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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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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, Collective Contract
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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, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Harford teachers union, school board reach tentative deal on bonuses
Harford County Public Schools officials announced late Wednesday they have reached a tentative settlement with the county's teachers union on receipt of a bonus payment offered by Harford County Executive David Craig that the union's leadership had...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Unions, Public Schools, Teaching and Learning
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Janitors rally for higher wages
Dozens of union janitors and their supporters rallied at the Inner Harbor on Wednesday evening to call for higher wages. The office cleaners, members of the Service Employees International Union, have been negotiating a new contract since Sept. 8 with...Tags: Pratt Street, Primaries, Inner Harbor, Collective Contract, Bank of America Corp.
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Are the rich simply more deserving?
Anthony Marcavage continues a vital conversation about the nation's social contract ("Both sides wrong about social contract," Nov. 3) and promotes an at-first-blush balanced view that both liberals and conservatives are wrong — certainly...Tags: Lawyers, Sociology, Herman Cain, Corporate Officers, Collective Contract
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Contractors grounded by FAA shutdown
When Kathleen Thompson learned this week that her Forest Glen engineering firm would not receive payment from its biggest client, the Federal Aviation Administration, the decision she had been dreading suddenly became inevitable: She told employees that...Tags: Republican Party, Transportation, House Building, Labor Day, Delta Air Lines
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Companies must renew their commitment to workers
Economic experts say it all the time: Amid the fierce competition of the new global marketplace, job one for America is getting the most out of our human capital. Yet even as this asset is deemed of high importance to individual companies and the...Tags: Employees, Employers, Sociology, Employment Opportunities, Labor Day
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Dixon defense gets support from city Law Department
Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's legal defense received a boost yesterday from the city Law Department, less than a week after her indictment on public corruption charges. A two-page letter from the department, headed by a Dixon appointee, said a list of...Tags: Public Officials, Ethics, Giorgio Armani, Trips and Vacations, Business Trips
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Dixon steered work to ex-aide
Sun reporterFor the past six years Baltimore City Council President Sheila Dixon has steered government work worth at least $600,000 to her former campaign chairman, most of the time without a written contract. Since becoming council president in December 1999,...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Regional Authority, Employers, Breach of Contract, Values
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