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People protesting planned school closings arrested at City Hall
Tribune reporterMore than 20 people protesting Chicago Public School plans to close 53 elementary schools were arrested this afternoon at City Hall, officials said. The protesters were arrested after sitting and blocking elevators on the main floor of the building...Tags: Politics, Career and Workplace, Activism, Chicago City Hall, Rahm Emanuel
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Patient care workers set to start walkout at five UC hospitals
Respiratory therapists, nursing aides, surgical technicians and other patient care workers plan to stage a walkout starting Tuesday morning at five University of California medical centers. More than 12,000 workers from the American Federation of State,...Tags: Heart Problems, Chemotherapy, AFSCME, Biotechnology, Judges
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Gold Cross employee negotiations to resume
Staff WriterNegotiations between Gold Cross Ambulance and its employees will resume Friday following a recent contract impasse and a strike notice, a union representative announced. “At this point we’ll be meeting with (the) company and hopefully will...Tags: Career and Workplace, Strikes
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Hotel workers protest Pritzker Commerce nomination
TribuneHundreds of protesters landed outside the Hyatt McCormick Place just as the National Restaurant Association Show, one of the nation's largest hospitality industry trade shows, was letting out for its third day at McCormick Place. The timing was a...Tags: Chicago Hotels, Career and Workplace, Navy Pier, McCormick Place, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Civil War divided Lehigh Valley
Democrats of the Lehigh Valley opposed the Republican administration's war. They were suspicious of the shifting justifications for it. They weren't interested in fighting to free anyone. They denounced the president's restrictions on civil liberties....Tags: Battle of Antietam, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), U.S. Elections, Human Interest, Social Issues
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Teachers get the bad news: Don't expect a raise soon
Lake County's 4,700 teachers and school workers aren't likely to get raises for the current school year after lengthy union wage negotiations wrap up. School officials recently told the two unions representing teachers and school services workers...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Finance, Rick Scott
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Ron Kaye: Brains, talent, too much ambition
In the costliest and most vicious City Council race of the Los Angeles election season, the battle for Hollywood has shattered beliefs about Armenian solidarity, with Paul Krekorian's role seen as causing deep rifts in the community. Little Armenia in...
Tags: Politics, Local Elections, Paul Krekorian, Career and Workplace, Armenia
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Group working to raise money for monument to black Civil War vets
davem@herald-mail.comSoldiers in Hagerstown were among the first black men in Maryland to join the ranks of the Union during the Civil War, and were involved in the siege of Petersburg, Va., during the conflict. Among the first local blacks who joined the Union were members...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Career and Workplace, Tourism and Leisure, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Union's early score enough in 1-0 win over Fire
CHESTER, Pa. -- With a steady rain falling and a cool breeze blowing in off the Delaware River, it certainly didn't feel like summer was approaching on Saturday evening at PPL Park. That didn't matter for the Philadelphia Union, because Jack McInerney...
Tags: Major League Soccer, Chris Rolfe, Soccer, Bakary Soumare, Career and Workplace
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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: Battle of Antietam, Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Allentown, Mexican-American War
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Chicago Teachers Union re-elects Karen Lewis
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, an often controversial figure who took on Mayor Rahm Emanuel by leading a seven-day strike last fall, was easily re-elected to a second three-year term Friday, according to unofficial results released by the...Tags: Karen Lewis, Teachers, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Teachers Strike, Strikes
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Political savvy vs. education skills in L.A. school board runoff
The race for a seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education pits the political savvy of Antonio Sanchez against the education skills of Monica Ratliff. And when it comes to campaign resources, politics trumps all. Sanchez, 31, has used his background in...Tags: Columbia University, Teachers, Michael Bloomberg, Eli Broad, Lawyers
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