29/Jun 2008 | The party's over, and look who's paying | Brian Cowen will see his role as protecting the geniuses who got us into this mess, writes Gene Kerrigan. How Ahern came to accept a new reality on the North . Total immersion is critical if Irish is ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | The higher the education, the bigger the wage gap | The findings suggest that instead of qualifications narrowing the difference between the sexes, better educated women are more likely to find themselves on the wrong side of an even wider pay gap. The... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Ok that sounds logic to me, really! Ok | 28, 2008 - 10:11am. Vendors at farmers markets on Hilton Head Island and in Bluffton said they've noticed increased demand for their produce -- especially tomatoes -- since April, when the Centers for... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Children pay the price for climate change inaction | Save The Children Children pay the price as international community plays catch-up with climate change International development agency Save the Children is calling for a dramatic shake-up in dealing ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | U.S. Black Maternal Hazards Tied to Social Stress | Maternal health is usually defined as the period of pregnancy and six months after it. But health activists for black women relate it to the holistic experience--and stresses--of women in their commun... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Anti-G8 demonstrators clash with police in | The more normal quiet and peace of Japanese will be disturbed until the end of the G8 summit but we will not see mass demonstrations which have occurred at previous summit meetings. Tokyo - Some 1,500... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | North Shore suburbs get seal of approval | North Shore City Council North Shore suburbs get seal of approval Joint media release between North Shore City Council, NZ Post and North Shore Fire Service June 30, 2008 Suburb names in North Shore C... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Bruce Ferguson | Considering GM's liabilities to its pension fund, I'm surprised it isn't a penny stock yet. Perhaps stockholders are betting the government won't allow a company as big as GM to fail and would bail it... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | NAACP, Teamsters Call On Major League | CARACAS, VENEZUELA - President Hugo Chavez threatened Thursday to shut off oil exports to European countries that enforce tough new EU rules on illegal immigrants. "Our petroleum should not go to thes... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | BPD seeks cooperation of club owners in reducing crime | Sunday Jun 29, 2008 Detectives from the Boston Police Department s Community Disorders Unit (CDU) told a gathering of LGBT bar and club owners June 25 that there has been a steady rise in LGBT-related... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Conservatives Want to Squash Unions | June 29, 2008 LONDON, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- In a feature to be aired on Union TV screened at 10.30am and 7pm on Monday 30th June on RED TV, channel 186 on Sky Digital, Richard O'Brien, Unite's Direc... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Prime Minister Owen Arthur Can Prove His Innocence In The Cheque Affair With The Help Of His Bank Manager At FCIB | Prime Minister Owen Arthur Can Prove His Innocence In The Cheque Affair With The Help Of His Bank Manager At FCIB . In the tradition of his wind-up remarks in the annual Budget debate on Friday nig... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | S. Korea's gender wage gap widest among OECD members: report | South Korea has the widest gender wage gap among members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) due to greater job insecurity among women, a report said Monday. As of 20... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Anti-G8 demonstrators clash with police in northern Japan | Tokyo - Some 1,500 protesters demonstrated against the upcoming Group of Eight (G8) summit in the northern Japanese city of Toyako on Sun Jun 29 with some clashes reported with the police. The Japanes... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Drifting Away in a Global Economic Tempest | The Financial Times reports that the dark shadow of default is hanging over Argentina.7 billion in foreign debt, which amounts to 56 percent of its GDP and is even higher than the 54 percent of GDP se... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Metal Workers to Join KCTU Anti-U.S. Beef Strike | The Korean Metal Workers' Union under the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions will launch a general strike on Wednesday. The metal workers' union, led by branches at four carmakers including Hyundai ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | On the Alter of Short Term Gain | Scott Mitchell Labor is set to sacrifice its famous "working families" to appease the God of economic conservatism Read the full article . Labor is set to sacrifice its famous "working families" to a... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Plan to end foreign workers exploitation | KERYN MCKINNON Public service will never embrace transparency while the PM continues to treat it as low priority . Special investigators would be empowered to enter and search workplaces to ensure em... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | The Surveillance Society Goes Global | 20:52. Via the Guardian, the surveillance society is going global: "A comprehensive transatlantic pact clearing the way for the unprecedented supply of private data on European citizens to the America... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | U.S. still on edge of recession | WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Maybe it's the Fed, or the stimulus checks, or the dollar, or the strange nature of this cycle, but the U. economy hasn't yet tipped into a deep recession, despite persiste... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Environmentalism in China | HONG KONG, China (CNN) -- Wen Bo says he was inspired to enter the environmental movement in high school when he watched the televised tactics of the international pressure group, Greenpeace. After g... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Banks scramble for depositors funds as year-end pressure mounts | Babatunde Fashola (l) , governor, Lagos State, with Magnus Kpakol, national coordinator, National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) in Lagos. oming under severe pressure by a requirement to unifor... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | The End of the Anglo-American Empire? | Much of the world's history over the last century has been dominated by the United States. But by the turn of the millennium in 2000-2001, the American Century had begun to descend into a chamber of... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Wage inflation looms | Although wage growth through enterprise bargaining agreements slowed in the first three months of the year, there is anecdotal evidence wage inflation may be on the horizon. On Saturday about 70 worke... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Teachers strike begins today - NUT orders stay at home - TSS not implementable, says FG | Soji-Eze Fagbemi and Clement Idoko, Abuja - 30.2008 THE nationwide strike by teachers in both public and private primary and secondary schools begins today as the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on Su... