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Senators work on deal expanding background checks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Talks between two influential senators have emerged as the most promising route for a bipartisan breakthrough on expanding federal background checks for gun buyers, a pivotal part of President Barack Obama's plan for combating...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, Chuck Schumer, Barack Obama, Tom Coburn
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Unions focus organizing efforts on service sector workplaces
After spending three decades at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore, Kevin Hux eagerly joined efforts this past year to unionize his workplace. "I joined this union to have some kind of voice and be protected," said Hux, 55, who started in housekeeping shortly...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Labor Legislation, Employment, Unions, Career and Workplace
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Right-to-work law takes effect in Michigan
DETROIT (AP) — Republican Gov. Rick Snyder said a right-to-work law that took effect Thursday is a milestone that will bring jobs to Michigan, while protesters promised to exact revenge at the polls for the contentious measure Snyder signed in...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Americans for Prosperity, Justice System, Labor Legislation, Employees
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Want to take to Facebook about your bad boss? Go ahead.
WDBJ7 ReporterHate something about your boss, your co-workers or your job and want to vent about it? Social Media sites like Facebook and Twitter are a great place to do it. But could you get fired? The answer may surprise you. The NLRB, or National Labor Relations...Tags: Social Media, Labor Legislation, Employment, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace
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Employees Return To HealthBridge Nursing Homes After 8-Month Strike
The Hartford CourantMore than 600 workers at five HealthBridge nursing homes returned to work Sunday, eight months after they went on strike over pensions and health care costs. "It was OK … it was business as normal," Nicole Rattigan, who had been on strike since...Tags: Interior Policy, Trials, Justice System, Labor Legislation, Health Insurance Cost
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New police chief sought in Buffalo Grove
Buffalo Grove officials are conducting a nationwide search for a new police chief to replace 36-year veteran Chief Steven Balinski, who retires Tuesday. Heidi Voorhees, president and owner of Voorhees & Associates of Deerfield, is conducting the...
Tags: Politics, Elections, Career and Workplace, Lake County (Illinois)
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Downers Grove OKs new contract for police dispatchers
Dispatchers for the Downers Grove Police Department have a new contract that will provide raises over the next three years. The village council signed off on the contract with Village Operation Center operators during its March 19 meeting. The operators...
Tags: Politics, Elections, Illinois General Assembly, Career and Workplace
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Tough laws, reduced ranks: What's next for unions?
From a sprawling United Auto Workers hall outside Detroit, John Zimmick has seen factories close and grown men cry when their jobs disappear. Through all the economic uncertainties of life in auto country, there has been one constant: the union. In...
Tags: Barack Obama, Unions, Companies and Corporations, AFL-CIO, Career and Workplace
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Obama court pick withdraws, thwarted by Republicans in Senate
WASHINGTON—Former New York state attorney Caitlin Halligan, President Obama’s choice for the U.S. Court of Appeals here, withdrew her name Friday, defeated by the Republican minority in the Senate. Halligan’s withdrawal is the latest...
Tags: Stephen Breyer, Labor Legislation, Justice System, George W. Bush, Barack Obama
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Farm labor shortage looms as young workers steer clear of agriculture
SELMA, Calif. - Vicente Contreras is 70 years old - and "no mas," he insists with a smile - and he says he is still fit and hearty enough to perform the hard labor of California's farm fields. Contreras concedes his knees hurt when he climbs ladders...Tags: Politics, Asparagus, Migration, Mexico, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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State seeks own plan to curb valley fever outbreak in prisons
This post has been updated. See below for details.This post has been updated. See the note below for details. California corrections officials are seeking help from other state agencies before moving on recommendations to divert large numbers of inmates from valley fever-stricken prisons. “...Tags: Prisons, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Justice System, Pneumonia, Judges
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Jay Leno insulting his NBC bosses is kind of insulting
L.A. NOWOne thing you can say for Jay Leno, his chin isn’t his only huge physical attribute. You gotta be impressed by a guy whose paycheck is in the several-kajillion-dollar range and can nevertheless stand on a stage in front of......
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