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SAG Votes to Merge With AFTRA
Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES -- Creating Hollywood's largest entertainment union, members of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists have voted overwhelmingly to combine into a single bargaining unit. SAG represents 125,000...Tags: Ed Harris, Politics, Screen Actors Guild, Television, Martin Sheen
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Local School Council members ask court to take action on proposed school closings
Tribune reporterLocal School Council members, helped by the Chicago Teachers Union, are asking a Cook County court to intervene before the Chicago Board of Education votes on 17 proposed school closures and "turnarounds" later this month. Members of nine local...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Chicago Public Schools, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Teaching and Learning
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Large number of city teachers receive unsatisfactory evaluations
A significant number of Baltimore teachers — in some schools as many as 60 percent of the staff — have received unsatisfactory ratings on their midyear evaluations as the system moves to implement a pay-for-performance contract that's...Tags: Lobbying, Human Interest, Politics, Students, Concerts
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Let them eat cake
Who would have thought it would be so hard to give people money? Late last year when it became clear Harford County was in a reasonably stable financial situation, Harford County Executive David R. Craig announced plans to give county employees —...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Employees, Politics, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment
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Governor Corbett's 2012-13 Budget Address
The following is Governor Tom Corbett’s 2012-13 Budget Address to the General Assembly (as prepared for delivery):
Speaker Smith, President Pro Tempore Scarnati, Lieutenant Governor Cawley, members of the General Assembly, distinguished cabinet,...Tags: Human Interest, Colleges and Universities, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Unemployment Benefits
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Sheraton Anchorage Hotel Owner Slapped with Federal Injunction
Channel 2 NewsThe Sheraton Anchorage Hotel’s Texas-based owners have been ordered to recognize union contracts and bargain with the union representing hospitality workers at the hotel. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Burgess’s 34-page injunction was...Tags: Justice System, Career and Workplace, Collective Contract, Judges, Justice System
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Addressing the 'State of the Union' speech
Contributing writerEvery year since George Washington gave an address in 1790 in New York City (then the provisional capital of the U.S.), America’s presidents have given an annual message to Congress about the “State of the Union.” Since Woodrow Wilson,...Tags: George Washington, Politics, National Security, Unemployment, Government
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State projects should be open to all, not just unions
In his recent op-ed, theAFL-CIO's Mark Ayers decries the "disinformation campaign" launched by our organization that discredits the use of union-only project labor agreement (PLA) mandates on publicly-funded construction projects ("Wind energy needs union...Tags: Career and Workplace, Unions, Labor Markets, Biotechnology
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Mail Call - Feb. 3
“Let’s talk about the caller from Williamsport’s view on President Obama and what he has done in the past three years. Who do you think gave the declaration to Panetta to take out Osama bin Laden, and the night of the State of the Union,...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Republican Party, Health and Medical Professionals, Politics, George W. Bush
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O'Hare bookstore firings renew living wage push for Chicago airports
Supporters of a living wage ordinance for Chicago airports are using the recent firings of workers to renew their push.
Union leaders said 12 employees were fired from Hudson News in the international terminal at O'Hare International Airport. They're...Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Rahm Emanuel, Jason C. Ervin, Chicago Mayor
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