli jails. Israeli officials say the Palestinian prisoners are militants accused...
Tags: Palestinian National Authority, Israel, Prisons, West Bank, Strikes
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Labor money starts flowing in for Garcetti
Organized labor's lopsided support for Wendy Greuel in the Los Angeles mayor's race has started shifting as unions begin pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into an independent campaign backing her rival, Eric Garcetti. The $300,000 in new labor...
Tags: Unions, Wendy Greuel, Local Elections, Career and Workplace, Los Angeles International Airport
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Attorneys ask for more time in Chris Brown community service case
Singer Chris Brown was ordered to return to court this summer after attorneys asked a judge Friday for more time to review new evidence related to allegations he failed to complete court-ordered community service. Brown appeared in Los Angeles County...
Tags: Chris Brown, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Photography Supplies and Services, Prosecution, Career and Workplace
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Coalition protests Joint Strike Fighter workshop
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterAllegations of unequal treatment and biases on behalf of the Navy are being raised by the group advocating homebasing the F-35C Joint Strike Fighter Squadron in El Centro. Imperial Valley United for Joint Strike Fighter, also known as the Joint...Tags: Strikes, Career and Workplace, Armed Forces
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Joint strike fighter coalition protests handling of local workshop
Imperial Valley United for Joint Strike Fighter has filed a protest over the handling of the El Centro workshop concerning the environmental study regarding homebasing the Navy’s F-35C squadrons. The local coalition also has asked the Navy to...Tags: Career and Workplace
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US says Guantanamo strike grows; extent in dispute
MIAMI (AP) — One of the best known prisoners in Guantanamo says a hunger strike at the U.S. base in Cuba has grown to include 130 men in a protest over their confinement. Shaker Aamer tells his lawyer that he has lost 32 pounds during the strike...
Tags: Prisons, Saudi Arabia, Career and Workplace
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However court rules, gay marriage debate won't end
NEW YORK (AP) — However the Supreme Court rules after its landmark hearings on same-sex marriage, the issue seems certain to divide Americans and states for many years to come. In oral arguments Tuesday and Wednesday on two cases involving gay...
Tags: Laws, Hampshire, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Jon Tester
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Hong Kong rules against residency for foreign domestic helpers
Foreigners who cook, clean houses and care for children in Hong Kong will not be eligible to become permanent residents like other workers from abroad, a final appeals court ruled Monday. The unanimous ruling disappointed the Filipino workers who...
Tags: Human Rights Watch, Politics, Employees, Human Rights, Labor Legislation
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