Collective Bargaining & Agreements

Changes to collective bargaining needed

Workers at a garment factory in the central province of Binh Dinh. Many such workers perform their duties under collective labour agreements intended to ensure the rights of both employers and empl...

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Hawaii Legislature agrees to session on school furloughs

Moving toward consensus, state House and Senate leaders told Gov. Linda Lingle yesterday that state lawmakers are willing to return in special session and tap the rainy day fund to reduce teacher furloughs.

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Lingle's rainy day plan earns Senate Democrats' support

House will meet today to discuss teacher furloughs State Senate Democrats yesterday endorsed Gov. Linda Lingle's plan to use $50 million from the state's rainy day fund to help reduce teacher furloughs. State Senate President...

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Hypocrisy at work in pay claims

AUSTRALIAN Workplace Agreements: how ironic that the individual workplace instruments unions spent a decade vehemently attacking should now become the benchmark for wage parity in workplace negotiations over terms and...

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Nigeria: Pencom Gives Guidelines for Administration of Gratuity

For sometime now, the issue of gratuity in the light of the pension reform has been a contentious one between employees and the employer. Many human resource managers are also not clear about how to handle this.

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CUPE BC: Paramedics Legislation a Shameful First

The B.C. Liberals are legislating the province's 3,500 striking ambulance paramedics "back to work" with the Ambulance Services Collective Agreement Act. The move today in the Legislature is a first in Canadian labour history....

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"New Pact for the Future Secures Sustainability of Fraport Ground Services"

FRANKFURT, November 16 /PRNewswire/ -- - Fraport and Unions Reach Agreement Sunday evening Fraport AG reached an agreement with the ver.di and komba unions on the key points of a new collective agreement for the company's...

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Eagles' Brown: NFL players face 2011 lockout

By Jeff McLane Inquirer Staff Writer Philadelphia commuters had to endure the recent SEPTA strike that denied them bus and subway rides. Eagles cornerback Sheldon Brown and teammates will face the San Diego Chargers today, but...

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Union at NB Power opposes deal to sell utility's assets

The proposed sale of New Brunswick's public power company to Hydro-Quebec is fraught with questions about labour relations and job security, the union that represents more than 2,200 employees of NB Power says.

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The View from a HandyDart Driver's Seat (in Opinion)

People are mad at strikers for stranding the disabled. 'Distasteful' strikers To judge by most of the mainstream press coverage, the issues involved in the current labour dispute between HandyDart employees and their American...

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