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Washington County's April jobless rate, 8.0%, is lowest since Dec. 2008
dona@herald-mail.comThe April unemployment rate for Washington County was the lowest it has been since December 2008, according to preliminary state figures released Thursday that show both an increase in employment and a drop in the number of people seeking work. The...Tags: Employment, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities, Labor Markets
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RG Steel to begin Sparrows Point layoffs in June
RG Steel is idling operations in Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia, the struggling steelmaker announced Thursday as it warned employees of “a lot” of layoffs. Maryland officials said nearly 2,000 will be laid off in that state. RG Steel...Tags: Unions, Employment, Job Layoffs, Economy, Business and Finance, Career and Workplace
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Franklin County jobless rate stays same, Fulton County sees increase
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Franklin County, Pa., held steady in April at 6.1 percent, according to the latest data from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. Neighboring Fulton County saw its seasonally adjusted...
Tags: Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Employment, Career and Workplace, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Employment Opportunities
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Layoff notices sent to 76 Washington County school nursing employees
dan.dearth@herald-mail.com; julieg@herald-mail.com; c.j.lovelace@herald-mail.comThe Washington County Health Department on Thursday began sending layoff notices to all 76 nurses and other health care workers at county public schools, two days after county commissioners voted to cut funding for the program, a health department...Tags: Medical Specialization, Politics, Job Layoffs, Crime, Law and Justice, Health and Safety at Work
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Washington County Health Department and school officials to meet
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comWashington County Health Department and school officials are to meet Saturday to discuss a decision made earlier this week to lay off 76 school nurses and their assistants, a health department official said Friday. Health Officer Earl Stoner said...Tags: Medical Specialization, Job Layoffs, Health and Safety at Work, Health, Employees
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Lloyd Waters: Taxpayers vs. the unions - round one
I guess the Wisconsin voters have sent a message of sorts to the rest of the nation, huh? There’s a better way to do business instead of more of the same, which was leading Wisconsin into the abyss of economic chaos and failure. Other states with...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Politics, Labor Legislation, Health and Safety at Work, Career and Workplace
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Washington Co. residents voice concerns about school-nurse layoffs
davem@herald-mail.comWashington County Administrator Gregory B. Murray said Tuesday night that there was a plan in place for Washington County Public Schools to pick up funding for a school nursing program if the county had to pay a portion of teacher pensions. Speaking to...Tags: Medical Specialization, Diabetes, Job Layoffs, Education, Health
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Schools chief says he knew of potential health services cuts only days before
julieg@herald-mail.comSchools Superintendent Clayton Wilcox said Tuesday that he learned that funding for school health services might be cut about two or three days before the Washington County Board of Commissioners voted to eliminate $3.3 million from the county health...Tags: Medical Specialization, Budgets and Budgeting, Labor Legislation, Job Layoffs, Health and Safety at Work
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Educators, parents rally at Pa. Capitol against cuts in state education funding
With state aid for public schools being discussed behind the Capitol’s closed doors and a second straight year of large-scale layoffs looming, hundreds of educators, let-go teachers and parents packed the rotunda Wednesday at a raucous union rally...
Tags: Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Job Layoffs, Crime, Law and Justice, Regional Authority
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Health Department: School-nurse program can't be continued at a lesser level
andrews@herald-mail.comThe Washington County Health Department can’t continue to provide an efficient nurse program in county schools if it is scaled back, Health Officer Earl Stoner said Wednesday. The department crunched the numbers at the request of Washington County...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Job Layoffs, Health and Safety at Work, Interior Policy
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PIA takes off at Hagerstown Regional Airport
arnoldp@herald-mail.comA longtime employee of a Hagerstown land surveying firm, Richard Rice was thinking of a career change back in 2001 when he happened on the website for Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics. The training and job possibilities sounded exciting, but Rice...Tags: Manpower Incorporated, U.S. Army, Economy, Business and Finance, Electronics, Unemployment Benefits
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W.Va. unemployment rate up to 6.9 percent in May
Unemployment in West Virginia increased in May as both the goods-producing and service-providing sectors lost jobs. Workforce West Virginia said Monday that the state’s unemployment rate rose two-tenths of a percentage point to 6.9 percent in May....Tags: Employment, Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities
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