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Union: Bridge repairs in South Bend + entire state = jobs
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterThey chanted back and forth across the Michigan Street bridge Tuesday afternoon. Fix the bridge! called out one union member standing on the east side of the bridge holding a sign that read Protect Local Jobs. Fix the bridge! responded a group of...Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, AFL-CIO, Building Material, Layoffs and Downsizing
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3 men in Halloween masks try to rob credit union
MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — Three men wearing Halloween masks have been arrested after trying to rob a credit union in Madison Heights, about six miles north of Detroit. The Daily Tribune in Royal Oak reports (http://bit.ly/pIx1x5 ) that a...Tags: Halloween, Career and Workplace, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Arbitrator: Man with shy bladder wrongly fired
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An arbitrator has ordered a state of Michigan employee back on the job, months after he was dismissed for failing to provide urine for a drug test. Ron Koonter of Grand Ledge says he has a condition known as "shy bladder...Tags: Bladder, Career and Workplace, Drugs and Medicines, Michigan, Human Body
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Benton Harbor unions reach public safety agreement
BENTON HARBOR – It took about five months, but Benton Harbor's police and fire unions finally reached an agreement for cops and firefighters to do both jobs. The city's emergency financial manager says it will eventually make the city self-reliant....Tags: Fires, Career and Workplace, Government, Finance, Politics
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Mishawaka mayor, council terse over funding plan
MISHAWAKA — Since early September, the Mishawaka Common Council has been quietly delaying its vote on the city’s plan to use $2.25 million of CEDIT income in 2012. Quietly — until Monday. Then it turned into a long, heated exchange...Tags: Democratic Party, Career and Workplace, Collective Contract, Parties and Movements, Elections
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Assembly likely faces more division
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterINDIANAPOLIS - If the scene Tuesday at the Indiana Statehouse was a true preview of the General Assembly's next session, then 2012 is going to be another tumultuous year in the legislature. Republicans, who hold large majorities in both the House of...Tags: Democratic Party, Career and Workplace, Employment, Parties and Movements, Justice System
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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: Democratic Party, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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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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UAW membership up 2010 for 1st time since 2004
DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union is gaining members again after years of declines. In a filing with the U.S. Department of Labor, the union said Thursday that it had 376,612 members in 2010, up 6 percent from 355,191 in 2009. That's...Tags: Career and Workplace, Elections, Politics
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100 years after New York Triangle fire, horror resonates
NEW YORK (AP) — One hundred years ago, horrified onlookers watched as workers leapt to their deaths from a raging fire in a New York City garment factory.
The Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire of March 25, 1911, killed 146 workers, mainly young...Tags: Employees, Health and Safety at Work, Career and Workplace, New York, New York City
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Political parties targeting Indiana boycott
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Political parties are turning to websites and TV ads to drive home their points of view about the ongoing boycott by Indiana House Democrats. The state Republican Party launched a new website Monday — www.indemsgps.com...Tags: Democratic Party, Career and Workplace, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Unionists sending Snyder message
LANSING (AP) -- At least 3,000 union members and protesters angered by Gov. Rick Snyder's proposals to tax pensions and give emergency financial managers sweeping new powers to void union contracts shouted their displeasure inside and outside the...Tags: Career and Workplace, Rick Snyder, Scott Walker, Wages and Pensions, Republican Party
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