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Southern: No furloughs, probably a tax hike
The News-Item, Shamokin, Pa.No teacher furloughs are expected for Southern Columbia Area School District in the 2013-14 school year, but taxes will likely be increased once the board passes the final budget next month. In order to erase a $454,000 deficit in the $18,089,377...Tags: Arts and Culture, Layoffs and Downsizing, Columbia Area, Budgets and Budgeting, Arts
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EDITORIAL: Unionizing child-care: DFL appears to have the votes, but not the case
St. Paul Pioneer PressWhile we slept, Republicans in the Minnesota Senate fought all night Tuesday for families and child care providers, said a tweet from the Republican Party. It was a losing battle. The upshot of the all-nighter: Minnesota is a step closer to unionizing...Tags: Small Businesses, Republican Party, Unions, Career and Workplace, Mark Dayton
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Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights scrutinized after Baltimore City Detention Center scandal
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comThe Correctional Officers’ Bill of Rights, which was sponsored by a former Washington County senator and signed into law in 2010, is getting fresh scrutiny in the aftermath of a scandal at the Baltimore City Detention Center, where 13 female...Tags: Donald F Munson, Prisons, FBI, Police Investigations, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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UCI hospital prepares for employee strike
Orange County RegisterUC Irvine Medical Center has canceled about 70 elective surgeries to prepare for a strike next week by patient care employees who make up 40 percent of hospital staff. The 48-hour strike by Local 3299 of the American Federation of State, County and...Tags: Nursing, Hospitals and Clinics, Orange County Register, Knee Replacement, Unions
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Minnesota House braces for long debate on daycare union bill Saturday
St. Paul Pioneer PressThe Minnesota House has scheduled what promises to be a lengthy debate for Saturday, May 18, on a bill that would let unions try to organize personal care workers and child care providers. The issue prompted a marathon 17-hour debate earlier this week...Tags: Elections, Employees, Republican Party, Career and Workplace, Politics
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Baltimore has high rate of staff-inmate sex
The Baltimore City Detention Center had the nation's second-highest rate of sexual contact between jail staff and inmates, according to a U.S. Department of Justice study released less than a month after federal prosecutors accused corrections officers at...
Tags: Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Medical Research, Prisons, Sexual Misconduct, U.S. Department of Justice
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Emanuel to shift retired city workers to Obamacare
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel plans to start reducing health insurance coverage next year for more than 30,000 retired city workers and begin shifting them to President Barack Obama's new federal system. The move is aimed at saving the city money and comes as...Tags: Government, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Public Employees, Finance
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Newington Declares Impasse In Contract Negotiations
The Hartford CourantThe union representing town and some school employees expressed disappointment Monday with the town's decision to seek arbitration more than 10 months after its old contract expired. "We tried as hard as we could to reach an agreement that's fair to...Tags: Science and Technology, Labor Legislation, Employees, Unions, Newington
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Ban against city workers campaigning is 'un-American,' Bartlett rivals say
Tulsa WorldPhil Evans would have been prohibited from volunteering in a city election campaign before he retired from the Tulsa Police Department in December. The former president of the city's police union now works the phones for mayoral candidate Bill...Tags: Government, Labor Legislation, Unions, Local Elections, Public Employees
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Callahan has big fundraising lead in Northampton County executive race
Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan, a proven fundraiser, has raked in nearly $200,000 for his Northampton County executive bid since January, toppling his Democratic primary opponents. During the same two-month reporting period, former executive Glenn...
Tags: Primaries, Elections, Bethlehem Steel, Northampton (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania)
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Municipal Union Members Pack Newington Council Meeting
The Hartford CourantAbout 50 municipal union members attended Tuesday's town council meeting to demonstrate their unity in the wake of the town's decision to send their contract to arbitration, their leaders said. Dressed in green union T-shirts reading "We Make America...Tags: Employees, Newington, Unions, Arbitration, Career and Workplace
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Alleged gang leader being held in poor conditions, lawyer says
As the alleged leader of the Black Guerrilla Family gang at the Baltimore City Detention Center, federal prosecutors say, Tavon White could get access to pretty much whatever he wanted: drugs, phones, money and sex. He is now being held under more...
Tags: Black Guerrilla Family, Prisons, Gang Activity, Prosecution, Trials
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