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Teacher-led survey in Baltimore shows dissatisfaction with union contract
A caucus of the Baltimore Teachers Union has conducted its own survey which concluded that, of the sample participants, city teachers have been overwhelmingly dissatisfied with the union contract that is set to expire this month. According to the...Tags: Academic Progress, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Collective Contract
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A year after bankruptcy, lives unsettled still
The closing of the steel mill at Sparrows Point overwhelmed Bob Jennings. Too young to retire at 59, he faced a gloomy job market for local manufacturing workers and a bureaucracy that couldn't get him timely training help. He felt like a failure. No,...
Tags: Labor Markets, Employment Opportunities, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Dundalk, Newport News Shipbuilding
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Harford public safety panel discusses paid medics vs. union dispute
Harford County's fire and emergency medical companies and the county government are digging in and planning their own responses in the escalating battle between a union that won recognition rights for paid medics last year and about 20 employees who...Tags: Local Government, Work Relations, Fires, Safety of Citizens, Labor Legislation
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Baltimore's fire chief stepping down
Baltimore Fire Chief James S. Clack announced Friday that he will step down, ending a five-year tenure in which he oversaw historic lows in fire deaths but implemented budget cuts that critics said compromised safety. Clack, 52, the first chief hired...
Tags: Sheila Dixon, Fires, Safety of Citizens, Johns Hopkins University, Government
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Independent city jail audit shows widespread disorder
Outside auditors warned the state early this year that conditions at the Baltimore jail had deteriorated to the point that the complex had become dangerous, allowing some inmates access to chemicals in a janitorial closet while others scrawled graffiti on...
Tags: AFSCME, Accounting and Auditing, Safety of Citizens, Government, Prisons
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School bus drivers protest working, safety conditions
Bus drivers and aides employed by a Baltimore schools contractor say that unsafe conditions such as fires and mold spores are endangering lives and unfair wages are threatening their livelihoods. The grievances were aired Thursday at a rally of...
Tags: Laws, Students, Learning Disability, Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School
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Harford Fire, EMS Foundation says new firefighter union demanded it fire 20 employees
Harford County's fire and EMS union has written a letter demanding the county's Volunteer Fire and EMS Foundation fire 20 employees because they refused to join the union, according to the foundation. The foundation responded with a letter of its own,...Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Fires, International Association of Fire Fighters
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Sheraton workers agree to new contract, lift boycott
Two unions said Friday that they have ended a nearly six-year call to boycott the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel, a move that came as workers ratified a new bargaining agreement with management. The unions, Unite Here Local 7 and Local 37 of the...
Tags: Employees, 401K
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Unions do their business on taxpayers' dime
It's the old "fair share" argument, but this time it holds even less water than usual. The Maryland State Education Association, the union that bargains on behalf of K-12 teachers throughout Maryland, wants to force all teachers — members or not &#...Tags: Elections, Howard County, Teaching and Learning, AFSCME, Martin O'Malley
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Fair Share will make school systems better
It's unfortunate that reality and Trey Kovacs' recent commentary ("Unions business on taxpayers' dime," April 19) seem to bear little relation to one another. As the president of the Teachers Association of Baltimore County, I can say that he's way off on...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, U.S. Congress
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Reenactment returns Civil War to Laurel
Nowadays, Main Street in Laurel may seem quaint. But nearly 150 years ago, during the Civil War, it was a bustling encampment for hundreds of Union soldiers tasked with protecting the Union's only rail line to Washington. On Saturday, April 13, some...
Tags: Historic Reenactments, Wars and Interventions, Sociology, Culture, American Legion
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Police union says Baltimore County ignoring court's reimbursement ruling
The Baltimore County police union says county officials have ignored a ruling by the state's highest court to reimburse some 400 retired Police Department employees for overpaid insurance premiums. A Maryland Court of Appeals decision in November...
Tags: Health Insurance, Baltimore County, Health and Safety at Work
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