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Jun 02 2023
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Final public hearing on CO2 pipeline touches on landowner, union concerns; Summit seeks to void local regs
Landowners brought concerns about disruptions to their properties, and a labor union questioned the track record of a pipeline installer as North Dakota regulators on Friday held their final scheduled hearing on a planned regional carbon dioxide pipeline. Meanwhile, developer Summit Carbon Solutions has filed a motion with state regulators asking them to declare ordinances passed by Burleigh
The Bismarck Tribune
May 23 2023
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2 teens killed by Union Pacific train while walking on tracks in central Arkansas
Two teenagers have died after being struck by a train while walking on the tracks near a park in a central Arkansas town. Liam Harrison and Charlie Elliott, both 16, died in Cabot on Saturday evening, police told local news outlets. Officers said they found one of the dead teens laying on the side of the double-tracked Union Pacific Railroad line, while the other teen was found under the train
Fox News (Online News)
May 22 2023
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Labor union says it will start recall effort against Oregon state lawmaker
Labor union says it will start recall effort against Oregon state lawmaker SALEM, Ore. (AP) — One of Oregon’s largest labor unions says it’s going to try to oust a Democratic state lawmaker who has been a longtime labor ally. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 said Monday it had filed paperwork to initiate a recall effort against Rep. Paul Holvey of Eugene, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Associated Press
May 22 2023
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Oregon’s largest private sector union wants to recall top Democratic lawmaker
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 has long had a close relationship with Democratic politicians, spending tens of thousands on recent legislative campaigns and endorsing liberals up and down the ballot. But relationships with leaders chilled during the pandemic as the union lobbied unsuccessfully to use federal relief money for bonuses to grocery workers and to prioritize them for
The Oregonian
May 24 2023
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Master Lock to close Milwaukee plant in 2024, union says; 330 jobs to be affected
Workers at Master Lock in Milwaukee found out Wednesday that the company will close the north side manufacturing plant in March 2024, the union said in a statement. The iconic padlock company was founded in Milwaukee in 1921; its world headquarters are located in Oak Creek. In a statement posted to Facebook, UAW Region 4, which represents unions in Wisconsin, including the local union at
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Sep 14 2022
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European Energy Crisis
“Europe is facing an energy crisis that is squeezing ordinary people’s finances and in just a few weeks could mushroom into rolling blackouts and factory shutdowns… The crisis deepened when Russia’s state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with
The Flip Side
May 17 2023
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LA strip club dancers vote to unionize: 'Finally... a seat at the table'
In what could define live entertainment history, 15 months after attempting to unionize, dancers at a Los Angeles gentlemen's club are one step closer to becoming the first group of strippers to form a union in America. During a settlement hearing with union club attorneys, lawyers representing management of the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood agreed to withdraw election
"USA Today" Contributor
May 17 2023
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Topless dancers in L.A. set to become the only unionized strippers in U.S.
Dancers at a bar in Los Angeles are poised to become the only organized group of strippers in the United States after their employer agreed to recognize their union, marking the culmination of a 15-month effort that is a victory for long-marginalized adult entertainment workers across the nation. The dancers, who perform at Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood, will be represented
Washington Post
May 16 2023
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The Results Are In: Mamaroneck Union Free School District Budget Vote
LARCHMONT-MAMARONECK, NY — The polls have closed and the votes are counted — the unofficial results of the Mamaroneck Union Free School District election are in. The 2023 budget and school board vote, included two seats on the Mamaroneck Board of Education. The proposed spending plan of $155,518,144 is 3.91 percent higher than the current budget. The tax levy is expected to rise 2.6 percent.
Patch.com
May 16 2023
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North Hollywood topless dancers to become nation's only unionized strippers
The dancers at North Hollywood's Star Garden Topless Dive Bar are about to become the only unionized strippers in the United States, the first group to do so since the late 1990s. "If you have been following our journey, then you know this has been a long, exhausting fight, which is why this victory is so sweet," said Reagan, one of the Star Garden dancers. "We put everything we have into this
CBS News (Online)