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District 15 teachers file grievance over early dismissal
Just days after the Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 Board of Education voted in favor of dismissing students early on Fridays to allow teachers time for professional development, the teachers union filed a grievance, saying the schedule...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning, Students, Teachers, Arbitration
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White-collar workers are turning to labor unions
NEW YORK — The next wave of union protesters isn't blue collar. It's lawyers, paralegals, secretaries, helicopter pilots, judges, insurance agents and podiatrists. These white-collar workers are not exactly the picture of the labor movement, but...
Tags: Washington, DC, Career and Workplace, Judges, Lawyers, Employment
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Letters from a son: What Allentown's William Reichard saw at Antietam
He had never been in the smoky, confusing haze of gunfire. Never watched helplessly as strong young men fell dead in front of him. Until the Battle of Antietam, William Reichard didn't know war. Reichard, barely 20, left Allentown in the summer of...Tags: Washington, DC, Rebellions, Career and Workplace, Sociology, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania)
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Choi and O'Farrell in contentious battle for council seat
Mitch O'Farrell is probably the only candidate running for Los Angeles City Council who can do a backward handspring, no problem. Before taking a job a decade ago as a field deputy in the office of Councilman Eric Garcetti, O'Farrell, 52, spent years as a...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Politics, Eric Garcetti, Local Elections, Cruise Ship Jobs
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Bangladesh to end search for building collapse victims
Bangladesh's military is ending its search for bodies in the wreckage of an eight-story garment factory building that collapsed last month because no more victims are expected to be found, officials said Monday. Also Monday, the government agreed to...Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Career and Workplace, Plant Openings, Disasters and Accidents, Crime, Law and Justice
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Police union puts another $850,000 into bid to elect Greuel
The union that represents Los Angeles police officers put another $850,000 into the effort to elect mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel, according to a report posted Wednesday by the city’s Ethics Commission. The independent expenditure brings the...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Career and Workplace, Wendy Greuel, Politics, Finance
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News-Press Editorial: GWP contract the right move to make
This week, more than two years after engaging in good-faith contract talks with the L.A.-based International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18, the union representing employees of Glendale Water & Power, the city of Glendale pulled the plug on...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Employees, Labor Legislation
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Union for UC patient-care workers authorizes strike for May 21, 22
The union representing nearly 13,000 University of California patient-care workers announced plans Friday to strike later this month, but UC officials said they would seek a restraining order to prevent any such action. The American Federation of State,...Tags: Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, AFSCME, Politics, Employees
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L.A. council finds funds to reverse Fire Dept. staffing shift
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to provide $1.6 million to reverse a controversial new staffing plan at the Fire Department, handing a victory to the employee union that had branded it as unsafe. Over the weekend, the department began...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Politics, Fires, Eric Garcetti, Lima (Peru)
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NLRB compelled speech edict overturned with Lehigh Valley businessman's help
The so-called labor movement in America has been disappearing and now serves only the interests of union bosses and the politicians they prop up, so desperate measures were considered necessary to keep the useless corpse breathing. One attempt at...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Roy Afflerbach, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Politics, Employees
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No raises in sight for Lake school teachers, service workers before class ends
Sentinel School ZoneThe Lake County school teacher’s and school service workers unions learned at the bargaining table this week that there’s simply no money for raises this school year. The two unions are still attempting to wrap up lengthy negotiations for...Tags: Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning, Rick Scott, Teachers
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Wal-Mart's plan to hire veterans sparks war of words
The head of Concerned Veterans for America says he doesn't understand why a major union is upset with Wal-Mart's plan to hire veterans. Back in January, the retail giant announced plans to provide jobs to any veteran who passed a basic background check....Tags: Career and Workplace, AFL-CIO, Walmart
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May 10, 2013
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May 9, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
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