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Plant idling raises concerns about future of Sparrows Point
It's deja vu at Sparrows Point.
The Baltimore County plant once again faces wholesale layoffs and a possible sale.
The same story has played out every couple of years for the past decade at the steel plant, whose future remains in limbo.
The...Tags: Plant Openings, Layoffs and Downsizing, Bethlehem Steel, Marketing, China
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Sparrows Point steel mill will close in June
The owner of the financially ailing Sparrows Point steel plant is idling operations there, warning 1,975 workers Thursday that they would be laid off starting next month.
The news, the latest casting doubt on the future of the Baltimore County facility,...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Layoffs and Downsizing, U.S. Department of Justice, Bethlehem Steel, Labor Legislation
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Harford teachers stage protest over lack of raises, additional work day
Upset over salary and work issues, Harford County teachers picketed outside of Ring Factory School just south of Bel Air Friday afternoon after schools had been let out for the day. At the peak of the protest shortly after 4 p.m., about 100 teachers,...
Tags: Employees, Schools, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Annapolis, Labor Legislation
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Union: Fire co. set to close played key role in saving 3 children
A fire company slated for closure played a key role in rescuing three children caught in a Sunday morning blaze in West Baltimore, the fire union said. Truck 10, one of three companies the department is planning to disband, was among the first to respond...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Heavy Engineering, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Fires, Companies and Corporations
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May Day books
May Day (May 1) seems a bit old-fashioned these days, as union membership is squeezed, but it recounts the bitter fight for organized labor in American and around the world. Much of that fight traces back to Baltimore in 1866, when trade union...
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Youth violence, staff force spiked in 2011 at troubled juvenile detention facilities
In the J. DeWeese Carter Center in Kent County, youths would pick fights that sometimes turned into melees, recalled Rodney Stallworth, who spent four months there last year on a drug charge.
The detention system frustrated the 18-year-old East Baltimore...Tags: Kent County, Carroll County (Maryland), Health and Safety at School, Frederick County (Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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State's high court to hear Arundel binding arbitration dispute
A key labor battle in Anne Arundel County will go before the state's highest court next month, when the Court of Appeals tackles the dispute over binding arbitration for the county's public safety unions. Angering the nine unions, the county moved last...Tags: Anne Arundel County, Safety of Citizens, Labor Legislation, Arbitration, Laws
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Arundel police union calls on Leopold, Teare to step down
Anne Arundel County's largest police union called Tuesday night on County Executive John R. Leopold and Police Chief James Teare Sr. to resign in the wake of the indictment of Leopold, who is accused of using his police security detail for campaign and...Tags: Prosecution, Anne Arundel County, Labor Legislation, Elections
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Scott gains Thurgood Marshall Club endorsement for Board of Education
So far this election season, it's a newcomer to the Howard County Board of Education race that's garnering the most endorsements. Jackie Scott, 45, of Columbia, was endorsed Wednesday, March 14 by the Thurgood Marshall Democratic Club of Howard County,...Tags: C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Georgetown, Thurgood Marshall, Teaching and Learning, Ellicott City
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Pension bill opposed by unions stalls in Baltimore Co. Council
A bill from Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz that could have reduced some workers' pensions stalled in the County Council Monday after pressure from unions that complained the bill undermined labor rights. The 4-3 vote to table the legislation...Tags: Tom Quirk, Cathy Bevins, Kenneth N. Oliver, Labor Legislation, David Marks
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Baltimore County unions oppose Kamenetz pension bill
Public-employee unions are urging Baltimore County Council members to reject a proposal by County Executive Kevin Kamenetz that would cut pension benefits for some workers, saying it sends a bad message to labor leaders and undermines negotiations. The...Tags: AFSCME, Labor Legislation, John A. Olszewski, Sr., Dundalk, Pension and Welfare
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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: Collective Contract, Breach of Contract, Andres Alonso, Corporate Officers, Teachers
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