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Kamenetz proposal would change process for worker benefit disputes
Baltimore County labor leaders plan to fight legislation by County Executive Kevin Kamenetz that would change the way public workers appeal county decisions on their retirement benefits, saying the bill would stack the deck against employees. The bill,...
Tags: Career and Workplace, AFSCME, Laws, Tom Quirk, Kevin Kamenetz
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Recess appointment decision excerpts
Change of SubjectFrom the Canning vs. National Labor Relations Board (pdf) opinion U.S. Court of Appeals in DC: (citations omitted) It is undisputed that the purported appointments of the three members were not made “by and with the Advice and Consent of...... -
Court refs intervene in superbrawl
To borrow a football metaphor, a federal appeals court threw the flag last week against the president of the United States for unsportsmanlike conduct. Specifically, a three-judge panel in the Washington, D.C., circuit ruled that President Barack Obama'...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Barack Obama, Republican Party, George W. Bush, Elections
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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: Memorial Day, Justice System, Mutual Funds, Employment, Economy, Business and Finance
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With time running short, port braces for dockworkers strike
![Port of Baltimore officials say they "are preparing for the worst," in the event of a longshoremen's strike at one minute past midnight Dec. 30.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-12/73786596-21150839.jpg "Port of Baltimore officials say they "are preparing for the worst,\" in the event of a longshoremen's strike at one minute past midnight Dec. 30.")
Port of Baltimore officials say they "are preparing for the worst," in the event of a longshoremen's strike at one minute past midnight Dec. 30.
But that would be nothing, they say, compared with a management decision to lock out workers at the...Tags: Barack Obama, Career and Workplace, Jim White, Port of Baltimore, Cruise Line Ports
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White House urges end to labor fight at East, Gulf Coast seaports
The Obama administration is urging union dockworkers and a management group to "continue their work at the negotiating table to get a deal done as quickly as possible" to avoid a strike that could idle 14 East and Gulf Coast seaports. The word that...
Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Career and Workplace, Port of Long Beach, Shipping Service
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NHL rejects players' latest offer
NEW YORK -- Instead of closing in on a deal, the NHL and the players’ association are further apart than ever before. Union executive director Donald Fehr began the first of his two news conferences Thursday night by proclaiming he believed...Tags: Career and Workplace, 2012 NHL Lockout, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ron Hainsey, Strikes
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NHL owners, players meet late into night
Associated PressNEW YORK -- It isn’t known what progress -- if any -- has been made in the second day of marathon talks in the NHL labor dispute, but owners and players surely sense that time is working against them. Negotiations resumed Wednesday and stretched...Tags: Career and Workplace, Lou Lamoriello, 2012 NHL Lockout, Toronto Maple Leafs, Government
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Amid Lockout, ECHL Provides Hockey Alternative
Associated PressTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — While the NHL and its players remain engaged in a boardroom battle over dollars and cents, professional hockey is still being played across the United States. Philadelphia, New York, and Washington, of course, are not hockey...Tags: New York Rangers, Johan Hedberg, Nate Thompson, Parent Organizations, P.A. Parenteau
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Sides keep distance in NHL labor dispute
NEW YORK — NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Friday that he is out of ideas how to get negotiations back on track to save the hockey season. Talks fell apart Thursday night amid back-and-forth accusations, and the fallout was still being...Tags: Career and Workplace, Stanley Cup Playoffs, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, National Hockey League
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Iranian human rights attorney drops hunger strike
TEHRAN -- Jailed Iranian human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh has halted her hunger strike after the Iranian judiciary agreed to drop a travel ban against her daughter, her husband said Tuesday. Sotoudeh had endured nearly seven weeks without food,...
Tags: Career and Workplace, U.S. Department of State, Civil Rights, United Nations, Defense
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Iranian lawmakers to gauge health of jailed human rights attorney
TEHRAN -- As imprisoned human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh pressed on with her hunger strike, Iranian lawmakers said they would visit her in Evin Prison to gauge her health. Sotoudeh is serving a six-year sentence in the Tehran prison after being...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Career and Workplace, Civil Rights, South Africa, Justice System
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Dec 21, 2012
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Dec 27, 2012
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Dec 6, 2012
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Dec 5, 2012
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Dec 4, 2012
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Dec 7, 2012
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Dec 4, 2012
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Dec 3, 2012
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