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NLRB Filing in HealthBridge Case Pits Federal Courts Against Each Other
The Hartford CourantThe long battle between HealthBridge Management and the Service Employees International Union continued Thursday with a twist that seeks to pit one federal court against another. Nearly three months after 600 HealthBridge Management workers ended a...Tags: Justice System, Stamford, Crime, Law and Justice, Danbury, Financially Distressed Companies
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Congress Plaza Hotel strike ends after 10 years
A strike at the Congress Plaza Hotel in downtown Chicago that lasted 10 years has ended. Unite Here Local 1, the union representing cleaning and maintenance workers, offered an unconditional return to work as of midnight Wednesday. The union Thursday...
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INTERVIEW-Yemen appeals for funds for Guantanamo prisoners rehab centre
Reuters* Minister says returning inmates to go through rehabilitation * Most previously returned inmates leading normal lives * Unemployment, poverty remain challenges By Mohammed Ghobari SANAA, May 29 (Reuters) - Yemen's human rights minister appealed to...Tags: Government, Al-Qaeda, Justice and Rights, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice
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Pussy Riot bandmember taken to hospital after hunger strike
ReutersMOSCOW, May 28 (Reuters) - A member of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot who went on hunger strike in jail last week after being barred from a parole hearing was hospitalised on Tuesday, the husband of another band member said. Maria Alyokhina, 24, and...Tags: Religion and Belief, Hospitals and Clinics, Vladimir Putin, Prisons, Career and Workplace
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Melee during U.S. Motors strike
FrameworkTear gas canisters explode as police break a barricade of pickets massed in front of the U.S. Motors plant on E. Slauson Ave.... -
American Crystal Sugar lockout ends
The American Crystal Sugar lockout effectively ended on May 28 when union workers showed up for their first day of work in almost 22 months, their relatively thin ranks testifying to the bitterness of the labor dispute. Just over 400 union members...Tags: Labor Legislation, Unemployment Benefits, Politics, Elections, Career and Workplace
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Times not so sweet for sugar
A tough year in the sugar beet business became even tougher recently. Heavy rains in the northern Red River Valley will further slow sugar beet planting and could allow American Crystal Sugar Co. growers to plant only 430,000 to 440,00 of the 458,000...Tags: Washington, DC, Career and Workplace, Natural Disasters, U.S. Congress, Unions
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Wal-Mart blocks protesters, announces $15 billion share buyback
Armed with a temporary restraining order against demonstrators and a $15-billion stock buyback program for investors, Wal-Mart held its annual shareholder meeting Friday. The company is facing renewed scrutiny over its labor practices at home and the...
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10-year strike at Congress Plaza Hotel is over
Tribune staff reportA 10-year strike at the Congress Plaza hotel in downtown Chicago -- believed to be the longest hotel strike in the world --has ended. An attorney for the hotel said Unite Here Local 1, the union representing cleaning and maintenance workers, has offered...Tags: Television Industry, Trials, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, Financially Distressed Companies
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AFRICA INVESTMENT-South Africa labour strife creating vicious cycle
ReutersBy Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG, May 29 (Reuters) - Labour unrest in South Africa's mines, which threatens to spread to bigger sectors like manufacturing, is plunging the economy into a vicious cycle that may spiral into stagflation, disinvestment and more...Tags: Inflation and Deflation, Finance, Africa, South Africa, Mining
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Not just Bangladesh, garment makers pressured in Cambodia as well
ReutersBy Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH, June 6 (Reuters) - As investment in Cambodia's textile industry surges, so is labour unrest, putting pressure on suppliers to the world's big garment brands to raise wages and improve sometimes grim conditions in one of...Tags: Hennes & Mauritz AB, Nike, Inc., Gap Inc., Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Sweden
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