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TORONTO - The Globe and Mail and 480 unionized employees reached a tentative contract agreement late Thursday, averting a strike at one of Canada's oldest and most influential newspapers. The deal was signed just before a midnight deadline following a 15-hour session with a mediator. Details of the tentative agreement won't be released until a union ratification vote on Monday. Brad Honywill, president of Local 87-M of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, said the union will recommend acceptance of the agreement. "It was one of the more difficult sets of negotiations that I've seen and I think that reflects the changing economic times and people's attempts to grapple with that," Honywill said. The Globe workers' contract expired on Tuesday, and management had negotiated concessions and changes that were to be... [read full story]
Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer says health care reform that includes a public option can pass the Senate. Schumer said he is assuring his more conservative Democratic colleagues that the public option included in the Senate bill...
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Government-managed economic projects rarely deliver. _____________________________________________ Note: This item went up at Pajamas Media and was teased here at BizzyBlog on Friday....
