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Waldo-Hancock Bridge nearly gone after last suspension cables plunge into Penobscot River
Bangor Daily News, MaineVERONA ISLAND, Maine -- With a thunderous, steely groan and an enormous splash, the two towers of the defunct Waldo-Hancock Bridge were separated for the first time since 1931 after demolition workers dropped the suspension cables into the Penobscot...Tags: Career and Workplace
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Foxconn says needs more time to further cut workers' overtime
ReutersTAIPEI (Reuters) - Foxconn Technology Group said on Friday it needs more time to reduce overtime at its China factories after labor monitors appointed by top client Apple Inc said cutting workers' hours by a July 1 target would be a challenge. Apple last...Tags: Career and Workplace, Lifestyle and Leisure, Gardening, China
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Evergreen union may strike
The Olympian (Olympia, Wash.)Student-services workers at The Evergreen State College voted 45-5 Wednesday to authorize actions "up to and including a strike" as they continue negotiating with college leaders on a two-year labor contract. The workers are represented by the...Tags: Labor Legislation, Politics, Strikes, Colleges and Universities, Civil and Public Service
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Republican targets IRS employees in Tea Party probe
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans investigating the Internal Revenue Service want to question five employees about the tax agency's targeting of the Tea Party and other conservative groups, an effort that a key lawmaker said was part of a fact-finding...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Darrell E Issa, U.S. House of Representatives, Karl Rove
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BRIEF: Minnetonka's Communications Systems lays off 12 in fiber unit
Star TribuneCommunications Systems Inc. of Minnetonka has laid off 12 employees because of a slowdown in its fiber-optic network connections business. The layoffs affect about 8 percent of the workers in the Transition Networks business unit, which has 150...Tags: Communications Systems Incorporated, Career and Workplace
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Judge rules in favor of JPL scientists disciplined for emails sent from work accounts
Scientists and engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory were unfairly disciplined for sending emails about a U.S. Supreme Court decision involving background checks at the agency, a judge has ruled. The ruling comes after the JPL employees...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Google Inc., Science, Judges, NASA
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Online sales tax bill should be improved, and passed
The U.S. Senate recently passed a bill that would allow states to require Internet retailers to collect sales taxes on behalf of local governments. This bill has flaws, but they could be fixed in the House. It should be passed. I don't like the idea...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Business, Politics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Sales
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Receiver still seeking buyer for Plymouth's Whitley Products
South Bend TribunePLYMOUTH -- The saga of Whitley Products took another turn for the worse Friday. But, according to Jay Bahr, new executive director of the Marshall County Economic Development Corp., it's not over yet. Bahr said Monday, that even though a potential deal...Tags: Career and Workplace, Agriculture
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Organic Valley 'planning for a rebuild'
La Crosse Tribune, Wis.Displaced Organic Valley employees gathered outside a makeshift command post at the La Farge Community Temple on Wednesday afternoon, anxious to learn when -- and how -- they could get back to work. A fire raced through the headquarters of the nation'...Tags: Arable Farming, Career and Workplace, Wesleyan University
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Fort Gordon employees bracing for furloughs
The Augusta Chronicle, Ga.The uncertainty surrounding civilian furloughs in the U.S. Department of Defense lingered Wednesday as Fort Gordon employees braced for the next two weeks, when officials said they will be "served" with letters informing them of what days they must stop...Tags: Career and Workplace, Defense, Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Department of Defense, Unemployment
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Students show off their robots at Medtronic in Memphis
Commercial AppealWoody was having some trouble getting started Wednesday, thanks to a laptop glitch that had the Craigmont High robotics team troubleshooting while Frisbees sailed overhead. The team's robot, built over six weeks of intensive labor, was affectionately...Tags: Technology, Career and Workplace, Medtronic Incorporated, Science and Technology
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Minnesota Senate OKs unions for child, personal care workers
St. Paul Pioneer PressThe Minnesota Senate's 17-hour debate over a bill that would let unions try to organize personal care workers and child care providers highlights a growing partisan rancor and offers a preview of what's to come in the waning days of the legislative...Tags: Mark Dayton, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Judges, Parties and Movements
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