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Unemployment: Will the tide ever be stemmed? | Sulaimon Adesina analyses the relationship between unemployment rate and economic growth in the country, concluding that the menace should be checked if the nation hopes to meet its future economic de... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Teachers Begin Nationwide Strike | Nigeria's primary and secondary school teachers under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) this morning commenced a nationwide strike action intended to force the Federal Government to is... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Union slams petroleum industry margin increase with latest hikes | Union slams petroleum industry margin increase with latest hikes The Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers Union (Ceppawu) have slammed the 5c per litre increase in the fuel indu... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Petrol and diesel price increase from this week | The South African Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) has announced that the latest in the monthly round of fuel price increases will take effect from 2 July 2008. The retail price of all grades o... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Labour Must Decide. Sack or Back Him, Deadline Autumn | Jackie Ashley: It can't go on like this. The top people need to make up their minds on Brown by conference time or the party will be in ruins . What is it like to be Gordon Brown - to be inside his ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Nolan | Barack Obama and John McCain share a favorite author. Jesse Jackson says Obama nomination crowns civil rights movement . Controversial comments he made about Barack Obama in a newspaper interview gar... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Police arrest over 120 people during weekend protests against U.S. beef | In the first major clampdown on protesters after a U. beef import deal took effect, Seoul police arrested at least 125 people during mass demonstrations that continued into early Monday. About 1,700... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | RNC FAQ: How many cops, dollars, and dignitaries does it take to screw in a political convention? | Roughly 45,000 people are expected to converge on the Twin Cities for the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center on the first four days of September. This tally includes just over 4,... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Prison taskforce promised | A COMMUNITY taskforce is needed to ensure locals can obtain the skills they need to get work at the new jail to be built at South Nowra, according to Shoalhaven Mayoral candidate Dennis Argall. He has... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Filmmaker delves into a year in the life of a South Auckland school | When Juliette Veber was looking for inspiration for a documentary about South Auckland she didn't expect to it to come from an assistant principal brandishing a megaphone. Trouble is My Business by En... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Aba Saheed | N377 billion loss has triggered fears of a likely crash of the market. The decline in indices became pronounced last week when performance indicators on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), plunged furt... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Teachers begin strike today | N377 billion loss has triggered fears of a likely crash of the market. The decline in indices became pronounced last week when performance indicators on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), plunged furt... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Jackie Ashley: Sack or back him, deadline autumn | It can't go on like this. The top people need to make up their minds on Brown by conference time or the party will be in ruins. What is it like to be Gordon Brown - to be inside his head, brushing his... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Sustainability plan endorsed | BATHURST Regional Council has endorsed a sustainability action plan promoting a joint venture in environmental guardianship across the region. The plan represents a co-operation between Bathurst, Oran... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Celebrating Labor History | LaborFest will take place this year between July 15th and July 31st . LaborFest was established in 1994 to institutionalize the history and culture of working people in an annual labor cultural, film ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Sri Lanka JVP rejects President's call | 29-06-2008 The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) rejected a call from President Mahinda Rajapaksa for talks today to avert a general strike planned by its trade unions. We are willing to take part in ta... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | White House Fights To Edit EPA Document Outlining GHG Regs | WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The White House is fighting an intense private battle with officials at the Environmental Protection Agency to prevent the publication of a document that could become the legal... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Final talks on salary increase for private sector; President to meet labour delegation tomorrow | Lankareporter.com A Labour Ministry delegation, headed by Labour Relations and Manpower Minister Athauda Seneviratne will meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa tomorrow in Colombo for the final discussion ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Click to continue reading Inflated fears of a 1970s comeback | Shell.John Donovan : MUSAINT, we are delighted that you continue to visit and express your views. As stated several times before, you are very welcome.MUSAINT : Part2 : Why therefore twaddle master ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | About 400 children are engaged in hazardous labour | About 400 children are engaged in hazardous labour in the South Tongu district, an International Labour Organization (ILO) sponsored census has shown. A hundred of such children aged between five to 1... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | New Vision | Robert Mugabe was yesterday sworn in after being declared the landslide winner of a widely condemned election that African observers said was scarred by violence and intimidation. Mugabe was the only... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Migrant builder paid 8.80 a week | Eastern European migrants working on the construction of a 600m NHS hospital have been taking home as little as 8.80 for a 39-hour week, the Guardian has learned, in what has been described by union... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Unions set to put new demands to Brown | Patrick Wintour and Nicholas Watt. Trade union leaders are to put a broad set of demands to Labour ahead of its next general election manifesto, including free school meals for all primary children an... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Inflated fears of a 1970s comeback | Ashley Seager. Do you remember the winter of discontent in 1978-79 under the Labour government of Jim Callaghan with Denis Healey as chancellor? That winter, the two men sat down and had a discussion ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Philippines: US aid signals reviving interest | 30, 2008 US Navy SH-60F Seahawk helicopters and C-2A Greyhound transports from the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) began delivering relief supplies to Iloilo City, Panay Island in the Philippines on June 2... