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Column: When unions lose, workers lose
America lost one of its iconic brands last month when Hostess, maker of Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Wonder Bread and other staples of postwar Middle America, closed up shop. The announcement was an occasion for wags to litter the Internet with jokes about...Tags: Labor Legislation, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Interior Policy, Politics
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Reality shows may put crews too close to cutting edge
Monica Martino had filmed tornadoes in the Midwest, ship collisions in the Antarctic and crab fishermen in Alaska's Bering Sea. But those experiences didn't prepare her for a terrifying nighttime boat ride in the Amazon jungle. In February, the 41-year-...
Tags: Human Mishaps, Keeping Up with the Kardashians (tv program), Emergency Incidents, Science and Technology, Media Industry
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PASSINGS: James D. Hodgson, Patrick Moore
James D. Hodgson Former secretary of Labor James D. Hodgson, 96, who as secretary of Labor in the early 1970s helped shepherd the Occupational Safety and Health Act into law, died Nov. 28 at his Malibu home, his family announced. The cause was...
Tags: Gerald Ford, Japan, Astronomy, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Television
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Right-to-work law gives state unions a new task
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Now that Michigan has become a right-to-work state, unions in this stronghold of organized labor confront a new and urgent problem: convincing members to continue paying for their services instead of taking them for free....
Tags: United Steelworkers, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, Automotive Equipment, Executive Branch
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Don't blame the union in the great Twinkie debacle of 2012
America lost one of its iconic brands last month when Hostess, maker of Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Wonder Bread and other staples of postwar Middle America, closed up shop. The announcement was an occasion for wags to litter the Internet with jokes about the...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Politics, Interior Policy
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Right-to-Work Battle Inches Toward Connecticut
The Hartford CourantConnecticut in some ways resembles Michigan, a high-wage industrial state with about the same proportion of union membership as of 2011 -- 17.7 percent here, 18.3 percent there, compared with 11.8 percent for the nation. A year ago, heck, six weeks ago,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, Employees, Executive Branch, Politics
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Right-to-work debate heats up ahead of Michigan vote
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Even with the outcome considered a foregone conclusion, the heated battle over right-to-work legislation in the traditional union bastion of Michigan shows no sign of cooling. Authorities in Lansing were bracing for an...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, Executive Branch, Parties and Movements, Politics
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The Top 10 Connecticut Business Stories of 2012
The Hartford CourantIn some ways, 2012 was a carryover year from news of 2011, as the governor continued his aggressive economic development spending, United Technologies Corp. consummated a deal it announced in 2011, and the year's nastiest labor strike grew out of a 2011...Tags: Mutual Funds, Sales, Prudential Financial Incorporated, Windsor Locks, Unemployment
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What Twinkies teach us about labor relations
The Great American Twinkie Crisis illuminates what is wrong with the relationship between management and labor in this country. Hostess, the company that, since the 1930s, has provided our nation with snacks that are nearly indestructible, now threatens...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Hostess Brands, Inc., Employees, Companies and Corporations, Entertainment Events
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Teachers union gives strike notice to Geneva schools
Special to the TribuneAdministrators from Geneva School District 304 will begin working on strike plans, after they received formal notice from the teachers that they intend to strike, officials said late Friday. A nearly 12-hour session ended without a deal Friday night....Tags: Unions, Strikes, Teaching and Learning, Geneva (Kane, Illinois), Teachers
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Park Ridge mayor rejects union contract
Citing Park Ridge's precarious financial condition and the need to keep property taxes as low as possible, Mayor David Schmidt vetoed a contract with one of the city's five employee unions and pay raises for non-union employees. Schmidt's veto of the...Tags: Collective Contract, Health Insurance, Property Tax, Park Ridge, Economy, Business and Finance
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Philippines seeks to reduce numbers of overseas domestic workers
World NowIn the face of complaints of abuse and fraud abroad, government officials are seeking to stem the wave of more than a million Filipina workers who have headed overseas to work as maids. The outpouring of Filipinos to other countries has paid off for the...
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