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Contract talks for more than 6,000 janitors in Silicon Valley ended Friday with a "take it or leave it offer," said Mike Garcia, president of the 28,000-member janitors' union. The offer fell short of agreements the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1877 had reached in other...
ATLANTA — The NFL's labor situation just got a lot stickier. League owners opened their spring meetings Tuesday by unanimously voting (32-0) to exercise a clause to opt out of their collective bargaining agreement with the players union. In a statement, the owners said that "NFL football will be...
A strike by key ground personnel was stepped up Tuesday and stranded more than 30,000 people at 12 airports, including the one serving Stavanger, a city in western Norway that is considered the capital of the Nordic nation's oil industry. The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions' LO Stat...
The Courier-Journal • May 20, 2008 Kentucky’s unemployment rate fell to 5.6 percent last month, the state Office of Employment and Training said this morning. The March rate was revised to 5.7 percent and the April 2007 rate was 5.5 percent, the state said. More than half the 3,400 job losses in...
After two years and 12 Hispanic and Bilingual Career Fairs across the country, the National Society for Hispanic Professionals returns to Atlanta, the city where it all began. NSHP’s diversity job fair will be at the Cobb Galleria Centre on Tuesday June 10th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hispanic and...
Alan Mutter submits:Things were so tough last year that the top executives of eight of 12 publicly held newspaper companies suffered a pay cut. But things were even tougher for their stockholders. That’s because the shares of the dozen newspapers dived an average of 35.7% in 2007; at the same...
BOSTON, MA--(MARKET WIRE)--May 20, 2008 -- Veritude, a leading provider of talent acquisition, consulting and management services, today announced it has been selected by Gloucester, Mass.-based Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc., the leading supplier of ion implant equipment to...
New Position Offerings Complement Existing IT Resource, Project Management and General Technical Support Staffing Services DALLAS, TX--(Marketwire - SmartSource Inc., the only technical staffing company that focuses primarily on partnering with the IT-solution-provider channel, today announced...
Landmark case at Ontario Court of Appeal argues exclusion of Ontario agricultural workers from unionizing is unconstitutional Attention: Agriculture Editor, Assignment Editor, Business/Financial Editor, News Editor, Government/Political Affairs Editor TORONTO - MEDIA ALERT --(Marketwire - May 20,...
The campaign will offer 20 percent discount for TIA member companies looking to certify 10 or more employees, officials say. With an instructor-led online format combined with independent study, the discounted program includes the entire suite of online, CD-ROM and PDF format training materials...
