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Letters from a son: What Allentown's William Reichard saw at Antietam
He had never been in the smoky, confusing haze of gunfire. Never watched helplessly as strong young men fell dead in front of him. Until the Battle of Antietam, William Reichard didn't know war. Reichard, barely 20, left Allentown in the summer of...Tags: Mexican-American War, Allentown, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania)
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Civil War divided Lehigh Valley
Democrats of the Lehigh Valley opposed the Republican administration's war. They were suspicious of the shifting justifications for it. They weren't interested in fighting to free anyone. They denounced the president's restrictions on civil liberties....Tags: Allentown, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, Easton (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Elections
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Ex-NBA Players Union head Hunter sues association
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Ex-NBA Players Union head Hunter sues association Former National Basketball Players Association Executive Director Billy Hunter sued the union, President Derek Fisher and his publicist on Thursday, charging they sabotaged Hunter's...Tags: Trials, National Basketball Association, Career and Workplace, Billy Hunter, National Basketball Players Association
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Milwaukee still slugging away on residency
Milwaukee Journal SentinelWith time running out, Mayor Tom Barrett and city lobbyists continue to work to convince state legislators to leave the city's 75-year-old residency rule alone. After last week's move by the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee to end residency rules...Tags: Scott Walker, Public Officials, Government, Arbitration, Politics
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District 15 teachers file grievance over early dismissal
Just days after the Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 Board of Education voted in favor of dismissing students early on Fridays to allow teachers time for professional development, the teachers union filed a grievance, saying the schedule...
Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Arbitration, Students, 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: Trips and Vacations, Pittsburgh, Wage Contract Issues, Labor Legislation, Collective Contract
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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: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Parties and Movements, Elections, Employees
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Fire union president Bill Gault loses re-election
Philadelphia Daily NewsIT WAS OLD versus young in the election for president of the city firefighters union yesterday -- and the kids came out on top. Battalion Chief Joseph Schulle defeated incumbent President Bill Gault in a 1,736-1,209 vote by the International Association...Tags: Elections, Politics, Arbitration, Career and Workplace, International Association of Fire Fighters
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FEATURE-Seaport battle looms as Israel plans new competition
Reuters* Netanyahu accelerates plans to introduce port competition * Unions oppose private piers at Ashdod, Haifa * Israel's smallest port privatised in February By Tova Cohen and Ari Rabinovitch TEL AVIV, May 16 (Reuters) - Israel is betting its economic...Tags: Labor Legislation, Company Privatization, Blackmail and Extortion, Air Transportation Industry, Career and Workplace
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Seaport battle looms as Israel plans new competition
ReutersTEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel is betting its economic future on high-tech exports but faces a low-tech bottleneck in state-owned seaports subject to work stoppages and slowdowns because of the enormous strength of their unions. All that may be about to...Tags: Labor Legislation, Company Privatization, Blackmail and Extortion, Air Transportation Industry, Career and Workplace
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EDITORIAL: Unionizing child-care: DFL appears to have the votes, but not the case
St. Paul Pioneer PressWhile we slept, Republicans in the Minnesota Senate fought all night Tuesday for families and child care providers, said a tweet from the Republican Party. It was a losing battle. The upshot of the all-nighter: Minnesota is a step closer to unionizing...Tags: Business, Career and Workplace, Elections, Employees, Mark Dayton
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White-collar workers are turning to labor unions
NEW YORK — The next wave of union protesters isn't blue collar. It's lawyers, paralegals, secretaries, helicopter pilots, judges, insurance agents and podiatrists. These white-collar workers are not exactly the picture of the labor movement, but...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Lawyers, AFL-CIO, New York City, Career and Workplace
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