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Worker-rights group wants airport wages raised
The Philadelphia InquirerCommunity activists and an interfaith group want Philadelphia City Council to amend a lease agreement between the city and US Airways Group to boost the salary of 1,500 low-wage airport workers and require future hiring for ground-service jobs to come...Tags: Services and Shopping, General Contracting, American Airlines, Inc., Air Transportation Industry, Career and Workplace
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DA: Alleged abuse by Scranton police officer under investigation
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.The Lackawanna County district attorney's office is investigating allegations that an on-duty Scranton police officer assaulted his wife in April. District Attorney Andy Jarbola confirmed that detectives are interviewing witnesses in relation to a...Tags: Lackawanna County, Abusive Behavior, Scranton, Career and Workplace
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Boone union makes offer; board head balks
Reading Eagle, Pa.After months of negotiations aimed at heading off curriculum cuts, the Daniel Boone Education Association is making proposed contract concessions a take-it-or-leave-it proposition. The teachers union voted overwhelmingly Thursday afternoon to offer...Tags: Unions, Career and Workplace, Wage Contract Issues, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Prosecutor pay dispute in court Friday
The Free Press, Mankato, Minn.The five Blue Earth County commissioners have been handed subpoenas by county deputies, thousands of dollars in legal fees have already been incurred, and today a long-simmering salary dispute between the county's prosecuting attorneys and the county...Tags: Work Rules Contract Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Court Administration, Career and Workplace, Government
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CRP faces challenges as next signup period looms
FARGO, N.D. - Last fall, for the fourth straight year, Thief River Falls, Minn., farmer Ken Asp chose not to re-enroll some of his farmland in the Conservation Reservation Program. Enrolling the land into CRP made economic sense when he did it, in...Tags: Arable Farming, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Droughts, Career and Workplace, Natural Disasters
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Council did what it had to do
The Glendale City Council did what it had to do (“Council imposes union contract,” May 8), in line with treatment of other represented city employee groups. In the big picture, labor unions are just about the only institutions opposing the...Tags: Career and Workplace
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In Bangladesh, shock may give way to status quo
NEW DELHI — The disaster caused shocking loss of life among young, mostly female garment workers, awoke the conscience of a nation, spotlighted dismal working conditions and spurred loud calls for construction and labor reform. So far, that...Tags: Work Rules Contract Issues, Sears, Bangladesh, Italy, Disasters and Accidents
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Will County Board tells state lawmakers to pass a concealed carry law
Will County Board members Thursday sent a message to state lawmakers—pass a concealed carry law before it automatically becomes law. Board members voted 15-6, with three members voting "present," supporting a resolution backing a concealed carry...
Tags: Interior Policy, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Voting, AFSCME
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EDITORIAL: Dressed to kill
Miami HeraldThat trendy jacket treasured for its looks and bargain price bears hidden costs -- in lives at risk and lives actually lost. The death toll from the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh -- 1,127 dead so far -- has opened the eyes of...Tags: Work Rules Contract Issues, China, Services and Shopping, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Bangladesh
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East St. Louis fires veteran firefighter for disobeying order to take drug test
Belleville News-DemocratA veteran East St. Louis firefighter who was charged in Texas with drug possession has been terminated by the East St. Louis Police and Fire Board. Khari Sharp, a 10-year veteran of the department, said he plans to appeal. His lawyer, Eric Kayira,...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Parties and Movements, Human Interest, Career and Workplace
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Bethel Park to vote on bus report
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe Bethel Park School Board will vote on Wednesday on whether to accept a fact-finder's report and set a new contract with its 79 bus drivers, mechanics and bus aides, or reject it in favor of a bid by First Student to take over the district's student...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Travel, Trips and Vacations, AFSCME, Unions
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High court hears back pay arguments
Albuquerque JournalA long-standing dispute between the Governor's Office and state employee unions over back pay and raises -- which Gov. Susana Martinez says has a price tag of $23 million -- was aired Wednesday in the state Supreme Court. State workers jammed the...Tags: Susana Martinez, Bill Richardson, Corporate Crime, Regional Authority, AFSCME
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