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Burbank mayor on possible 'Tonight Show' move: "I am going on an hunger strike"
Burbank is not just sitting back and letting NBC move its signature tourist attraction back to New York City after 40 years. It’s fighting back. “I am going on an hunger strike,” Burbank Mayor Dave Golonski said this afternoon. “...Tags: New York City, NBC (tv network), Career and Workplace, Tour Operations Industry
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Ernest B. Crofoot, labor organizer
Ernest B. Crofoot, a former labor organizer who later headed Council 67 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, died Friday of complications from cancer at his Annapolis home. He was 88.
"Ernie was one hell of a trade...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Politics, Government, World War II (1939-1945), Religion and Belief
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Palestinian hunger striker released by Israel
RAMALLAH, West Bank – A Palestinian from the West Bank who has been on a hunger strike in Israeli jails since July 1 was released Sunday under an agreement to resettle in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian officials. Ayman Sharawna, 36, a...
Tags: Gaza Strip, Career and Workplace, Military Justice, Israel, Hamas
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Union and Motion Picture & Television Fund reach deal, avert strike
The union representing healthcare workers at the Motion Picture & Television Fund has called off its strike for next week. SEIU-UHW officials had planned to stage a three-day walkout on Monday after contract talks with the fund broke down in a dispute...
Tags: Movies, Politics, Career and Workplace, Employees, Interior Policy
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Transcript: Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA. Paul used his time on the floor to question the legality of the White House's policies on drone use, beginning at 11:47 a.m. EST and...
Tags: NBC (tv network), Migration, Politics, Government, U.S. Department of Justice
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Echoes of Irish Martyrdom on Hartford's Maple Avenue
The Hartford CourantTravelers in medieval Ireland would often come upon stone High Crosses dotting the beautifully rugged landscape. The crosses, some of which survive today as one of the country's enduring symbol, are perhaps best known by the distinctive ring that joins...Tags: Politics, Wethersfield, Justice and Rights, Human Interest, Crime, Law and Justice
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Contract talks break off between Motion Picture & TV Fund, union
Contract talks broke down between the Motion Picture & Television Fund and the union representing healthcare workers Wednesday, paving the way for a planned strike early next week. "After extensive good faith bargaining on MPTF’s part, we have...
Tags: Nursing, Movies, Politics, Collective Contract, Employees
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Strike planned at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Tribune reporterA union that represents 775 staff members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign plans to start a three-day strike on Monday. Members of the Service Employees International Union Local 73, whose duties include food service and custodial work,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Education, Union (McHenry, Illinois), Career and Workplace, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Union sends strike notice to Motion Picture & Television Fund
The union representing healthcare workers at the Motion Picture & Television Fund has informed the charity that it intends to stage a three-day strike. SEIU-UHW, which represents about 500 nursing staff members and other workers at the Woodland Hills-...
Tags: Movies, Politics, Career and Workplace, Employees, Interior Policy
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Teachers union to vote on aggressive stand against Deasy policies
L.A. NOWThe Los Angeles teachers union has scheduled an April vote for an initiative that would, if passed, call for a more aggressive posture against the leadership of the L.A. Unified School District. The goal is to get a majority of...... -
"Atlas Shrugged" evil alive and well
John Galt, the evil genius of Ayn Rand's novel "Atlas Shrugged," is "alive and well" roaming the halls of Congress. A figment of Rand's imagination, Galt continues to do serious damage through any number of assorted tea party/GOP extremists,...Tags: Barack Obama, Michele Bachmann, Mitch McConnell, Religion and Belief, Philosophy
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HealthBridge Files For Bankruptcy Protection
The Hartford CourantFive Connecticut nursing homes which are run by HealthBridge Management have filed for bankruptcy protection. Those five homes employ workers represented by the Service Employees International Union, and the company's goal in filing for bankruptcy is to...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Work Relations, Winsted, Politics, Milford (New Haven, Connecticut)
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