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For Detroit in crisis, next six weeks determine bankruptcy fate
ReutersBy Bernie Woodall and Karen Pierog DETROIT, May 19 (Reuters) - Bond restructurings, negotiated settlements with bondholders and bond insurers, and tough talk with unionized workers are on the agenda as Detroit's emergency financial manager tries to...Tags: Credit Ratings, Wage Contract Issues, Finance, MBIA Incorporated, Assured Guaranty Limited
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Minnesota House: Union bill draws protesters, supporters; marathon debate takes a break
St. Paul Pioneer PressThe door to the Minnesota House chamber opens, and Hollee Saville starts shouting: "Vote no! Vote no! Vote no!" The door closes, the shouting subsides from a group of about 20 child care providers and Saville admits she doesn't really like the chant...Tags: Elections, Mark Dayton, Career and Workplace, Politics, Republican Party
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Unions, Others to Protest Scott Walker in Stamford May 20
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is coming to Stamford on Monday, May 20 to speak at a fundraiser for Connecticut Republicans. Walker is the guy who reduced wages and benefits for state workers in Wisconsin, causing a national uproar that led to a recall...Tags: Executive Branch, David Koch, The Washington Post, Scott Walker, Regional Authority
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Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights scrutinized after Baltimore City Detention Center scandal
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comThe Correctional Officers’ Bill of Rights, which was sponsored by a former Washington County senator and signed into law in 2010, is getting fresh scrutiny in the aftermath of a scandal at the Baltimore City Detention Center, where 13 female...Tags: Organized Crime, Donald F Munson, FBI, Christopher B. Shank, Police Investigations
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UCI hospital prepares for employee strike
Orange County RegisterUC Irvine Medical Center has canceled about 70 elective surgeries to prepare for a strike next week by patient care employees who make up 40 percent of hospital staff. The 48-hour strike by Local 3299 of the American Federation of State, County and...Tags: Medical Specialization, Hospitals and Clinics, Nursing, Career and Workplace, Orange County Register
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SEC asked to review shareholder voting rules over JPMorgan move
ReutersThe Council of Institutional Investors, which represents managers of pensions, endowments, and foundations with more than $3 trillion of assets total, has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to review rules for shareholder voting. The council,...Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Pension and Welfare, Politics
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Investor group calls on SEC to review change in JPMorgan voting
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Pension and endowment managers on Friday called on U.S. regulators to review the rules for shareholder voting after a firm collecting ballots for JPMorgan Chase & Co cut off the bank's opponents from polling information. The...Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Pension and Welfare, Politics
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Court will decide how many UC workers can strike
Patient care workers at the University of California’s medical centers plan to stage a two-day strike next week, but the number taking part will be decided Monday in Sacramento County Superior Court. A judge is expected to rule on a request for...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Healthcare Policies, Career and Workplace, Strikes, Mike Feuer
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Minnesota House braces for long debate on daycare union bill Saturday
St. Paul Pioneer PressThe Minnesota House has scheduled what promises to be a lengthy debate for Saturday, May 18, on a bill that would let unions try to organize personal care workers and child care providers. The issue prompted a marathon 17-hour debate earlier this week...Tags: Elections, Career and Workplace, Politics, Republican Party, Employees
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Facing walkout, UC medical centers canceling elective surgeries
SACRAMENTO — Facing a possible two-day strike next week by patient care and technical workers, the five large University of California medical centers are starting to cancel elective surgeries that had been scheduled as soon as Monday, officials...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health Treatments, Career and Workplace, Politics, Strikes
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Baltimore has high rate of staff-inmate sex
The Baltimore City Detention Center had the nation's second-highest rate of sexual contact between jail staff and inmates, according to a U.S. Department of Justice study released less than a month after federal prosecutors accused corrections officers at...
Tags: Organized Crime, U.S. Department of Justice, Justice System, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Prosecution
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Will County Board tells state lawmakers to pass a concealed carry law
Will County Board members Thursday sent a message to state lawmakers—pass a concealed carry law before it automatically becomes law. Board members voted 15-6, with three members voting "present," supporting a resolution backing a concealed carry...
Tags: Wage Contract Issues, Personal Weapon Control, Justice System, Career and Workplace, Politics
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