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Troubled Dolton senior center a burden on taxpayers
The Dorchester Senior Center in the south suburbs has a steady stream of visitors: attentive relatives, busy repairmen and, lately, inquisitive federal investigators. The five-story, village-owned building that looks out over a dreary interstate has...
Tags: Construction, Realty, Renovation, FBI, Finance
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Parkland bus drivers: Summer cleaning jobs don't pay enough
Some Parkland School District bus drivers have complained to the school board that the cleaning jobs they work in the summer for the district pay much less for longer hours than their driving positions. Lamar Borger, Debbie Reppert and Lisa Duffield took...Tags: Burger King, Collective Contract, Career and Workplace
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Millennials say debt stalls retirement savings
More than half of millennials -- 54% -- surveyed by a Wells Fargo & Co. retirement unit said their "biggest financial concern currently" was longer-term debt, mainly student and credit card debt. With the cost of college continuing to rise, about 64% of...
Tags: Ellen DeGeneres, Students, Teaching and Learning, Credit and Debt, Google+
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CRP faces challenges as next signup period looms
FARGO, N.D. - Last fall, for the fourth straight year, Thief River Falls, Minn., farmer Ken Asp chose not to re-enroll some of his farmland in the Conservation Reservation Program. Enrolling the land into CRP made economic sense when he did it, in...Tags: Droughts, Arable Farming, Collective Contract, Natural Disasters, Career and Workplace
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Will County Board tells state lawmakers to pass a concealed carry law
Will County Board members Thursday sent a message to state lawmakers—pass a concealed carry law before it automatically becomes law. Board members voted 15-6, with three members voting "present," supporting a resolution backing a concealed carry...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Interior Policy, Frankfort, Voting, Career and Workplace
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Gold Cross suffers personnel impasse
Staff WriterGold Cross Ambulance employees reached a contract impasse with the company and a strike notice has been issued, a union representative confirmed Wednesday. Contract impasses involving Gold Cross Ambulance have reportedly occurred in the past, but an...Tags: Collective Contract, Career and Workplace
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Bondholders spark U.S. legal drama over Argentine debt
Collection agencies profit by buying up old debt, chasing borrowers for payment and, when all else fails, using the courts to recover as much as they can. It's a business model polished and perfected over decades of litigation. But what if the...
Tags: Litigation and Regulation, George W. Bush, Finance, Ghana, Bonds
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Tough laws, reduced ranks: What's next for unions?
From a sprawling United Auto Workers hall outside Detroit, John Zimmick has seen factories close and grown men cry when their jobs disappear. Through all the economic uncertainties of life in auto country, there has been one constant: the union. In...
Tags: Government, United Auto Workers, Asthma, Nissan Motor Co., Finance
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Unions sign long deals before right-to-work starts
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Washtenaw County has approved contracts with five public worker unions that will enable the unions to keep collecting dues from all covered workers for the next decade, despite Michigan's right-to-work law, which takes effect...Tags: Lawyers, Employees, Collective Contract, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ron Kaye: Standing up to the town bully
The sparse front page of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18 website expresses exactly the message Brian D'Arcy wants his members to get: Rotating photos of protesting workers waving "A DEAL IS A DEAL" signs. It also features...
Tags: Employees, Wendy Greuel, Antonio Villaraigosa, Collective Contract, Robert J. Lopez
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New terms in rail sale delay board's approval
PIERRE -- At least one member of the South Dakota Railroad Board is tired of the delays in the latest try at selling the state-owned railroad line between Napa Junction and Platte. Dan Baker of Rapid City stood alone Wednesday in voting against...Tags: Government, Transportation, Railway Transportation, Career and Workplace, Politics
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SEC accuses city of Victorville, others of fraud in bond sale
Ever since the Department of Defense shut down George Air Force Base in 1992, the high desert town of Victorville has struggled to reinvent itself. The city encouraged massive residential and retail development. It invested in two new power plants....Tags: Government, Solar Energy, Personal Finance, College Sports, Finance
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