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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: Arbitration, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Students, Career and Workplace
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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: Employment Opportunities, Employment, Washington, DC, Judges, Career and Workplace
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'Living wage' at issue in L.A. mayoral campaign
The pickup truck tooled around Highland Park on Saturday morning, loudspeakers in back crooning in Spanish: "Wendy, la Wendy. We're gonna vote. $15 an hour we'll make. Wendy, la Wendy, we're gonna dance. Eric Garcetti start crying." A political mailer...Tags: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Politics, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti
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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: Politics, Local Elections, Cruise Ship Jobs, PTA, Port of Los Angeles
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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: Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti, Finance
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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: Sheikh Hasina, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Heavy Engineering, Religion and Belief, Consumer Goods Industries
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Fire let one get away
The Fire had plenty of chances on Saturday but the visiting Union got the big break. Jack McInerney, Major League Soccer's leading scorer, collected his seventh goal of the season on a partially deflected slow roller to lead the Union to a 1-0 victory...Tags: Chris Rolfe, Patrick Nyarko, Gonzalo Segares, Sports, Major League Soccer
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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: Labor Legislation, Employees, Career and Workplace
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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: Politics, Health and Safety at School, Strikes, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy
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Rival pension measures could force showdown in Springfield
— Senate President John Cullerton on Monday rolled out his latest proposal aimed at fixing the state's heavily indebted pension system, striking a deal with unions just days after House Speaker Michael Madigan pushed through a plan that's tougher on...
Tags: Politics, Linda Holmes, Parties and Movements, Pension and Welfare, Government
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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: Politics, Parties and Movements, Government, Employees, Career and Workplace
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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: Rick Scott, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Career and Workplace
May 16, 2013
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May 10, 2013
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May 7, 2013
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May 9, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
May 10, 2013
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