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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.
Oklahoma City police and fire union members this month rejected an offer that could have resulted in the hiring of more police officers and firefighters. City officials are perplexed by the action because both unions have...
by Paul Garver American student anti-sweatshop activists have won their first major victory in a decade-long campaign against sweatshop conditions and repression of labor unions in Central America. Russell Athletic, largest...
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal The city is aiming to cut its health care costs by shifting retirees into less expensive health insurance plans. The decision, tentative for the past year and a half as Mayor Michael Tucker worked...
Four more former labor ministry officials landed high-paying contract jobs in ministry-affiliated organizations, bringing the total to 10, labor minister Akira Nagatsuma said Friday. At least six of the former bureaucrats are...
A tentative labor agreement distributed Friday to workers at Harley-Davidson's plant in south-central Pennsylvania makes it appear likely that the motorcycle maker will keep its operations there, instead of leaving the state to...
According to the Small Business Research Centre at Kingston University , there are 1.4 million freelancers in the UK and this is set to grow. According to PPC, the majority of freelancers approach contracts by bringing methods...
The Enquirer Union employees at two companies in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky have approved new labor agreements. Pilots for Wilmington-based ABX Air on Wednesday ratified a tentative amended contract with the unit...
By Karen Kane, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette As the ink dries on a new labor agreement between Butler County and its nursing home labor force, attention is turning to hammering out a consensus with the largest group of unionized...
Measures set out in the 2009 Queen's Speech to stop bankers who take 'reckless risks' from getting bonuses sound more dramatic than they actually are and are unlikely to be used, a law firm has claimed. align=l
