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News, articles and information about employee-empolyer relations, collective bargaining, contract negotiations, unions and worker strikes.
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City schools pass 2013 budget
The Baltimore City school board voted Tuesday to pass the district's proposed $1.31 billion budget, which includes a decrease in the per-pupil funding for charter schools.
As the amount spent on students in traditional schools increases, the system's...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Finance, Students, Andres Alonso, Budgets and Budgeting
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City schools names 'model teachers'
One hundred Baltimore city teachers have been labeled "model teachers" under the new Baltimore Teachers Union contract, the city school system announced last week, marking a milestone in the slow-paced implementation of the pact ratified in fall 2010....Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Science
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City school employees could see furloughs if doomsday budget stands
Baltimore school employees would be forced to take furlough days if the district has to absorb millions of dollars in education cuts outlined in the state's "doomsday" budget, city schools CEO Andrés Alonso said Tuesday as he prepared to present the...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Finance, Students, Unemployment, Andres Alonso
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Harford's 2013 school budget still up in the air
The final 2013 budget for Harford County Public Schools could be still up in the air by as much as $24 million because of ongoing labor negotiations and uncertainty about state funding – as well as by the county's refusal, thus far, to give the...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Ice Cream, Students, Budgets and Budgeting
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Time line of Police Commissioner Bealefeld's career
With Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III planning to leave the city in August, after having served 31 years on the force, and five as chief, we put together a time line of his tenure: May 1981 — Bealefeld joins the city...
Tags: Anne Arundel Community College, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Gun Control, Inner Harbor, Murder
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Gender-based wage gaps persist in state and nation
Women make considerably less money than men in Maryland: 83 cents to the dollar, according to a study released last week.
Windsor Mill resident Alison Assanah-Carroll was not surprised by the finding from the National Partnership for Women & Families,...Tags: United States Census Bureau, Martin O'Malley, Windsor Mill, United States Department of Commerce, Population and Census
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City schools crackdown on teacher leave causing friction in district
Since our story last week on the $65 million in unused sick/vacation/personal leave the Baltimore City school system has paid out in the past five years, I've been receiving feedback from several city teachers who said that there is a new order in town...Tags: Corporate Crime, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Unions, Breach of Contract
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Rent-to-own: Soaking the poor
Here's a deal few would jump on: A chance to pay $2,000 for a $600 laptop computer, $1,200 for a $400 TV set, and nearly $2,700 for a used washing machine and dryer that only cost $935 when new. It's probably safe to say most people would run the other...Tags: Baltimore County, Electrical Appliance, Manufacturing and Engineering, Consumers, Electronics
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Major's Choice residents to be billed for stormwater pond work
Many residents in the Major's Choice development in Bel Air are about to get bills for repairs being made to two of the three stormwater management ponds in the neighborhood. The Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners is set to vote at its meeting Monday to...Tags: Lisa Moody, Ethics, Lakes and Ponds, Inventories, Wage Contract Issues
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Baltimore area Giant and Safeway workers approve new contract
Union workers at Safeway and Giant Food in the Baltimore and Washington regions overwhelmingly approved a new contract Tuesday that increases wages and maintains key benefits. "It's a good day to be a member," said Tim Goins, executive vice president...Tags: Giant Food, LLC, Vaccines, Healthcare Contract Issues, Landover, Wage Contract Issues
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Some final words from you (and me) on Harford teachers pay
Not surprisingly, last month's column about Harford's underpaid teachers drew plenty of responses, mostly from people sympathetic to the teachers. I received a number of e-mails and responded to each, as is my policy, because if you take the time to read...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Gomez (music group), Birkat Hachama, Work Rules Contract Issues
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City schools pay nearly $65 million for unused leave over 5 years
The Baltimore school system has paid its employees about $65 million for unused leave over the past five years, a rare perk that many employers have abandoned and that has come under fire as school districts have experienced shrinking budgets. Since...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Anne Arundel County, Mary Pat Clarke, Trips and Vacations
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