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Penny Pritzker sails through nomination hearing for Commerce secretary
— There are many reasons why Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker seems bound for the top job at the Commerce Department, after dodging potential conflict during a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday. Pritzker, 54, a Democratic mega-donor who...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Health and Safety at Work, Chuck Grassley, Lisa Murkowski, Labor Legislation
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Two activist groups accuse Wal-Mart of unfair labor practices
The day after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. named a former advisor to President George W. Bush to head its corporate and government affairs division, two activist groups filed complaints accusing the retail behemoth and its suppliers of poor labor practices....
Tags: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Health and Safety at Work, National Government, JC Penney Company Inc., Government
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Striking 'Fashion Police' Writers Picket E! Headquarters (Updated)
ReutersMay 23 (TheWrap.com) - The real police were not needed when the fake fashion ones -- or at least their writing staff -- picketed on Thursday. Writers from E! TV's "Fashion Police" led an hour-long picket and rally at the channel's mid-Wilshire...Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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'Fashion Police' Writers Rally Outside E! Headquarters
VarietyAbout 150 supporters of striking "Fashion Police" writers have picketed the Los Angeles offices of E! Entertainment in support of the scribes' unionization push. The noon-time action featured chants such as "Fashion Police, you're under arrest" and "What...Tags: Elections, E! Entertainment Television, Inc., Mining, Writers Guild of America, Collective Contract
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'Fashion Police' Strike: Both Sides Dig in on Eve of Rally
ReutersLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - With the strike by nine writers on E! Entertainment's "Fashion Police" nearly five weeks old, both sides were digging in for the long haul Wednesday. While the writers were preparing to set up an 11 a.m. picket line and...Tags: Elections, E! Entertainment Television, Inc., Strikes, Chelsea Lately (tv program), Writers Guild of America
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Lucille Dickess: An Advocate For Pink-Collar Workers At Yale
The Hartford CourantLucille Dickess played a major role in the successful fight to unionize "pink collar" workers at Yale University. The recognition of Local 34, Clerical and Technical Workers Union, brought higher wages and greater stability to the workers, most of them...Tags: United Auto Workers, Strikes, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Jesse Jackson, Yale University
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Berlin hopes efforts on youth jobs will help its image in Europe
ReutersBy Annika Breidthardt BERLIN, May 23 (Reuters) - German alarm that their country is blamed for austerity measures compounding the problems in the euro zone helps explain Berlin's bilateral efforts to tackle youth unemployment in some of the countries...Tags: Foreign Exchange Market, Unemployment, Eurovision Song Contest (tv program), ING Group, Portugal
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WGA to picket E! headquarters in 'Fashion Police' dispute
The Writers Guild of America, West has escalated its fight with the producers of "Fashion Police," a show on the E! cable network. The guild plans to hold a picket and rally outside the Wilshire Boulevard headquarters of E! Entertainment Television on...Tags: E! Entertainment Television, Inc., Chelsea Lately (tv program), Fashion Trends, Satellite and Cable Service, Writers Guild of America
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El Centro's Ballington Academy teachers seek additional compensation
Staff Writer, Copy EditorTeachers at Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences are requesting additional compensation on account of an extended academic school year that they contend has added 14 work days not specified in their employee handbook. The charter school...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Volunteers of America, Career and Workplace
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The NLRB's school-door stand
WASHINGTON — Early in an opinion issued recently by a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Judge A. Raymond Randolph says: "Although the parties have not raised it, one issue needs to be...Tags: Freedom of the Press, U.S. Congress, Employment, Labor Legislation, Human Rights
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Rubber bullets fired at South African mine strikers, several hurt
ReutersCAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Ten striking South African miners were taken to hospital on Tuesday after being hit by rubber bullets, police said, as labour strife spread ahead of mid-year pay negotiations. As well as the violence at a chromium mine, the National...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Economy, Business and Finance, Strikes, Finance, Lonmin Plc
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Reid to delay Senate votes on most Obama nominees until July
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that he will delay votes on several of President Obama’s nominees for key posts until July, a decision raising the prospect that he’ll seek further changes to Senate rules...Tags: Elections, Thomas Edward Perez, Dick Durbin, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Immigration
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