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Boeing Union Calls For Strike
Leaders of Boeing Co.'s Machinists union call for a strike after deciding that a proposed labor contract the aerospace company called its "best and final" offer wasn't good enough. They urge members to reject the offer in an upcoming vote. Page E2Tags: Boeing Co.
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Detective tale meets literary fiction, but is it too timely?
The fall of a presidential election year is rarely a good time to publish fiction. We're in the season of nonfiction titles: White House memoirs, Presidential biographies and partisan tracts. Philip Roth's "The Plot Against America" was a rare exception,...Tags: Government, Public Holidays, Elections, Katie Couric, Philip Roth
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Firefighters would receive a 1 percent raise, if contract is approved
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe firefighters union is incensed the city's latest contract offer doesn't include the right to appeal disciplinary actions to an independent arbiter. "Every firefighter has the right to due process to dispute whether the discipline he or she was handed...Tags: Unions, Arbitration, Fires, Delray Beach, Trials
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Boeing Machinists Strike Possible
Associated PressLeaders of Boeing Co.'s Machinists union called for a strike Friday after deciding that a proposed labor contract the aerospace company called its "best and final" offer wasn't good enough. They urged members to reject the offer in an upcoming vote....Tags: Collective Contract, Boeing Co., Unions, Employees, Retirement
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Governor seeks campaign cash curb
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose administration is under federal scrutiny for allegedly trading state jobs for campaign contributions, proposed a ban Friday on political cash from anyone holding a government job. Blagojevich used...Tags: Government, Elections, Rod Blagojevich, Regional Authority, Employees
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Search warrant issued at Agriprocessors
Associated Press WriterThe Iowa attorney general's office says investigators have executed a search warrant at the Agriprocessors Inc. plant in Postville, which was the site of a huge Immigration raid in May. The attorney general's office said in a short statement that no one...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Child Labor, Demographics, Lawyers, Immigration
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Gov would ban cash from government employees
AP Political WriterGov. Rod Blagojevich, whose administration is under federal scrutiny for allegedly trading state jobs for campaign contributions, proposed a sweeping ban Friday on political cash from anyone holding a government job. Blagojevich used amendatory veto...Tags: Government, Terry Link, Elections, Rod Blagojevich, Employees
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Sermons to tackle labor issues
Chicago Tribune reporterConnecting his Jewish faith with his support for workers' rights, Ted Smukler sees the beginnings of the labor movement in the Old Testament. "I see Shabbat, the commandment that God gave to rest on the seventh day, as really the first reported history...Tags: Public Holidays, Illegal Immigrants, Unions, Demographics, Employees
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75 Top 10s and counting...
Dining@LargeNight before last as I lay awake in my bed staring up at the darkened ceiling, it occurred to me I had done 75 Top 10s. OK, feel free to correct me if you want to go back and count,......Tags: Public Holidays, Labor Day
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Confused drivers wonder where the workers went
Most motorists are aware of the need for reduced speed and caution in work zones ("Hefty fines on tap for work-zone speeders," Page 1, Aug. 25). It is frustrating to comply with the speed restrictions and travel through the zone without seeing one workman... -
Residents want NYC waterfall turned off
Some New York City residents want a massive public art installation featuring four waterfalls near the Brooklyn Bridge turned off because they say the salt-water mist is destroying a waterfront garden. Judy Stanton, president of the Brooklyn Heights...Tags: Labor Day, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Bridge
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Pro-union Starbucks barista gets his job back
AP Business WriterA barista who said he was fired from Starbucks Corp. for helping to organize fellow workers into a union has been given his job back. In a preliminary reinstatement agreement dated Aug. 14 obtained by The Associated Press, Starbucks said its firing of...Tags: Government, Public Employees, Unions, Employees, Work Relations
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