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Workers' compensation enforcers widen focus on employers
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFor a decade, California employers and their advocates in Sacramento complained about the high cost of workers' compensation insurance and condemned abuses of the system by employees, who they said fake claims, exaggerate medical conditions and collect...Tags: Small Businesses, Wages and Pensions, Health and Safety at Work, Employees, Disability
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1858: The first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable, the dreamchild of American businessman Cyrus Field, was laid between Newfoundland and Ireland. (However, after several weeks of use the cable burned out.) 1864: During the Civil War, Union Adm. David G....Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Statue of Liberty, Marilyn Monroe
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Q&A with Anwar Phillips
A native of St. Petersburg, Fla., who spent the previous two seasons with the New Orleans Saints, Anwar Phillips attended Northwest High in Germantown and Penn State. The cornerback relaxes by watching television. Q: What is your favorite TV show? A:...Tags: Employees, New Orleans Saints
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Foxwoods Responds To Labor Board Complaint
Foxwoods Resort Casino said Friday it has filed a response to a July 18 federal complaint that the casino broke federal labor laws by failing to negotiate with union workers. In responding to the National Labor Relations Board complaint, Foxwoods,...Tags: Mashantucket, Casino and Gambling Industry, Tourism and Leisure, Casino and Gambling, Labor Legislation
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Wal-Mart denies pressuring employees on their votes
AP Business WritersWal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, denied a report Friday that it had pressured employees to vote against Democrats in November because of worries that a bill the party supports would make it easier for workers to unionize. The measure,...Tags: Upper House, Elections, Wages and Pensions, Employees, Laws
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United sues its pilots union
Chicago Tribune reporterUnited Airlines asked the U.S. District Court in Chicago on Wednesday to bar the Air Line Pilots Association from encouraging its pilots to engage in what United called an illegal and disruptive "sickout" as a protest against the carrier's plans to...Tags: Punishment, Air Transportation Industry, Commuting, Transportation Accidents, Layoffs and Downsizing
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For the record
Anthrax investigation: An article in Friday's Section A about the 2001 anthrax mailings said that suspect Bruce E. Ivins had worked for the last 18 years at the government's elite biodefense research laboratories at Ft. Detrick, Md. It should have said...Tags: Green Bay Packers, Health and Safety at Work, Employees, Reggie Jackson, Boyd Gaming Corporation
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County HR director selected to panel
Scott T. Gibson, director of Human Resources for Harford County government, has been selected by the board of directors of the National Public Employers Labor Relations Association to serve on its awards committee. The national association for public-... -
Labor board backs UAW in Foxwoods labor dispute
The National Labor Relations board has issued a complaint against the Mashantucket Pequot tribe for refusing to bargain with the union that represents dealers at the Foxwoods Resort Casino. The United Auto Workers won a union election last November to...Tags: Mashantucket, Labor Disputes, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Court Administration
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Deadly accidents in Las Vegas leave workers gambling on safety
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA recently hired plumber was sent into the bowels of the Orleans hotel and casino last year to unplug a sewer pipe in a large grease trap -- an assignment that would be his last. The hotel had no permit or training program to allow plumber Richard Luzier...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Employees, Hotels and Accommodations, George Miller, Fines
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Start of grape season brings ode to delights of locally grown food
Special to the SentinelThe end of July marks the beginning of grape season in Florida, and in case I forgot to circle the date on my calendar, I received a gentle reminder the other day from local grape grower Tommy Free. "The grapes are going to be amazing this year," Tommy...Tags: Farms, Clermont
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52,000 Lufthansa workers to go on strike
From the Associated PressFrankfurt and Hamburg airports will be the hardest hit today when 52,000 employees of Lufthansa go on strike, a union official said Sunday. All other German airports served by Germany's biggest airline will also be affected by the massive walkout,...Tags: Employees, Strikes, Transportation Accidents, Labor Disputes, Unions
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