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | MPs suspected of visa 'trading' | 30, 2008 By B Izzak, Staff Writer KUWAIT: The National Assembly Human Rights Committee, which yesterday began a probe into allegations of wide-spread visa trading in the country, said there are suspic... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Literary review of the environment chapter | Ahmad Rafay Alam The Government of Pakistan released its Economic Survey for 2007-2008 earlier this month. As an example of writing, it is tedious in the extreme, with the reader constantly summoned t... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mo Mo Gridder s Barbecue Coming to the Bronx | Office of Children and Family Services service employees international union Beethoven Parkchester Station city Department of Housing Preservation and Development yankees 2008 game opener washed out N... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Kingsbridge Heights Rehabilitation Care Center Faces State Probes | Hector Diaz JAMAL KITT Michael Murphy virtual dollars Riverdale ave Tribeca Film Institute bronx housing projects Dr David Spurgeon Iraq Campaign Medal Continental Congress lighted animal malicious so... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | A Garden in the Bronx | Lynne F. racket club Dutch Schultz Commissioner patricia Smith Chairman Jose Rivera Country Club meningoencephalitis bronx man falls on subway Battle Over University Woods For Condos Bronx Park Rudolp... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | African Union unlikely to confront Mugabe | Zimbabwe ruler's disputed, violent reign Sunday ahead of his arrival at an African Union summit. SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Africa's top conflict-prevention body held closed-door talks on Zimbabwe's crisis on ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Embassy staff to meet Kuwaiti officials today on workers plight | Bangladesh Embassy officials in Kuwait today hold talks with Kuwaiti authorities to discuss the plight of 765 Bangladeshi workers which include over 300 women who have not been paid for the last s... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Gordon Brown should go if he is causing donor crisis, says Lord Levy | Labour. Some of Labour's biggest financial donors are deserting the party and making Gordon Brown's position untenable, says one of Tony Blair's former aides. Lord Levy, a former Labour fundraiser, s... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | JVP rejects President s call | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) rejected a call from President Mahinda Rajapaksa for talks today to avert a general strike planned by its trade unions. "We are willing to take part in talks only to di... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Forex this Week: Key News and Events for the upcoming week (Non PDF Version) | 11:00 PM Sunday Evening: NZD Business Confidence: The indexes recent low was -57. There is no estimate for the release, but the market will be eyeing the results for clues to the economy. 7:50 PM EDT,... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | That is such a tired argument | Two June 23 Motor City newspaper reports -- one in the Detroit Free Press ("Group blasts subprime loans," by Amber Hunt), the other in the Detroit News ("ACORN focuses on vote," by Mike Martindale) --... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mugabe sworn in after 'phony, brutal' poll | Mugabe was the only candidate and went ahead with the vote despite a wave of international censure. The United States, which says it is preparing new sanctions, called on Sunday for strong internation... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | FBI Loses Funding For Massive Privacy Invading Database On U.S. Citizens After Refusing Congressional Oversight | FBI Loses Funding For Massive Privacy Invading Database On U. WASHINGTON, DC - On Thursday, the US House Science and Technology Committee voted to deny the FBI $11 million to continue work on a massiv... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Working Mommas say "Show Me the MONEY!" | The newly released results of the Working America 2008 Ask a Working Woman survey revealed that working women are badly in need of both a raise and a break. Of the over 12,000 online respondents, half... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Alleged torture of press owner: SC seeks report | 29-06-2008 By S. Selvanayagam The Supreme Court yesterday ordered the Terrorist Investigation Division to produce press owner Vetrivel Jasiharan before the Colombo Judicial Medical Officer within one ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Military spokesman says more to be cleared in Mannar | 29-06-2008 Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara says that there are more areas to be cleared in Mannar from the LTTE, and it was only the strategic Rice Bowl which was captured today. Selv... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | JVP rejects President s call | 29-06-2008 The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) rejected a call from President Mahinda Rajapaksa for talks today to avert a general strike planned by its trade unions. We are willing to take part in t... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Heartland workers end strike, carry on their fight for fairness | AFSCME Local 3494 at Heartland Human Services ended their strike that began July 2, 2007 and returned to work. "Almost a year to the day after they walked off the job in their effort to gain fair trea... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Interim statements by the SADC and PAP Election Observer Missions | Find, at the end of this post, links to the preliminary statements by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and Pan-African Parliament (PAP) Election Observer Missions (EOM) to Zimbabwe. W... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Changing commutes in Bay Area | High gas prices cause workers to consider distances to jobs as well as salary offers when deciding on positions . A couple of months ago, Yoko Olsgaard was weighing offers for two project management ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | SOWELL: The imitators | If anyone suggested that Tiger Woods should try to be more like other golfers, people would question the sanity of whoever made that suggestion. Why should Tiger Woods try to be more like Phil Mickels... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Dave, "black hat" is not a derogatory term - you could take it to just mean | Dave, "black hat" is not a derogatory term - you could take it to just mean a black hat is more of a technician than a marketer-type, or a dark elf instead of a wood elf. On moral grounds, often black... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mugabe wins illegitimate poll | Philimon Bulawayo/ReutersZimbabweans look at the presidential election results posted in Budiriro, Harare . on Sunday declared winner of a widely condemned election which African observers said was s... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | A 19-year incumbent faces his first competition | Extra Cash from Citi Offers New Way for Cardmembers to Get Online Discounts USTelematics Appoints George Lauro as Senior Advisor to the Board . Assessing property values and refereeing basketball at f... