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What happens to blood supply if Red Cross workers strike?
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY — Local Red Cross chapters are worried about what a strike of Red Cross workers would do the area's blood supply. The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU Local 459) has issued their 10-day strike notice....Tags: Social Issues, Relief and Aid Organizations, Health Insurance Cost, Disasters and Accidents, Health and Safety at Work
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South Bend schools budget talks ongoing
SOUTH BEND — Teacher layoffs and a reduction in the number of days worked by administrators are among the options being discussed as South Bend schools wrestle with budget cuts that could amount to nearly $10 million in the next two years.Jay...Tags: Teachers, Budgets and Budgeting, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Teaching and Learning
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The 'expanding' work force
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSara Sauer was a fit athlete who played golf and softball at LaVille Junior-Senior High School in Lakeville, but when she graduated in 2004 and got an office job, she ballooned to up to more than 200 pounds. The weight piled on, she said, because of...Tags: Weight, Health, Chicago Jobs, Employees, Insurance
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AFL-CLO president: Workers must take charge
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- It’s time for America’s workers to take charge again. That seemed to be the overarching message to the nearly 40-minute speech Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, gave Wednesday night at Carey Auditorium at the Hesburgh...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Employees, Heart Attack, AFL-CIO, Barack Obama
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Mich. House votes to ban domestic partner benefits
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republicans who control the Michigan Legislature have started another attempt to block the offering of taxpayer-paid health insurance to domestic partners living with public employees. The House passed legislation by a 64-44,...Tags: Michigan Legislature, Republican Party, Elections, Politics, Career and Workplace
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Daniels rescinds new statehouse security rules
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has just rescinded new statehouse security rules that would have put a 3,000 person limit on the number of people allowed in the state capitol at any one time.
This comes right as the Indiana Legislature begins its 2012...Tags: Labor Legislation, Republican Party, Executive Branch, AFL-CIO, Politics
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Dems stall Indiana House on first day
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterINDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma has a large red sign in his office that reads, "Keep calm and carry on." It's a reproduction of a poster the British government made in 1939 to reassure citizens at the start of World War II. Bosma, R-...Tags: Labor Legislation, Republican Party, Politics, B Patrick Bauer, Career and Workplace
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Indiana Legislature's 1st day draws more protesters
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Hundreds of union members filled hallways of the Indiana Statehouse and lined the sidewalks outside Wednesday, marking the start of the second year of boisterous debate over the Republican-backed right-to-work proposal.
Many...Tags: Chrysler Group LLC, Activism, Politics, Career and Workplace, Mitch Daniels
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UPDATE: Indiana Republicans approve fines on boycotters
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana House Republicans on Wednesday approved $1,000-a-day fines against boycotting Democratic legislators who gathered in the Statehouse Rotunda with labor union supporters rather than show up to debate a divisive right-to-...Tags: Punishment, Labor Disputes, Republican Party, Labor Legislation, Terry Goodin
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Niles council OKs labor pact
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterNILES - A change in state law pertaining to insurance costs picked up by municipal employees prompted the Niles City Council on Monday to approve a new one-year contract for one of the city’s labor unions. Niles City Administrator Terry Eull said...Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Union suing to block Indiana right-to-work law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Union members went to federal court Wednesday to ask a judge to block Indiana's new right-to-work law from being enforced, the first lawsuit and latest conflict over the divisive legislation. The International Union of Operating...Tags: Health, Executive Branch, Politics, Government Health Care, Mitch Daniels
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Union members fight Ind. 'right-to-work' proposal
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Union members have packed an Indiana Statehouse hearing as they fight an uphill battle against "right-to-work" legislation that sparked a five-week walkout by House Democrats this year. Members of the General Assembly's...Tags: Career and Workplace, Democratic Party, Labor Legislation
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