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Negotiations aimed at ending a transit strike in Philadelphia broke off Saturday night over disagreement on pensions and the impact of possible national health care overhaul, and Pennsylvania's governor walked away from the...
By Feizal Samath COLOMBO, Nov 8 (IPS) - Sri Lanka has reacted strongly to a European Commission (EC) probe on its human rights record, saying it is politically motivated. On Friday, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama...
I was an employee of the Boeing Co. in the Seattle area for 19-plus years. I was hired to be an electronic mechanic on the 767 (two months before the first 767 rolled out of “body join”). I was told by the union officials when...
Nov 07, 2009 (The Monterey County Herald - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Hospitality workers still have their jobs in the recession, but they're not working as many hours as they used to. "We had a 16...
By Erin McCallum Regardless of whether you decide to take an active role in government, there will always be lawmakers in Olympia making decisions that affect your everyday life. Look at the decisions and the years of political...
By Alexandra Early Sunday, November 8, 2009 I'm glad to hear that the stock market is up. We're both still jobless and searching for full-time work -- in my case, for three months now and, in his case, for much longer. In...
The county's biggest employee union said Friday it took new cost-cutting ideas to the bargaining table, while taking a few shots at county leadership in the process.A press release sent out by the Service Employees...
TO the left of Peter McLoone is a funny place to find yourself. Even if you were getting a plane to Florida, McLoone is likely to be going left while the rest of us plebs go right. But to the left of Peter McLoone, and...
Graduates of the first weatherization training course sponsored by a laborers union in Seattle hope that billions in federal stimulus money to weatherize homes nationwide will create demand for the new skills they have learned.
By Shane Ross Sunday November 08 2009 THE bearded brethren are coming out to play. First, our old friend 'Union' Jack O'Connor got an outing on Marian Finucane's radio programme on Saturday morning. Then on Monday night, Jack...