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Obama's un-American mentors | Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 7:55 a. The Democrats have apparently finally decided on their nominee in Barack Obama. How a party that can't run a simple primary election in an orderly fashion can hope to ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mugabe sworn in as president for sixth term | ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe has been declared landslide winner of a widely condemned election in which he was the only candidate and which African observers said was scarred by violence and int... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Picket in Dun Laoghaire | Iranian Workers Bulletin Issue 18 17:15 May 10 1 comments Newspaper of Anarchists in Ulster 19:13 Apr 07 13 comments Freedom to decide your Days of Rest 22:43 Apr 04 4. event notice Wednesday June ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Adamsdad talking about negative rants | 29, 2008 - 12:49am. The tienda that Jesus Martinez and his family run on Arrow Road doesn't have much room to walk around in. Elaborate pi atas hang low from the shop's ceiling, and customers weave in... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Guest-worker program for AZ fails to get vote | Arizona will not get a chance to set up its own guest-worker program. State lawmakers adjourned the session late Friday without bringing the proposal to the floor for a vote. Senate Minority Leader Ma... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Africa must disown Mugabe: COSATU | Africa must disown Mugabe The Congress of South African Trade Unions strongly urges the governments of Africa to refuse to recognise Robert Mugabe as the legitimate head of state of Zimbabwe, and to b... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Average driver in bus for 4 hours | These include field trips for the public schools and driving student athletes to sporting events. But hiring out school buses to tour companies is considered part of the normal job for bus drivers dur... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | That's the Spirit: Incentives soar toward $250M | US Airways, Air China in code-share pact [Albuquerque]. Slattery: Roberts should have stood up for Boeing Co. Boeing tanker's rival: 'Our plane is ready now' [Albuquerque]. Crist plans European econom... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mugabe sworn in as Zimbabwean president again after winning uncontested election with 85% of the vote but observers condemn 'unfair' poll | Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been declared landslide winner of a widely condemned election in which he was the only candidate and which African observers said was scarred by violence and int... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mugabe sworn in as Zimbabwe president again after winning election with 85% of the vote but observers condemn 'unfair' poll | Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been declared landslide winner of a widely condemned election in which he was the only candidate and which African observers said was scarred by violence and int... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mugabe sworn in after 'landslide' win | Zimbabwe s president Robert Mugabe was sworn in today after being declared the landslide winner of a widely condemned election which African observers said was scarred by violence and intimidation. Mu... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Martin Tchiba | Born in 1982 in Budapest, Hungary, pianist Martin Tchiba now resides in Germany. He received scholarships from the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and the German Academic Exchange Service and won the Cultura... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | ADEQUATE salt supplies wil soon normalise and stabilise available stocks say supermarket owners and importers | ADEQUATE salt supplies wil soon normalise and stabilise available stocks say supermarket owners and importers. They said salt shortage was mostly experienced in the Western Division. They claimed the ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Calendar of events around Fiji | Calendar of events around Fiji TODAY n LAUTOKA Teachers College Year 1 and Year II check in 2pm. n JASPER Old Scholars executive committee meeting 5pm at the school. TUESDAY n DUDLEY High School PTFA ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Saturday highlights pull in 2.2m | News. Big Brother came second in the 9pm slot behind BBC1. Big Brother beat BBC2 s live coverage of Wimbledon, which got 2. ITV1 came last at 9pm with the movie Wimbledon only pulling in 1. Big Broth... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mugabe: Winner of Widely Condemned Poll | Mugabe, in power since independence from Britain in 1980, was due to be sworn in shortly in a ceremony at State House, officials said. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who withdrew from last Frida... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | CUPE charges four workers for crossing picket line | Updated Sun. 29 2008 11:21 AM ET The Canadian Press SASKATOON -- The Canadian Union of Public Employees is going after four of its members who crossed the picket line during a November 2007 strike by ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | What I'm Reading Now | Marc Bousquet is an associate professor of cultural studies and writing with new media at Santa Clara University. His book How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low-Wage Nation has just b... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mugabe declared winner in Zimbabwe election | Tutu urges rejection of Mugabe rule . Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has been declared the winner of a widely condemned election which African observers said was scarred by violence and intimidation... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Impasse over Indo-US nuclear deal deepens | New Delhi, Jun 29 The stand off over the Indo-US nuclear deal worsened today with CPI(M) threatening to withdraw support to the UPA government if it pushed ahead with the "harmful" agreement. "In case... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mugabe declared winner in sham poll | Zimbabwe's leader Robert Mugabe won Friday's presidential election, in which he was the only candidate, with 85,51% of the vote, the electoral commission said on Sunday. Official figures from the Zim... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Brattleboro's Act... [+3 | Date: June 27, 2008 From: Barb Sondag, Town Manager I am very pleased to announce that Eugene Wrinn has been appointed the Brattleboro Chief of Police. Chief Wrinn has served with the Brattleboro Poli... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Sarbanes-Oxley and the Healthcare Industry | Applicability to Hospitals and Medical Organizations By Gregory O. Ginn; PhD, CPA, MBA, CMP By Hope Rachel Hetico; RN, MHA, CMP In response to scandals involving Enron Corporation and its auditor, ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mr. Smith goes to New England | By Monte Dutton mduttongastongazette. acquired what is now New Hampshire Motor Speedway - Smith prefers the adjective "motor" to "international" - all sorts of rumors circled through New England and e... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Con Ed talks continue past deadline | Bronx. 