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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, Racism, Slavery, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania)
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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: Corporate Crime, National Basketball Players Association, Derek Fisher, 2011 NBA Lockout, National Basketball Association
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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: Students, Teachers, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning, Arbitration
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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: Wage Contract Issues, Pittsburgh, Collective Contract, Students, Work Relations
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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: Small Businesses, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Employees, Politics
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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, International Association of Fire Fighters, Career and Workplace, Politics, Arbitration
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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: Corporate Crime, Privatization, Blackmail and Extortion, Air Transportation Industry, Employees
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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: Corporate Crime, Privatization, Blackmail and Extortion, Labor Markets, Air Transportation Industry
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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: Small Businesses, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Employees, Politics
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Labor Legislation, Legal Service, Lawyers
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Choi and O'Farrell in contentious battle for council seat
Mitch O'Farrell is probably the only candidate running for Los Angeles City Council who can do a backward handspring, no problem. Before taking a job a decade ago as a field deputy in the office of Councilman Eric Garcetti, O'Farrell, 52, spent years as a...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Voting, Health Insurance Cost, PTA, Port of Los Angeles
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'Fashion Police' Strike: E! President Defends Joan Rivers, Demands WGA Election
ReutersMay 15 (TheWrap.com) - E! president Suzanne Kolb on Wednesday sent a letter to eight striking "Fashion Police" writers, defending the show's host Joan Rivers and insisting on a sanctioned election before it would come to the negotiating table. The...Tags: Collective Contract, Elections, Work Relations, Career and Workplace, Politics
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