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Baggage handlers strike in Cairo airport, passengers from 20 flights wait hours for luggage
Associated PressCAIRO (AP) — Egyptian officials say baggage handlers in Cairo's airport have gone on strike to protest a colleague's death, leaving passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several hours for luggage. Airport...Tags: Career and Workplace, Cairo (Egypt)
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Chicago sports — all the darn time
It's spring and the Hawks, Bulls (at least at this writing), Cubs, Sox and Fire are all playing. Two traditionally winter sports and three spring/summer/fall sports are involved in nonstop action on a daily basis. And, it's mid-May for goodness sake....
Tags: Chicago Bulls, Basketball, Chicago Blackhawks, National Hockey League, World Series
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13 healthcare workers arrested in protest at UC regents meeting
SACRAMENTO -- Thirteen people were arrested Wednesday at the UC regents meeting during a sit-down protest by healthcare workers threatening to strike at the system's medical centers. The University of California regents left during the protest while...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Hospitals and Clinics, Police Arrests, AFSCME, Strikes
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Nuking the filibuster
In requiring the U.S. Senate to confirm presidential appointments, the Constitution aims to ensure a second level of scrutiny of the qualifications of government officials. But Senate Republicans have hijacked the confirmation process, not only to...
Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, Work Relations, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress
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Edgar Allan Jones Jr. dies at 92; law professor played judge on TV courtroom shows
The TV career of Edgar Allan Jones Jr. began with a phone call in early 1958 from a producer who needed to cast someone knowledgeable about the law. Although Jones taught law full time at UCLA, he was nervous at the prospect of auditioning: His only...
Tags: Labor Legislation, ABC (tv network), Laws, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities
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NLRB compelled speech edict overturned with Lehigh Valley businessman's help
The so-called labor movement in America has been disappearing and now serves only the interests of union bosses and the politicians they prop up, so desperate measures were considered necessary to keep the useless corpse breathing. One attempt at...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Government, Barack Obama, West Point, Work Relations
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Federal appeals court strikes down union notification requirement
WASHINGTON — Employers cannot be required to post a notice that tells their workers they have a right to join a union and bargain for better wages, a federal appeals court ruled in the latest setback for the National Labor Relations Board. The so-...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Labor Markets, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Laws
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Court tosses NLRB rule on union rights posters
A federal appeals court has ruled that employers shouldn't be forced to display posters informing employees of their right to form a union, a victory for a group of business plaintiffs that includes Lehigh Valley fitness club chain owner John Brinson....Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Labor Legislation, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Laws
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GOP ramps up criticism of Perez
WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans, including Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, stepped up their criticism of Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez on Tuesday, amplifying their concerns a day before the former state official faces a Senate committee vote on his...Tags: Andrew P Harris, Elijah E. Cummings, Takoma Park (Montgomery, Maryland), Labor Legislation, Barack Obama
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Betrayed? Citizen soldiers lose jobs; U.S. government biggest offender
The jobs of the nation's citizen soldiers are supposed to be safe while they are serving their country: Federal law does not allow employers to penalize service members because of their military duties. Yet every year, thousands of National Guard and...
Tags: The Home Depot, Labor Legislation, Laws, Local Government, Defense
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Penny Pritzker is pick as commerce secretary
President Barack Obama lauded her skills, several prominent business groups quickly heaped praise and critics remained generally quiet after Chicago business executive Penny Pritzker was introduced Thursday as Obama's nominee to lead the Commerce...Tags: Hyatt Hotels Corp., Barack Obama, Government, John Bryson, Chuck Grassley
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American sentenced to 15 years hard labor in North Korea
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details. BEIJING -- Adding to the strained relations with the U.S., North Korea said Thursday that an American citizen held since November has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for "hostile...Tags: Career and Workplace, U.S. Congress, Jimmy Carter, Trials, U.S. Department of State
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