1:23 AM NEW YORK - Negotiations continued early Sunday between Consolidated Edison and the union representing almost two-thirds of its work force as the midnight deadline for a possible strike ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | MidEast Abuses of Sri Lankan Domestic Workers | Even if I went to bed at 3:30 a. Once I told the employer, I am a human like you and I need an hour to rest. She told me, You have come to work; you are like my shoes, and you have to work tireless... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Germans need Ballack's presence | Thomas Hitzlsperger believes Germany will miss Michael Ballack's leadership qualities and goal threat if the talismanic midfielder is ruled out of Sunday's Euro 2008 final against Spain. Ballack is th... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | SEC to finance operations through sukuk issuance | From left o right: Ali Ibrahim, Managing Director, Emcredit and Fahad Bin Fahad, Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, Dubai Islamic Ban (more) . & From left o right: Ali Ibrahim, Managing... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Organization Fighting Back Against Job Losses In Miami Valley | MIAMISBURG, Ohio -- Job loss is hitting the Miami Valley hard and one organization is fighting back. Union Local 18 is working to make sure its members have job skills for the future. Hundreds gathere... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Labour not a niche party, but a party of govt: Gilmore giving Kemmy lecture | It is an honour to be here tonight to give the Jim Kemmy memorial lecture. Jim Kemmy was an inspiring figure, and a champion of socialist politics in Ireland. When I was elected leader of the Labour P... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | A VIETNAMESE victim of trafficking was introduced to the participants at the conference on migrant workers Rights-Doha | A VIETNAMESE victim of trafficking was introduced to the participants at the conference on migrant workers Rights-Doha . International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Press release Qatar : First ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Endosulfan retrieval from 'Princess' to commence Monday | Monday, the stalled search and retrieval operations for more casualties are expected to resume soon. Sulpicio Lines, in a statement released Sunday, said the removal of the toxic cargo will start Mond... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Past Speakers against social injustice and war | Strike Against War by Helen Keller 13 min 25 sec ago.. Anyone else watching Carlin tonight? 8 hours 53 min ago. You have posted somethings I chose not to click on because you gave fair warning. Mind l... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Number s up for bingo? | Bingo halls will close if the Government stalls on amending the law, according to the manager of a Bracknell venue. Jason Batup says Point Bingo in Skimped Hill Lane is in terrible trouble after the... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | CWA Convention - This is Our Time | Home. Declaring that "this is our time," CWA President Larry Cohen called on delegates to the 70th annual convention to imagine life a year from now - a nation led by President Barack Obama, the Emplo... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Protestors clash with police in central Tokyo ahead of G-8 summit | Protestors are clashing with police in central Tokyo at demonstrations to protest the upcoming Group of Eight leading nations summit. Local media report over a thousand people have joined the rallies ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Con Ed Strike Deadline Moved To Tuesday | Some 9,000 Consolidated Edison workers are threatening to walk off the job Sunday morning if they don't have a new contract. David Paterson intervened late Saturday in negotiations between Consolidate... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | State's minimum wage set to jump 25 cents on Tuesday | A 25-cent increase in the state's minimum wage, set to take effect July 1, will mean big bucks for Central Michigan University. For CMU, which typically employs 3,800 student workers in a semester, it... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mount Kisco laborers stiffed on pay | MOUNT KISCO - A group of laborers from Mount Kisco are still trying to collect thousands of dollars for work they performed in the fall and winter at various construction sites, including public schoo... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | SEIU organizer amps convention | SEIU contract shortens gov't work week. Guide: Union organizers use malicious litigation. Teamster ads chill labor-state beer distributor. Top SEIU officials ousted, leadership in turmoil. ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Steelworkers' dues embezzler pleads guilty | Union coffers make easy pickings A former union official is to be sentenced in federal court Oct. Betty Wing, 42, of Ann Arbor, admitted to stealing about $6,600 in 2003 and 2004 while she was secreta... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Rep. Baron Hill, Indiana DINO | Employee Free Choice Act on your political radar? If it is not, it better be. It has the potential to be one of the most damaging pieces of legislation for employers and employees that has been seen i... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Andy Stern deals with desert disorganization | Toxic feud at SEIU s top ends with resignations The terms for the resignations of the top two leaders of one of Nevada s largest unions were laid out over salad and breadsticks at a Las Vegas Olive Ga... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | AFSCME greed costs California students | Students Screwed By Labor Union For A Little Extra Cash If you live in California, you re no stranger to union strikes and all the drama that comes with their various protests. Even if you don t, no d... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Union puts scabs on trial | November 2007 strike by support workers at Saskatchewan's two largest universities. Brad McKaig of Local 1975 said the union's constitution allows it to hold a trial of sorts - five other members of t... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Barack bends over for Big Labor cash | Barack Obama will need that much extra financial help after breaking his pledge to accept public campaign financing, thereby freeing his campaign to outspend rival John McCain by as much as he can rai... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Clooney opted for FiCore union membership | Aside from bringing back pro football's formative days, "Leatherheads" might be remembered as the film that permanently drove a wedge between George Clooney and the Writers Guild of America. financial... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Going door-to-door for EFCA (6/28) | SEIU contract shortens gov't work week. Guide: Union organizers use malicious litigation. Teamster ads chill labor-state beer distributor. Top SEIU officials ousted, leadership in turmoil. ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Death of innocence - CHILD LABOUR (THE INDIAN PERSPECTI | The Asian and Pacific regions harbour the largest number of child workers in the 5-14 age group, 127. Almost one child in three (29 per cent) below the age of 15 works. Children s participation in eco... