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AP-WI--Teachers Union-Layoffs, 1st Ld-Writethru,381
Associated PressWisconsin's powerful statewide teachers union said 40 percent of its staff members were laid off Monday as a result of the law pushed by Gov. Scott Walker and passed by the Legislature curbing collective bargaining rights. Wisconsin Education...Tags: Elections, Labor Legislation, Unemployment, Schools, Teachers Unions
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Delphi Automotive investing $15M in Miss. plant
Delphi Automotive says it's investing about $15 million to improve its manufacturing plant in the south Mississippi city of Brookhaven. The investment by the international automotive supplier was announced Monday by Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Plant Closings, Elections, Manufacturing and Engineering, Automotive Equipment
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UPDATED: Two suburban Lowe’s close
TribLocal - Schaumburg » NewsLowe’s stores in Elgin and Schaumburg closed Sunday night, leaving 195 employees without a job, the company announced Monday. Spokeswoman Katie Cody said the two …... -
Strong wind topples stage at Ind. fair, killing 5
Associated PressThe summer evening at the Indiana State Fair turned strangely cold. The wind blew hard, then harder still, tearing the fabric from the roof of the wobbling grandstand stage. The crowd, waiting under a thunderous sky for the country duo Sugarland to...Tags: John Mellencamp, Mitch Daniels, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Weather Warnings, Emergency Planning
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Beware the jerks at work
Office politics can be deadly. Now there are numbers to prove it.
People who toiled alongside jerks, brown-nosers, blowhards and back-stabbers were 2.4 times more likely to die during a 20-year workplace study by Tel Aviv University.
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Twitter battles to quell its critics
It's among the most recognized brands on the Internet and a cultural phenomenon, with as many as 400 million monthly users and a new $800 million funding deal — one of the largest ever.
It's also been the scene of recent high-level comings and...Tags: Elections, Startups, Management Change, eBay Inc., Twitter, Inc.
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Hundreds mourn at Indiana fairgrounds: 'Our hearts are broken'
INDIANAPOLIS--Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels told hundreds of people who gathered Monday for a service to remember five people killed when a stage collapsed at the Indiana State Fair that the tragedy has broken the hearts of the state's residents.
Among...Tags: John Mellencamp, Minority Groups, Elections, Mitch Daniels, Public Employees
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I Just Work Here: Whatever happened to 9 to 5?
"Workin' nine to five
What a way to make a livin'
Barely gettin' by
It's all takin' and no givin'
They just use your mind
And they never give you credit
It's enough to drive you
Crazy if you let it."
That's about as close as we got to a protest...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Labor Legislation, Massachusetts, Movies, Apple iPad
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Metra turns shakedown allegations over to prosecutors
Investigators have found "sufficient evidence" to support allegations that a former Metra employee tried to shake down movie producers for $2,000, and have referred the case to county and federal prosecutors, officials said Friday.
The allegations were...Tags: Source Code (movie), Lawyers, Prosecution, Justice System, Metra
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Black and white creates gray area in fire department mileage scandal
Change of SubjectI believe I now know why Mayor Rahm Emanuel was so measured, so passionless, in responding to reports last week about widespread mileage-reimbursement fraud in the city’s Fire Prevention Bureau. Word had leaked out that an investigation by city... -
Chicago Firefighter's Contract: Section 16.2, Discipline and Discharge; Section 16.6, Mileage Allowance
Change of Subject16.2 Discipline and discharge A. Disciplinary actions instituted by the Employer shall be for reasons based upon the employee's failure to fulfill his/her responsibilities as an employee. Where the Employer believes just cause exists to institute... -
Worker killed at South Side meat market: 'He didn't do anything bad to anyone'
Tribune reporterFor the last six years, Alfredo Cuellar Chavez ran a neighborhood meat market on the South Side, sending money back to his wife and four children in Mexico. This morning, Cuellar was carrying ice into the market near the corner of Marquette Avenue and...Tags: Mexico
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