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10/29/2009 8:25 AM
 Orange County, CA officials held a contentious hearing last Tuesday in an effort to make a political show of the board's conservative attitudes.
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10/28/2009 10:29 AM
 Speaking on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, SMWIA General President Michael Sullivan, called for national pension reform, noting that proposed legislation “benefits union members and employers” while reinforcing existing law. He reiterated that “this is no bailout.”
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10/27/2009 12:52 PM
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced in a Capitol Hill press conference on Tuesday that he will send a health care reform bill to the Senate floor that includes a public option. States will have until 2014 to decide if they want to participate in the public plan.
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By host on
10/26/2009 1:25 PM
 On October 23, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the injunction against the merger with the United Transportation Union to create SMART was wrong. The majority of the three judges ruled that the case brought against the merger should be dismissed. They had different reasons for reaching this conclusion, but the bottom line was the same: that the injunction against the merger should be removed.
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By host on
10/26/2009 1:07 PM
 With 28 years of SMWIA membership under his belt, Seattle Local 66 member Eric Seislove has grown ever more appreciative of the difference his union has made in his life.
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By host on
10/23/2009 8:09 AM
More than 500 union members and health care activists in Washington, D.C., protested a meeting of the giant health insurance lobby group, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), in support of health care reform.
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By host on
10/22/2009 3:30 PM
For the third straight year, outdoor TV enthusiasts enjoyed back-to-back episodes of Escape to the Wild before heading to Labor Day picnics. VERSUS Network's first Escape to the Wild Labor Day marathon honoring America’s hardworking men and women in 2007 was the highest rated Monday-Friday 8am-3pm time period ever on VERSUS, outside the Tour de France.
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By host on
10/22/2009 9:23 AM
The Canadian Federal government has introduced Bill 50, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and to increase benefits, to temporarily provide additional Employment Insurance (“EI”) benefits to unemployed, long-tenured workers who have previously made limited use of EI benefits.
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By host on
10/21/2009 9:25 AM
The White House recently unveiled a "Recovery Through Retrofit" report that outlines ways to expand "green jobs" nationwide. Based on energy efficiency retrofits of the nation's 130 million existing homes, the plan calls for a standardized home energy performance measure and an energy performance label for existing homes that would resemble the Energy Star program for appliances.
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By host on
10/21/2009 9:19 AM
OSHA yesterday released a report documenting serious shortcomings in Nevada's Occupational Safety and Health Program, including failing to issue appropriate willful and repeat violations, inspectors who were not trained to recognize construction hazards, and lack of follow-up to determine whether hazards were abated. Nevada OSHA is under new leadership that is committed to resolving the concerns raised, the report points out.
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