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Nene Pimentel - Press freedom curtailed by court ruling on Manila Pen siege | A Makati court decision dismissing the civil suit filed by journalists in connection with the 2007 failed rebellion at the Manila Peninsula Hotel was a major blow to press freedom, a senator warned Su... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Airport Authority Hong Kong Declares Dividend of HK$2,000 Million to Government | On June 25, Airport Authority Hong Kong announced a profit attributable to equity shareholder of HK$2,273 million for fiscal 2007/2008, ended on March 31, 2008, up 18% from 2006/07. The final dividend... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Call on leaders to pressure Mugabe | Zimbabwe's African neighbours should "do whatever it takes" to get rid of Robert Mugabe, the Government said. Foreign Office minister Lord Malloch-Brown said he hoped leaders would tell Mugabe "unequi... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | South Korean Government Issues Sternest Warning Yet Over US Beef Protests | South Korea's government has issued a stern warning in reaction to Saturday night protests that left more than 100 people injured. Officials say police will take every necessary measure to track down ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Labour's Marshall in shock resignation after rumours over expenses | Scottish Labour MP David Marshall's shock resignation came after rumours swept Westminster that he was about to be engulfed in a row over expenses payments to family members. Senior Labour sources dis... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Go East, young students | Go East, young students The Telegram Tucked in with the day's usual list of calamities, from road accidents to departing doctors, there was a spot of good news in Thursday's Telegram. More than a spo... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Gathering Place: Hiring illegal aliens | The news media have covered several incidents in which illegal aliens were arrested at Hawaii job sites. Hopefully, this coverage will continue and focus on not just the presence of undocumented worke... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Liberalism or Socialism? | The U. If that collapse is severe (and it looks like it will be), millions of Americans will be jobless, homeless and facing starvation. This is true because Americans don't own or have a right to the... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Hitzlsperger hoping for Ballack boost | Thomas Hitzlsperger believes Germany will miss Michael Ballack's leadership qualities and goal threat if the talismanic midfielder is ruled out of Sunday's Euro 2008 final against Spain. Ballack is th... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Party leader urges policies to attract Viet kieu scientists | Government have always considered science and technology the driving force behind the nation s economic development, Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh told staff of the Ministry of Science and Tec... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Workers who rely on tips getting hit hard | Cleveland, OH, Thunderstorms 67 F Complete Forecast. Fiber-optic sensors could head off bridge failures 12:11 a. ET Bridgestone Firestone goes after state tax credits 6:34 p. ET Jo-Ann's Alan... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Inner-City Workforce Struggles With High Gas Prices | Michelle Powell is anxiously watching as gas prices climb at the station near her New Britain Avenue apartment in Hartford. The spike in fuel costs has, for many, become the difference between a road ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Hitzlsperger: We would miss Ballack | Thomas Hitzlsperger says Germany will miss Michael Ballack's leadership and goal threat if he does not play against Spain. Ballack is the big fitness worry for Germany heading into the clash at Vienna... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Domestic workers in New York and New Jersey hold congress | The Philippine Reporter/Canada NEW YORK CITY--In early June Filipino domestic workers of DAMAYAN Migrant Workers Association, based in New York and New Jersey, joined about 100 participants from 10 ci... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Korean workers to strike in protest of beef import deal | Unionised Korean workers warned of upcoming work stoppage this week to protest a government decision to resume beef imports from the US. Opposition turned violent this weekend, leaving at least 200 pe... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | South Florida Sun-Sentinel Personal finance column: Inflation soon could mean a fatter Social Security benefit | Wind River's VxWorks MILS 2 in Evaluation for Certification Summary of Russia TV Rostov "Vesti Don" news 1630 gmt 26 Jun 08 . South Florida Sun-Sentinel Personal finance column: Inflation soon could m... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Trouble at home | The country's industrialists warn of an impending recession, the finance minister does a sharp about-face on key taxation policy, and the cabinet has yet to devote real attention to urgent university ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | IFS pinpoints Project Centric business model as key to greater business | Based on 25 years of experience in developing software that supports Project Centric businesses, IFS, the global enterprise applications company, is advising businesses to bring down the barriers inhe... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Ibaloi lawyer to sit in UN rights body | 38 minutes agoBAGUIO CITY, Philippines An Ibaloi lawyer and former city councilor was appointed as a mandate holder of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on its 8th session last June 18... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | FedEx Mechanics and Related Crafts Deserve Respect & Dignity | In Memphis today, where hundreds of Teamster organizers hit the streets in an effort to help FedEx Express Mechanics join a union, there was a common theme to what everyone said, "All workers wants a ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Hospital, union file NLRB complaints | CARTHAGE Contract negotiations for 180 Carthage Area Hospital employees are at a standstill while the hospital and the union representing the workers have filed complaints against each other with th... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Stalemate In AngloGold/Workers Wage Talks | This year s wage negotiations between AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited (AGA) and its workers, which began on April 27, 2007, have run into a deadlock. At the beginning of this week, workers of the mi... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Bookshelf - Filling in the gaps | By Prof S. Arasaratnam, University of New England, Australia David Chanderbali. Indian Indenture in the Straits Settlements, 1872 1910 (Leeds : Peepal Tree Press, 2008.) Indian Indenture in the Stra... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | COMPENSATION: WAGING CHANGE | New Nevada Minimum Wage $5.85/hr for employees who are eligible for qualified health benefits $6. Sushi Shibata, 32, a server at Adam's Ribs on Maryland Parkway, buses a table in the restaurant June 1... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mugabe's election blasted, but not at home | HARARE, Zimbabwe -- The bread lines were longer than the lines at polling stations on election day in Harare, Zimbabwe, with apparently few people eager to vote in a blood-soaked race that only Presid... