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By: THE CANADIAN PRESS 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... [read full story]
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New York Democrat Believes His Party Has Momentum After Senate Vote Approving Debate on Reform Package The Senate will soon debate health care reform for a vote, but are Democrats out of the woods yet or will Republicans stop...
Nov 22, 2009 (The Salina Journal - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- An architectural services contract for construction and remodeling of Fire Station No. 1 is one item Salina city commissioners will...
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP ECONOMICS WRITER WASHINGTON -- It's forcing higher state taxes on companies to pay for unemployment insurance claims. Chuck Ferrar, who owns a liquor store in Annapolis, Md., expects to pay $9,000...
