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Sparrows Point purchased for $72 million by plant liquidator
A liquidation firm won the bidding for Sparrows Point, offering $72 million for the Baltimore County steel mill — less than a tenth of what the complex sold for just four years earlier — and realizing the worst fears of its roughly 2,000...Tags: Solyndra LLC, Executive Branch, Patapsco, General Electric Company, Justice System
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New company emerges as Sparrows Point's high bidder
Court records filed Friday show that the high bidder for the Sparrows Point steel mill is a Missouri redevelopment firm called Environmental Liability Transfer.
An official with the company, which bid $72 million, said in an interview Friday that...Tags: Joint Ventures, Companies and Corporations, Bankruptcy, Auction Service, Financially Distressed Companies
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There's still hope at Sparrows Point
The prospects for steelmaking at Sparrows Point look bleaker than ever. The mill was auctioned off last week for a paltry $72 million as part of owner RG Steel’s bankruptcy two a joint venture of two companies that do not make steel. Instead, the...
Tags: Property, Bankruptcy, Kevin Kamenetz, Barbara A. Mikulski, Auction Service
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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: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Layoffs and Downsizing, Mittal Steel Company NV, Unemployment Benefits, Labor Markets
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Some Baltimore County union contracts expire
About 2,400 unionized Baltimore County public employees are set to return to work Monday without contracts, following disagreements about workers' contributions to their health care benefits. The stalemate has left workers uncertain about a range of...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, AFSCME, Hotels and Accommodations, Kevin Kamenetz, Baltimore County
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City police union offers sweeping critique of agency strategy
Baltimore's police union is calling for an overhaul of the department, describing the agency's management strategy as "outdated, ineffective and reactive" and proposing changes that it said would boost officer morale and reduce crime across the city....Tags: Corporate Crime, Punishment, Bribery, New York City, Howard County
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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: Marketing, Job Layoffs, Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Companies and Corporations
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AFGE leader John Gage to retire
John Gage, who has served as president of the American Federation of Government Employees for nearly a decade, said Tuesday he intends to retire later this summer to spend more time with his family. "I have a growing family that I've kind of neglected,"...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Public Employees, Barack Obama, Employees, Civil and Public Service
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The lesson of Wisconsin: OK for Obama, terrible for unions
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's victory in Tuesday's recall election doesn't mean President Barack Obama is going to lose his re-election bid — or even that he will lose Wisconsin. But it clearly shows that organized labor is a seriously weakened...
Tags: Executive Branch, CEO Pay, Interior Policy, Tom Barrett, Citizens Initiative and Recall
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Now, it's all about turnout
With just two days left until polls open on Election Day, all sides of Maryland's fiercely contested ballot questions are turning to their final task: getting their supporters into the voting booth. To accomplish that goal, the campaigns have recruited...
Tags: Migration, Local Government, Belief and Faith, Donna F. Edwards, DREAM Act
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Bel Air High teachers show solidarity with protest over no raises, other work issues
Teachers at Bel Air High School staged a job action Tuesday, part of an expanding protest among Harford County's 3,200 public school teachers over no raises and other contract issues. A group of them also marched outside the Harford County Council's...
Tags: Annapolis, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Students, Labor Legislation
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Editorial: What did you expect?
If it's cold outside and a husband and wife are sharing a king-size bed with a blanket cut for a double bed, someone is going to end up at least partially exposed to the cool night air. So it was earlier this month when the Harford County Education...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Students
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