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Bankrupt Patriot Coal asks court to slash union pensions
ReutersBy Nick Brown April 29 (Reuters) - Patriot Coal Corp on Monday will seek court permission to slash healthcare and pension benefits for about 13,000 union workers, an issue that has set off weeks of street protests by affected workers. The company, which...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Peabody Energy Corporation, Labor Disputes, Petroleum Industry, Career and Workplace
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Teachers will get 4 percent total package increase
The Hawk Eye, Burlington, IowaThe West Burlington School Board Tuesday approved a 4 percent total package increase for the West Burlington Education Association, the union representing teachers, counselors and other certified staff. As part of the increase, teachers will get an...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Career and Workplace
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Lawmakers still have 'a lot of work to do' on education
Seattle TimesIf lawmakers got a letter grade for progress on the issue of education this session -- as some of them want schools to get -- they'd give themselves an "incomplete." The regular session ended Sunday with only a handful of major education-policy bills...Tags: Parties and Movements, Teachers, Advanced Training, Academic Progress, Career and Workplace
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After impasse with IBEW, Glendale City Council imposes pay cut on utility workers
More than 200 Glendale Water & Power employees and their union comrades packed City Hall Tuesday night to protest a contract that cuts their pay by 1.75%. Despite the showing, the City Council — unable to reach a deal with the International...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Healthcare Contract Issues, Public Officials, Health and Safety at Work, Career and Workplace
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Stone marker to honor Fayetteville man who was a Union hero in Civil War battle in New Mexico
The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.When Capt. Alexander McRae saw his cause was lost beyond hope, he "drew out his pistol and, calmly seating himself on one of his guns, defended it until he was shot to death." That's how a lieutenant who witnessed the Battle of Valverde in February 1862...Tags: Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Wars and Interventions, West Point, Lawyers, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Dock workers allege racism
The BladeThe president of a dock workers' union local that nine days ago authorized its leaders to call a strike has told Port of Toledo officials that no strike is planned, but it's a weapon the union may wield to combat what it considers discrimination by the...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Health and Safety at Work, International Longshoremen's Association, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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Amazon faces strike threat in Germany over pay, conditions
ReutersBy Victoria Bryan FRANKFURT, April 29 (Reuters) - Global internet retailer Amazon.com could be facing its first strike in Germany by warehouse workers seeking better pay and benefits. Amazon employs around 9,000 people across Germany and has come...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Employees, Strikes, E-Commerce Industry, Career and Workplace
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L.A. council finds funds to reverse Fire Dept. staffing shift
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to provide $1.6 million to reverse a controversial new staffing plan at the Fire Department, handing a victory to the employee union that had branded it as unsafe. Over the weekend, the department began...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Paul Krekorian, Lima (Peru), Politics, Career and Workplace
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City unions plan protest at mayors summit
The Philadelphia InquirerThe same coalition of labor unions that shouted down Mayor Nutter during his budget message to City Council in March is organizing a two-day protest May 22 and 23, tied to a U.S. Conference of Mayors event in Center City. "NO MORE Mayor 1% Nutter," says...Tags: Local Government, The Philadelphia Inquirer, AFSCME, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Budgets and Budgeting
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Busload of union workers head to Frontier shareholders meeting
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A busload of local communications workers is traveling to Frontier Communications' corporate offices in Connecticut to participate in the company's annual shareholders meeting. Dozens of members of the Communications Workers of...Tags: Verizon Communications, Economy, Business and Finance, Prices, Stamford, Career and Workplace
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The road to West Virginia's first governor leads to Parkersburg
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.PARKERSBURG, W.Va. -- West Virginians celebrating the state's sesquicentennial this year could take a road trip to see the final resting place of the first governor. The grave and monument for Gov. Arthur I. Boreman are on a hill overlooking Parkersburg...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Charlotte, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Christianity, Career and Workplace
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New police union adds wrinkle to Lakewood's labor negoatiations
The News TribuneLakewood police lieutenants have formed their own union, adding another wrinkle in the city's drawn-out labor negotiations. The Lakewood Police Management Guild is the city's fourth union and the second formed in nearly four years. It represents the...Tags: Career and Workplace
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