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Memorial service for workers today
SOUTH BEND -- The public is invited to a Workers Memorial Service at Howard Park today to honor those who lost their lives on the job this past year and those who fight to make workplaces safer and healthier. The service will be from 1 to 2 p.m. at...Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Indiana University South Bend, Labor Legislation, Human Interest
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Bangladesh building collapse unlikely to spur reform, experts say
NEW DELHI — A clothing factory in an emerging country collapses or catches fire with horrific loss of life. Famous Western brands are found in the wreckage. An investigation reveals substandard practices in the local and global clothing trade....Tags: Walmart, Disasters and Accidents, Collective Contract, Plant Openings, Bangladesh
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Death toll from Bangladesh building collapse climbs to over 200
NEW DELHI – As rescue workers clawed through the wreckage Thursday after a building collapsed in Bangladesh, the toll rose to at least 225 people killed, most of them apparel workers, and over 1,000 injured. News footage showed desperate workers...
Tags: Walmart, Plant Openings, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Bangladesh, Career and Workplace
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State's health workers deserve protection from violence
Workplace violence is a serious occupational hazard in hospitals and other health care facilities, a fact that has escaped an unsuspecting public. Nationally, nursing assistants employed by nursing homes have the highest incidence of workplace assault...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Specialization, Culture, Social Sciences, Career and Workplace
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Explosion in West, Texas, causes few hard feelings
WEST, Texas — A week after a fertilizer plant explosion killed 14 residents, injured more than 150 others and leveled scores of homes, one emotion is notably absent here among citizens and officials alike: outrage. "Water under the bridge," said...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Explosions, Disasters and Accidents, Chemical Industry, Plant Openings
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HCC falls in 14 innings
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 COLLEGE BASEBALL Montgomery College 4, HCC 3 ROCKVILLE, Md. — Montgomery College scored the winning run in the bottom of the 14th inning to edge Hagerstown. Montgomery tied the game in the ninth on four consecutive walks...Tags: Wars and Interventions, New York Yankees, Sports, Ryan Clark, Baseball
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Enact Smart Grid law, create jobs
We keep reading about how the national economy is finally turning around, which is great. But here in Illinois we keep wondering where the jobs are. With our state’s unemployment rate at an alarming 9.5 percent - among the highest in the nation...Tags: Politics, Business, Regional Authority, Illinois Governor, Career and Workplace
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Workers Memorial Day event set for April 29
The Central Maryland AFL-CIO Labor Council will host a Workers Memorial Day service Monday, April 29, at 10 a.m. at 511 E. Franklin St. in Hagerstown. The service is held each year to remember those who have been killed or injured performing their jobs...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Memorial Day
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Hubs beat Century to stretch record to 10-0
Thursday, April 18, 2013 PREP BASEBALL North Hagerstown 10, Century 5 North Hagerstown had only six hits, but combined them with 10 walks to win its 10th straight game to start the season. The Hubs broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning on a two-run...Tags: Ryan Jones (football), Morningstar Incorporated, Boston Red Sox, Sports, Miami Marlins
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Immigration proposal, and its small GOP opposition, is unveiled
— Moments before a group of eight senators unveiled a sweeping bipartisan immigration overhaul Thursday, a smaller group launched the GOP opposition. Led by Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the Republican push-back emerged as a muted affair....
Tags: Immigration, Politics, U.S. Congress, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), John McCain
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Who are the real 'takers'?
Contributing columnistAccording to the GOP, right-wing think tanks and Fox News, the U.S. is on the verge of becoming a nation of “takers” who want to be given (as Mitt Romney put it) “free stuff.” These takers are flush with a sense of “...Tags: Politics, Donald Trump, Fox News Channel (tv network), Ayn Rand, Mitt Romney
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Immigration bill would be largest such effort ever attempted
WASHINGTON — After months of negotiations, a bipartisan group of eight senators is poised to offer a sweeping bill to rewrite the nation's immigration laws this week, taking advantage of a changed political alignment that, for the first time in...Tags: Immigration, Fox News Channel (tv network), Executive Branch, Career and Workplace, Marco Rubio
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