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Coalition protests Joint Strike Fighter workshop
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterAllegations of unequal treatment and biases on behalf of the Navy are being raised by the group advocating homebasing the F-35C Joint Strike Fighter Squadron in El Centro. Imperial Valley United for Joint Strike Fighter, also known as the Joint...Tags: Armed Forces, Strikes, Career and Workplace
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Joint strike fighter coalition protests handling of local workshop
Imperial Valley United for Joint Strike Fighter has filed a protest over the handling of the El Centro workshop concerning the environmental study regarding homebasing the Navy’s F-35C squadrons. The local coalition also has asked the Navy to...Tags: Career and Workplace
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US says Guantanamo strike grows; extent in dispute
MIAMI (AP) — One of the best known prisoners in Guantanamo says a hunger strike at the U.S. base in Cuba has grown to include 130 men in a protest over their confinement. Shaker Aamer tells his lawyer that he has lost 32 pounds during the strike...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Prisons, Career and Workplace
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However court rules, gay marriage debate won't end
NEW YORK (AP) — However the Supreme Court rules after its landmark hearings on same-sex marriage, the issue seems certain to divide Americans and states for many years to come. In oral arguments Tuesday and Wednesday on two cases involving gay...
Tags: Politics, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Jon Tester, Minority Groups, Laws
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Congratulations to re-elected Armenian president spark Burbank hunger strike
Ara Manoogian hadn’t eaten for nine days as of Monday, and he was prepared to go without food for weeks, or even months, more. Camped in an RV parked outside Rep. Adam Schiff’s Burbank office, Manoogian said his hunger strike was in protest...
Tags: Politics, Adam Schiff, Human Rights, Adam B. Schiff, Career and Workplace
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Hong Kong rules against residency for foreign domestic helpers
Foreigners who cook, clean houses and care for children in Hong Kong will not be eligible to become permanent residents like other workers from abroad, a final appeals court ruled Monday. The unanimous ruling disappointed the Filipino workers who...
Tags: Politics, Labor Legislation, Human Rights, Central African Republic, Hong Kong
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Palestinians protest in support of striking prisoners
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinians demonstrated throughout the West Bank and East Jerusalem on Friday demanding the release of four prisoners on a hunger strike in Israeli jails. Israeli officials say the Palestinian prisoners are militants accused...
Tags: Palestinian National Authority, Islam, Israel, Prisons, Barack Obama
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Is Prime Healthcare settling scores with union?
In recent years, Prime Healthcare has built a reputation as a take-no-prisoners company willing to run roughshod over patients and employees alike in its quest for profits — $283 million on revenue of $1.6 billion in 2010, according to a financial...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Politics, Work Relations, Government Health Care, Laws
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From pride to disillusionment: a black leader sours on Obama
I can hear 'em now. "He's a good guy"; "He's a family man"; "He'll govern like a moderate"; "It will be so good for the country"; "He's post-partisan." That the election of a mixed-race candidate for president sent positive messages about America around...
Tags: Politics, Work Relations, Illinois General Assembly, George Washington, Career and Workplace
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San Francisco Symphony musicians go out on strike
L.A. NOWLugging picket signs and instrument cases in front of the concert hall where they perform, musicians from San Francisco's acclaimed symphony orchestra went on strike Wednesday, causing the cancellation of at least one performance and throwing an East... -
News of the Weird: Brothels for the Disabled
A Verizon risk team, looking for data breaches on a client's computers, discovered that one company software developer was basically idle for many months, yet remained productive — because he had outsourced his projects to a Chinese software...
Tags: Benedict XVI, Physical Disabilities, United Kingdom, Biology, Vatican City
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Bankruptcy Judge Says HealthBridge Can Reduce Worker Benefits
The Hartford CourantA New Jersey bankruptcy judge ruled Monday that HealthBridge Management can temporarily reduce the benefits of its 600 union workers at five nursing homes in Connecticut while it lines up financing to continue operating. HealthBridge argued that...Tags: Politics, Medical Specialization, Work Relations, Stamford, Health Insurance
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