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Greek government orders teachers not to strike
ATHENS -- Greece’s ruling coalition threatened Monday to arrest public high school teachers if they walk off work later this week, a strike that would potentially disrupt university-entrance exams for thousands of students. But the government's...
Tags: Teachers, Career and Workplace, Job Layoffs, Layoffs and Downsizing, Politics
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Union for UC patient-care workers authorizes strike for May 21, 22
The union representing nearly 13,000 University of California patient-care workers announced plans Friday to strike later this month, but UC officials said they would seek a restraining order to prevent any such action. The American Federation of State,...Tags: AFSCME, Career and Workplace, Pension and Welfare, Politics, Employees
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1-day fast food worker strike comes to Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — Workers at a fast food restaurant on Detroit's east side have walked off the job as part of an effort to push for higher wages. Detroit pastor Charles Williams II says workers want $15 and hour, better working conditions and the...Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, McDonald's
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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: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Civil Rights, Employment, Justice and Rights
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The cost of Guantanamo
The hunger strike by inmates protesting conditions at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba is forcing the Obama administration to revisit its policy of indefinite detention without trial for terrorist suspects. It's about time. As Mr. Obama noted...Tags: Career and Workplace, Al-Qaeda, U.S. Congress, Prisons, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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McManus: Obama's Gitmo woes
President Obama sounded genuinely outraged last week when he talked about the Kafkaesque situation at the Guantanamo prison camp, where the United States has been holding 166 men without trial for terms that are, at this point, officially endless. "It's...Tags: Career and Workplace, Al-Qaeda, FBI, U.S. Congress, Prisons
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Guantanamo detainee says prison 'shakedown' sparked hunger strike
WASHINGTON — Obaidullah, an Afghan villager captured with diagrams of improvised bombs, has marked nearly 11 years as a detainee at the U.S. naval base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Three months ago, outraged by what he called another prison...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Elections, Al-Qaeda, Prisoners and Detainees, Prisons
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Obama renews call to close Guantanamo prison
WASHINGTON — Confronted with a mass hunger strike and the use of forced feedings to keep inmates from starving, President Obama broke a long silence on the military prison for suspected foreign terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, declaring it "not...Tags: Career and Workplace, Washington, DC, Cuba, Prisoners and Detainees, U.S. Congress
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Hostess opens more bakeries; Twinkie operations to start in May
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. Crack open the Ho Hos and Twinkies you’ve been hoarding. The new Hostess Brands said Monday that it would open bakeries in Indianapolis, Indiana and Illinois. The...
Tags: Hostess Brands, Inc., Career and Workplace, Bankruptcy, Labor Legislation, Economy, Business and Finance
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Should U.S. close Gitmo prison?
President Obama said in a news conference this week that he was directing his staff to re-launch his effort to close the U.S. detention center for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and would look for allies in Congress to help. The prison...Tags: Human Rights, Career and Workplace, U.S. Congress, Prisons, Politics
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Labor reawakens
This week, hundreds of Chicago workers organized a major labor strike, demanding a wage floor of $15 an hour and the right to unionize. Their protests come on the heels of the largest strike in the fast food industry's history, which took place in...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Employment, Labor Disputes, Food Industry
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