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Twin Cities nurses back new strike, so now what?
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22.6.2010 |
Twincities.com: News |
| Nurses voted Monday night to endorse an open-ended strike of 14 Twin Cities hospitals, giving their union leverage as it seeks to resuscitate contract negotiations over pay, pension and nurse staffing levels. |
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Ark Tribe trial: 'It's about standing up for your rights'
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22.6.2010 |
Green Left Weekly issue #780 |
| Tue, 22/06/2010
By Leslie Richmond , Adelaide
On June 15, around a 1500 people, representing nearly every union, gathered outside Adelaide Magistrate's court for the first day of a week of rallies supporting construction worker, Ark Tribe, in his battle to defend himself against the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC).
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[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[flenvcenter :: Unions]
[flenvcenter :: Green Jobs]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
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WikiLeaks may post more military video
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22.6.2010 |
CNN: Top Stories |
| For a website devoted to exposing secrets, WikiLeaks.org is pretty good at keeping its own. |
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Twin Cities nurses somber amid strike vote
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22.6.2010 |
Star Tribune: Latest |
| Unlike the May 19 vote for a one-day walkout, today's vote set the stage for an indefinite work stoppage that could inflict painful costs on both sides, testing the economic staying power of the 12,000 nurses and the resilience of the hospitals. |
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Students ratify pact to end strike in Puerto Rico
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22.6.2010 |
Seattle Times: Top stories |
| Nearly 3,000 students have ratified an agreement reached last week to end a strike that has paralyzed the University of Puerto Rico for two months. |
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Twin Cities nurses voting on potential second hospital strike
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22.6.2010 |
Twincities.com: News |
| Nurses were expected to vote tonight to endorse an open-ended strike of the 14 hospitals at which they work, giving their union leverage as it seeks to resuscitate contract negotiations over pay, pension and nurse staffing levels. |
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Stranded by strike, ash? We'll pay, Greece says
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22.6.2010 |
Boston Globe: Latest |
| Stranded by strike, ash? We'll pay, Greece says |
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Students ratify pact to end strike in Puerto Rico
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22.6.2010 |
Boston Globe: Latest |
| Students ratify pact to end strike in Puerto Rico |
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Students ratify pact to end strike in Puerto Rico
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22.6.2010 |
SFGate: Business & Technology |
| Students ratify pact to end strike in Puerto Rico |
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Stolen cars: Did Wash. teen bandit strike Midwest?
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22.6.2010 |
Seattle Times: Local |
| Police in the Midwest are investigating whether an infamous teen burglar from Washington state is behind a string of break-ins and car thefts. |
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[irge304 :: Cars]
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Students ratify pact ending strike against fee hikes, budget cuts at Puerto Rico university
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22.6.2010 |
Star Tribune: World |
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Nurses Vote On Whether Or Not To Resume Strike
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22.6.2010 |
WCCO: Local News |
| Nurses spent Monday voting on whether to authorize a strike. The voting started at 6 a.m. at two locations and nurses will continue voting until 8:30 p.m. Twelve thousand nurses belong to the Minnesota Nurses Association, working at 14 Twin Cities hospitals. If the nurses do authorize a strike, it could be for longer than their June 10 strike which was just for 24 hours. |
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Wal-Mart wants several dozen Chicago stores
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22.6.2010 |
Chicago Tribune: Business |
| Wal-Mart wants several dozen Chicago stores |
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Monday P.M. Report
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22.6.2010 |
MinnPost |
Delta adding international flights from MSP, office/housing plan is lone finalist for site near Guthrie, nurses voting on second strike, and Minnesota Wild renew TV, radio personality contracts. |
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[demo :: Affordable Housing]
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Tear Gas in Cananea
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22.6.2010 |
Organic Consumers Association News Headlines |
| When the Mexican government moved to bust the three-year miners' strike in Cananea on June 6, it brought 2,000 Federal Police into the tiny mountain town in the state of Sonora -- two cops for every striker. As darkness fell and helicopters clattered overhead, they charged the gate with riot shields and batons, filling the streets with tear gas. Miners retreated to the union hall with their families, and the police followed, barricading the doors and lobbing more tear gas inside. Click here to read this article |
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[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
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State employees are not the budget culprits
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21.6.2010 |
LA Times: Most Emailed |
| State employees are not the budget culprits |
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Union Ad Presses Maine's Senators
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21.6.2010 |
NY Times: Washington |
Government employees' union presses Maine's Senators to support jobs and taxes bill.
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Hospitals, Nurses Prepare For Strike As Votes Cast
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21.6.2010 |
WCCO: Local News |
| By Monday night, Twin Cities hospitals should know if roughly 12,000
nurses will move forward with another strike, this one not limited to
just 24 hours. |
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Michelle Chen: Defending Workers From a Bad Rap: Challenging Criminal Background Checks
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21.6.2010 |
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com |
| In a tight job market, where even the slightest blemish could be a dealbreaker, millions of workers are at risk of being shut out of jobs by a single document: a tarnished FBI rap sheet. |
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[flenvcenter :: Social Justice]
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Israeli Shipping Line Zim Shut Out at Oakland Docks
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21.6.2010 |
Common Dreams: Views |
| by Susan Galleymore Long before 5:30 a.m. on June 20 about 800 protesters traveled the mile from West Oakland's BART station, near San Francisco, to Berth 57 of the Oakland docks. The early risers were determined to block the gates and discourage longshoremen from unloading a Zim cargo ship. Zim is an Israeli shipping company.
A second shift of more than 200 hundred protesters kept the gates closed for the 4:30 p.m. work crew too. read more |
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