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Starbucks faces another NLRB complaint
AP Business WriterStarbucks Corp. is facing another complaint from the National Labor Relations Board alleging that the gourmet coffee chain engaged in unfair labor practices by firing a barista in Michigan. The complaint, filed last month by the Detroit office of the...Tags: Minnesota, Labor Legislation, Michigan, Starbucks Corporation, Public Employees
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Union: Prisoners moving out of Pontiac prison
Associated Press WriterThe union that represents the state's prison workers says the Department of Corrections wants to move 100 prisoners out of a central Illinois lockup even as the union fights a plan to close the facility. Pontiac Correctional Center workers have been...Tags: AFSCME, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Wars and Interventions, Prisoners and Detainees, Joliet
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Wayne-Westland cancels classes as teachers picket
Classes in the Wayne-Westland school district have been canceled as members of its teachers' union took to the picket line instead of the classroom. A notice on the western Wayne County district's Web site calls Monday's picketing "an illegal job...Tags: Demonstration, Private Health Care, Government Health Care
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Delta, NWA pilots lay out arguments over seniority
AP Business WriterDelta Air Lines Inc. pilots want their seniority list merged with Northwest Airlines Corp.'s pilot list based on pilots' status and aircraft category, while Northwest pilots insist the fair and equitable method is to merge the lists based on pilots'...Tags: Los Angeles, California, Air Transportation Industry, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Transportation Accidents
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Fork Union forfeits 2 games; player ineligible
An ineligible player's participation has cost Fork Union Military Academy's prep football team two victories. Fork Union officials announced Monday that the team is forfeiting victories over Norfolk Academy and Hargrave Military Academy. The decision...Tags: Virginia, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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Targeted tax cuts can aid middle class
Marylanders are not alone in feeling desperate during these shaky financial times ("Md. taxpayers left on their own," Sept. 28). Millions of American taxpayers need support and are looking for economic policies that will help them keep up with the ever-...Tags: Barack Obama, Economic Policy, John McCain, State Budgets, Republican Party
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Why do Chicago and Mayor Richard Daley face $420 million budget shortfall?
Chicago Tribune reporterMayor Richard Daley enjoys a national reputation among his colleagues as a business-minded CEO for his city, but that hasn't protected Chicago from the worst financial crunch in his 19-year tenure. The mayor blames the national economic downturn for...Tags: Sales, Public Finance, National League, Chicago Real Estate, Real Estate
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'Diva of Debris' cleans up system
Valentina Ukwuoma marches down an alley in East Baltimore, shaking her car keys in the air and yelling to get the attention of a city employee standing in the street about a half block away. Ukwuoma, who was named director of Baltimore's Bureau of...Tags: AFSCME, Voting, Sheila Dixon, College of Notre Dame, Political Campaigns
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Fox, CBS and CW fall lineups show promise
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTV executives like to say that you can't judge anything by a couple of weeks' worth of ratings. Or at least that's what they like to say when those ratings don't look so hot. But we're going to throw such caution to the wind here. Based on the first wave...Tags: Fringe, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Dancing, Television Industry, Gossip Girl
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L.A. County temporary student jobs last for decades
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLike others classified by the Los Angeles County bureaucracy as a temporary student worker, Patricia Lopez, 51, was not temporary and not a student. For two decades she has answered phones in county health clinics, a job she took initially to get off...Tags: Los Angeles, Pension and Welfare, Boyle Heights, Retirement, Employees
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West Hartford Mayor Moves To Cancel Or Delay Projects
Responding to the economic crisis and possible cuts in state aid next year, town officials intend to immediately cancel or delay $20 million in routine work on schools, parks and streets. The move by Mayor Scott Slifka, who heads the town council's...Tags: Fires, Waterbury, West Hartford, Government, National Government
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Utter Drivel
Perhaps you roll your eyes when your co-worker complains that he "doesn't have the bandwidth" to finish a certain task (as in, not having the time or resources).
But if history is any indication, you'll eventually be using that phrase yourself. You might...Tags: California, Berkeley (Alameda, California), Annual and Special Corporate Meetings
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