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Law Schools Feel the Heat From Unemployed Grads - Huffington Post (blog)

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:55:40 GMT

Law Schools Feel the Heat From Unemployed Grads
Huffington Post (blog)
Student complaints stem from the allegation that law schools aren't being upfront about the employment numbers of their graduates. Some graduates claim that their alma matters report as employed, students who have only landed temporary jobs, ...
Mad GradsHealth Care News

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Union Sues To Block Indiana's Right-To-Work Law - Manufacturing Business Technology

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:17:37 GMT

Legal News Line

Union Sues To Block Indiana's Right-To-Work Law
Manufacturing Business Technology
Mitch Daniels, Attorney General Greg Zoeller and Labor Commissioner Lori Torres. The right-to-work lawsuit is the latest filed over a wave of conservative legislation pushed through the Indiana General Assembly over the last two years.
Labor union suing over Indiana's new right-to-work lawLegal News Line
Union Sues Indiana over Right-to-Work LawWall Street Journal (blog)
Labor union files federal lawsuit over Indiana's 'right to work' lawIndianapolis Star

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How Occupy helped labor win on the West Coast - Salon

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:07:43 GMT

Salon

How Occupy helped labor win on the West Coast
Salon
The union may have had a good legal case. But so did Washington's Boeing workers when their boss blamed their strikes for its decision to take new work to South Carolina. Boeing mostly got away with it anyway. Rather than putting all their faith in the ...

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RI nonprofit files allegations against SEIU - Legal News Line

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:34:28 GMT

RedState

RI nonprofit files allegations against SEIU
Legal News Line
BY MICHAEL P. TREMOGLIE LINCOLN, RI (Legal Newsline) -- Fellowship Health Resources Inc. has filed an unfair labor practice charge with Region One of the National Labor Relations Board against the SEIU Local 509 in Massachusetts.
Human services firm claims union is deceiving its employeesPlymouth Daily News

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KAFA proposes draft law to replace 'kafala' system for migrant workers - The Daily Star

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:54:28 GMT

The Daily Star

KAFA proposes draft law to replace 'kafala' system for migrant workers
The Daily Star
By Olivia Alabaster BEIRUT: A draft proposal to replace the sponsorship system for migrant domestic workers in Lebanon was introduced by the rights organization KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation Friday, with outgoing Labor Minister Charbel Nahhas ...

Hernando County teacher files gender discrimination complaint - Tampabay.com

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:02:31 GMT

Hernando County teacher files gender discrimination complaint
Tampabay.com
By Tony Marrero, Times Staff Writer BROOKSVILLE — An Eastside Elementary School teacher has filed a gender discrimination complaint with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Heather McCarty, a 44-year-old third-grade teacher at the school ...

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The War on Labor - CounterPunch

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:31:24 GMT

The War on Labor
CounterPunch
Adopted in twenty-three states, right-to-work laws effectively ban labor unions by prohibiting workers from gaining union representation by a majority vote. The Right to Work is the right of a worker to refuse to pay union dues.

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EEOC hearing examines discrimination against pregnant women and caregivers - Employee Benefit News

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:51:13 GMT

EEOC hearing examines discrimination against pregnant women and caregivers
Employee Benefit News
By Ilyse Wolens Schuman Three separate panels of witnesses testified at the February 15 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission meeting to discuss the laws that govern pregnancy and caregiver-based employment discrimination, current charge statistics ...

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US Labor Department concludes settlement restoring $32 million to Tribune Co ... - Bradenton Herald

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:28:57 GMT

US Labor Department concludes settlement restoring $32 million to Tribune Co ...
Bradenton Herald
By US Department of Labor WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The US Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration has announced that the Tribune Co., GreatBanc Trust Co. and various insurance carriers have completed ...
DOL concludes settlement restoring USD 32 million to Tribune Co. employee ...MMD Newswire (press release)

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Jreissati appointed new labor minister - The Daily Star

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:09:32 GMT

The Daily Star

Jreissati appointed new labor minister
The Daily Star
“I am not necessarily happy with the circumstances that have led to me becoming labor minister,” he added. Jreissati, who hails from Zahleh, east Lebanon, is a legal expert and has held several leading advisory positions, including as a current advisor ...

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