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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: AFSCME, Police Arrests, Hospitals and Clinics, Strikes, Career and Workplace
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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: Unions, Government, Allentown, Human Rights, Labor Legislation
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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: Judges, Labor Markets, Labor Legislation, Freedom of the Press, Employment
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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: Unions, Small Businesses, Judges, Trials, Human Rights
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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: Armed Forces, Walmart, The Home Depot, U.S. Department of Defense, Labor Legislation
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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: Labor Legislation, U.S. Department of Justice, David Vitter, Eric Holder, Politics
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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: U.S. Department of State, U.S. Congress, Trials, China, Jimmy Carter
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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: American Enterprise Institute, Bill Clinton, Government, Business Enterprises, Finance
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Influence of big-money 'SuperPACs' not so clear
CHICAGO — There's a scary bedtime story on money in politics about how the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United ruling unleashed a tidal wave of corporate cash into politics and drowned out the voices of the little people. But as researchers...
Tags: Finance, Education, Rick Scott, U.S. Senate, Colleges and Universities
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McPier chief calls on Hyatt to resolve long labor dispute
Tribune reporterThe public owner of the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place on Monday called for a swift resolution to the long-running battle between the Chicago-based hotel company and the workers' union, saying it is unfair and inappropriate for the employees to have gone...Tags: Unions, Wage Contract Issues, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Chicago Hotels, Employees
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Push On To Curb Chronic Lawsuit Filers
The Hartford CourantState residents who want to file civil lawsuits but can't afford a lawyer can represent themselves, in some cases without paying fees associated with filing a suit. But with such cases topping 4,000 over the past five years, a lawmaker has proposed...Tags: Trials, Judges, New Haven County, Labor Legislation, New London (New London, Connecticut)
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UCLA professor to stand trial in death of assistant in lab fire
UCLA chemistry professor Patrick Harran was ordered Friday to stand trial on felony charges stemming from a laboratory fire that killed staff research assistant Sheharbano "Sheri" Sangji more than four years ago. Concluding a preliminary hearing that...
Tags: Judges, Trials, Court Preliminary, Colleges and Universities, Crimes
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