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | South Korea metal workers call for work stoppage | Unionised workers at Hyundai Motor Co and other South Korean car makers said on Sunday they would stop work for two hours this week after more anti-government protests at the weekend injured 100 riot ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | National Union Of Public Workers Or Barbados Workers Union Can't Be Trusted, Time For A Barbados Industrial Court | National Union Of Public Workers Or Barbados Workers Union Can t Be Trusted, Time For A Barbados Industrial Court . Thank God the impasse between the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) and the Nation... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Bajan Top 20 Crop Over Tunes | 1. Jabae - Barry Chandler - Nothing Sweeter Than Carnival.Bush tea on National Union Of Public Workers Or Barbados Workers Union Can t Be Trusted, Time For A Barbados Industrial Court ..Anonymous on N... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Social Reformations in Policing, Law & Order - The need | Policing .htm"> criminal justice system ; social injustice ; law breakers:reformations in Policing . My dear friends, Let us look in to various reasons of Communal disturbances, Riots and Violence an... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Courteous cops by 2010 Games | Sun, Jun 29 12:50 AM REMEMBER YOUR encounter with the traffic policeman who told you nonchalantly, "Yaha parking nahi hai and #8230; chalan to katega saab". Or for that matter the neighbourhood cop ye... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Christy holds big outlook for Macon Days | When Gloria Christy became director of Uncle Dave Macon Days in 1984, it was still a relatively small gathering of banjo and guitar pickers that attracted a few thousand people to the Public Square. T... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | U.S. shouldn't mimic Europe | If anyone suggested that Tiger Woods should try to be more like other golfers, people would question the sanity of whoever made that suggestion. Why should Tiger Woods try to be more like Phil Mickel... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Ethanol with your coal, anyone? | WEDNESDAY OBAMA PRIVATE MEETING IN CHICAGO WITH BUSINESS LEADERS: 1. Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, financial services, NY 3. Ann Fudge, former CEO of Young & Rubicam, public relations, IL 4. Al... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Pinoys cheer over Pacquiao win | For a second or two, fight fans were stunned seeing defending champion David Diaz flat on his face and Manny Pacquiao raising his fists in triumph. But after collecting themselves, Filipino fans insid... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mdladlana does it again | DA: Mdladlana must retract Chinese remarks. By Chiara Carter Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana has done it again - accusing Chinese employers of grossly violating workers' rights and challenging th... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Paterson Gets Involved | Gov. David Paterson intervened late Saturday in negotiations between Consolidated Edison and the union representing almost two-thirds of the utility's work force just minutes before the midnight deadl... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | ANKARA: PACE rains down rights criticism after thunderous warning | 21:32:38 Today's Zaman, Turkey June 28 2008 PACE rains down rights criticism after thunderous warning The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) yesterday leveled fresh criticism again... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Human rights and preventive detention | Ian Boyne, Contributor Finally, a reasoned, nuanced, non-emotional and intellectually engaging response has emerged to the proposal for preventive detention being pushed by Don Robotham and me. The re... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Creative canvases | Photos by Michael Robinson LEFT: A section of 'This Side Up', an installation by Patasha McLean. RIGHT: 'Residual History' (Shrouded in Mystery) by O'Dwayne Wilson. Michael Robinson, Gleaner Writer An... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Chambers' killing - 'Attack on the state itself' | PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding has scheduled an urgent meeting with Minister of Transport, Mike Henry, and members of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company's (JUTC) board tomorrow to discuss the future mana... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Once-mighty unions dealt blow in Trenton | New Jersey public workers had failed to get their way. They demanded lawmakers not cut taxpayer-paid health and retirement benefits, and got some to agree. But when all was said and done, the Legislat... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | This is what Cowen must do to weather the storm | Tough times, yes, but if we play our cards right we could be laying the foundations for the next boom, writes Gavin Duffy. Savings will protect Ireland from housing slump, says Sutherland . It is not ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Steps to upgrade Sri Lanka's garment industry | The Government is planning to introduce new ways and means to expand the local garment industry to compete in emerging global trends, said Minister of Industrial Development, Kumara Welgama. The Minis... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | 'Slave' conditions put minimum wage back on the agenda | Ghazi Algosaibi, champion of "Saudisation", serves burgers for three hours in Jeddah fast food joint to shake stigma of low paid work. Of the last 800 Kuwaitis found work in the private sector, Minist... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Bahrain human rights activists insist minimum wage necessary to standardize labor market. Government should take the lead, not wait for other countrie | Ghazi Algosaibi, champion of "Saudisation", serves burgers for three hours in Jeddah fast food joint to shake stigma of low paid work. Of the last 800 Kuwaitis found work in the private sector, Minist... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Court to decide on eBay $A83m fine | A Paris court is to decide tomorrow whether to make eBay pay 51 million euros ($A83.44 million) in damages to Louis Vuitton and other French luxury groups for letting fake copies of their goods be auc... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Nissan chips away at Japan's concrete ceiling | In the old boys' club that is Japan's corporations, Nissan's Carlos Ghosn moves to bring more women aboard. June 9, 2008 at 4:24 AM EDT When her superiors at Nissan Motor Co. offered Keiko Hoshino a j... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Imitating policies isn't always flattering | If anyone suggested that Tiger Woods should try to be more like other golfers, people would question the sanity of whoever made that suggestion. Why should Tiger Woods try to be more like Phil Mickels... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Job retraining helps displaced workers recover | WASHINGTON Tim and Joan McDivitt owe their new lives to an often-overlooked federal program that helps retrain manufacturing workers who lose their jobs to foreign competition. After they were laid ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | KDNA founder plans an active retirement | KDNA founder plans an active retirement Don't expect longtime Latino activist Ricardo Garcia to be sitting idle when he retires by Jean Guerrero . 