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NYC school bus drivers go on strike
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 8,000 New York City school bus drivers and matrons went on strike over job protection Wednesday morning, leaving some 152,000 students, many disabled, trying to find other ways to get to school. Schools Chancellor...
Tags: Radio, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, Business Enterprises, Teaching and Learning
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West Chicago teachers end strike
Tribune reporterWest Chicago elementary teachers are back in the classrooms this morning after nearly 12 hours of negotiations produced a tentative contract. Talks began at 1 p.m. Wednesday and the deal was reached around 12:30 a.m., officials said “Well, the...Tags: Chicago Teachers Strike, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Career and Workplace
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Vista Latina: El Centro resident figured prominently in farm worker union's rise, fall
Imperial Valley Press Staff Writer, Copy EditorWith a mix of pride and sorrow, Mario Bustamante recalls that day at the United Farm Workers convention in September 1981. Concerned that an emergency resolution would strip union delegates of their vote and further consolidate the executive board’...Tags: Lettuce, Authors, Unions, Holiday Vacations, Career and Workplace
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Greece orders striking seamen back to work
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.ATHENS — Greece’s embattled ruling coalition Wednesday forced striking seamen to return to work and restore suspended ferry services to dozens of Greek islands that have been cut off from the mainland, leading to food and medical shortages....Tags: Collective Contract, National Government, Antonis Samaras, Government, Syriza
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Elementary school teachers strike in West Chicago
Teachers in West Chicago's elementary school district went on strike Monday after contract talks with administrators broke down over the weekend. In a message on its website, School District 33 said negotiators representing the teachers union had...
Tags: Chicago Teachers Strike, Teachers, Health Insurance, Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School
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Palestinians protest in support of striking prisoners
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinians demonstrated throughout the West Bank and East Jerusalem on Friday demanding the release of four prisoners on a hunger strike in Israeli jails. Israeli officials say the Palestinian prisoners are militants accused...
Tags: Palestinian National Authority, Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, Barack Obama, West Bank
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Clerks at L.A., Long Beach ports finally ratify labor accord
Members of a small clerks union said Thursday they had agreed to a contract with employers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, taking the potential for fresh strikes at the busy harbors off the table. Representatives for both sides released a...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Employment, Career and Workplace
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Chinese hackers reportedly attack New York Times
More than 30 journalists and executives at western news organizations in China, including the New York Times, have had their computers hacked, according to Mandiant, a security firm that monitors such attacks. Over the last four months, the hackers...Tags: The New York Times, Israel, Journalism, Security, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Palestinians protest detention of hunger strikers by Israel
RAMALLAH, West Bank –- Amid increasingly volatile protests around the West Bank, Palestinian and international leaders are pressuring Israel to release four Palestinian prisoners who have been on hunger strikes for several months in protest...
Tags: Ban Ki-moon, Israel, Armed Forces, Government, Prisons
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Supreme Court to consider eliminating political contribution limit
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has agreed to go beyond its controversial Citizens United decision and consider striking down the limit on the total amount that wealthy persons may give to candidates and political parties. The justices voted to hear...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Political Fundraising, Federal Election Commission, Elections, Career and Workplace
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California inmates renew demands
California prison inmates housed in the state's highest-security prison have sent an open letter to Gov. Jerry Brown, threatening hunger strikes and work stoppages if the state does not limit the length of time prisoners can be held in isolation cells....
Tags: Prisons, Jerry Brown, Career and Workplace
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Teachers on strike in Carpentersville District 300
Special to the TribuneTeachers in Community Unit District 300 went out on strike this morning after failing to reach an agreement on a new contract. Negotiators for the teachers union and the school district met for nearly nine hours Monday but failed to reach an agreement,...Tags: Chicago Teachers Strike, Teachers, Chicago Public Schools, Teaching and Learning, Students
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