3 next SARA GETTYS/Yakima Herald-Republic The ne... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Unions given unfair edge on campaign fundraising | Ben DeGrow ( ben@i2i.org ) is education policy analyst for the Independence Institute, a free-market think tank in Golden. Teachers unions and other labor groups do not deserve special treatment under... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Residents to ensure police verification of tenants: Police | New Delhi, Jun 29 With intelligence agencies warning that terrorists and anti-socials may use residential premises to hide, Delhi Police has asked residents to ensure police verification of their tena... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | UK Legislation this Wek | This is the weekly Parliamentary Bulletin produced by the Trade Union Group of Labour MPs and sponsored. It is intended to keep trade unionists and others aware of issues which are taking place in Par... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | In Defence of Marxism | What's New at In Defence of Marxism .Friday, 27 June 2008 Big interest in the ideas of the International Marxist Tendency in Honduras . The influence of the International Marxist Tendency (IMT) conti... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | CFP: European Societies of Work in Transformation: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives on Great Britain, Sweden and West Germany During the Sev | CFP: European Societies of Work in Transformation: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives on Great Britain, Sweden and West Germany During the Seventies. Kerstin Br ckweh (German Historical Instit... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | CFP: Revisiting the "Heart of Darkness". Colonialism, Ethnicity and Mass Violence in the African Great Lakes Region 15 years after the Rwandan Genocid | CFP: Revisiting the "Heart of Darkness". Colonialism, Ethnicity and Mass Violence in the African Great Lakes Region 15 years after the Rwandan Genocide . Centre for the Study of Genocide and Mass Viol... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Easy Rbc come, easy Rbc go | Q: If the RBTT shareholder just rolled over his shares into RBC shares, would the economy face any problem at all? A: Well, remember the RBC offer is $24 in cash and the equivalent of $16 towards the ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Con-Ed Strike Talks Continue Past Midnight | Negotiations continued early Sunday between Consolidated Edison and the union representing almost two-thirds of its work force as the midnight deadline for a possible strike expired, a union spokesman... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Members Decline Nothing New | 17:04] The Fiji Islands Council of Trade Unions (FICTU) said the declining number in union membership, while worrying, is nothing new. General Secretary Attar Singh said there needs to be a concerted ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Nandy moves SC seeking protection from arrest | NEW DELHI: Political scientist Ashish Nandy, facing criminal charges for allegedly promoting enmity between groups in the society through his analytical article on the 2007 Gujarat poll outcome, has m... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Temporary turbulence: Local work agencies see effects of slowing economy | About 2,500 people worked in temporary jobs in Clark County in 2005 and much of 2006. The estimated total has slipped to about 2,000 this April and held there.The average fee for a light industrial jo... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Bahrain: Minimum Wage for Expatriates 'Vital' | Gulf Daily News Manama, Jun 29: The government must introduce a minimum wage for all expatriates to safeguard the rights of Bahrain's foreign labour force, say human rights activists. BHRS adviser Abd... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Free Trade w/ Colombia: McCain's Misguided Policy | Last Tuesday, John McCain announced he will visit Colombia next week, where he is scheduled to meet with various government officials, including President Alvaro Uribe. McCain will use the visit to sh... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Dublin honours Dunnes Stores anti-apartheid strike | Workers Issues Spanish Breakdown / Worldwide Trucker Revolt? 00:51 Jun 15 0 comments It s never been so good for Northern Ireland s rich club 18:33 May 20 . Iranian Workers Bulletin Issue 18 17:15 M... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | EU seeks to show it cares with new social policy | While the legislative process is well known, Social Platform, an umbrella group of European social NGOs, wants the renewed social policy agenda to take the lead in bridging the gap between governing. ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | GAO to Uphold The Boeing Co. s Protest of the Air Force Tanker | SEATTLE Wednesday s decision by the General Accounting Office (GAO) to uphold The Boeing Co. s protest of the Air Force tanker contract is a clear victory, according to the Society of Professional E... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Chicago Divorce Lawyer & Attorney Blog | Attorney Marie Fahnert is a Chicago divorce lawyer. Her family law office is located in the John Hancock Center at: Fahnert LLC 875 North Michigan Avenue Suite 3100 Chicago, Illinois 60611-1962 Phone:... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Unions encouraged to be dynamic | 4:17PM INTERIM Labour Minister Lekh Ram Vayeshnoi says trade unions should be able to adapt to new forms of employment while maintaining their seasoning salt. He said global changes in employment labo... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Safety fears persist in Postville | Derrick Howard from Amarillo, Tex carries his bags to load a bus to go back to Texas Wednesday, June 25, 2008 in Postville, Iowa. Safety fears persist in Postville Workers say little has changed at Ag... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | City Hall: Chapter in city's political history comes to a close | AN ERA in Queen City politicking may well have come to an end last week. The Merrimack Restaurant, a Manchester institution and New Hampshire Primary landmark of nearly three decades, hosted its last ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Deadlock continues between Port Authority, union | Port Authority of Allegheny County and its 2,100-member drivers union agree the agency must find ways to contain spending to keep buses rolling. The transit agency and Amalgamated Transit Union Local ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Oh, for the good old days of shimmying up trees | An animal control dispatcher asked an animal control officer over the police scanner why he didn t climb a tree to remove a raccoon from it. The reply: Because I m not a raccoon, and I m not a tree c... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Canadian Union of Public Employees charges four workers for crossing picket | SASKATOON - The Canadian Union of Public Employees is going after four of its members who crossed the picket line during a November 2007 strike by support workers at Saskatchewan's two largest univers... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Children in reality shows, child labour? | Is child labour law respected on the sets of reality shows? The answer is no, kids are forced into acting or posing. Needless to say that these kids are exposed to adult content, and at times forced t... Read » |