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Jan 02 2024
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State labor department forecasts modest job growth in 2024 fueled by infrastructure and energy spending
State economists are predicting modest job growth in 2024 across Alaska in a new report released Tuesday by the state labor department. Officials anticipate Alaska employers will add some 5,400 jobs, a 1.7% increase. After substantial job losses in 2020, employment has grown steadily since 2021 at more than 2% per year. Labor department economist Karinne Wiebold, who wrote the report, said in
Alaska Public MediaMay 03 2024
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Overlooked No More: Min Matheson, Labor Leader Who Faced Down Mobsters
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. It was in northeastern Pennsylvania that Min Matheson earned her reputation for fearlessness. Over her 20 years as director of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union there, she repeatedly faced down mobsters in her fight for fair wages and
New York Times (News)Apr 14 2024
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Burnes labors through 5 in start vs. Brewers
BALTIMORE -- Milwaukee's offensive tear finally ran into a roadblock in the form of the Brewers' former ace. Not that Corbin Burnes had it easy. Burnes allowed a home run to the first batter of the game, and Baltimore's new star pitcher left after five innings Sunday against the Brewers. He allowed three runs along with six hits and two walks, but he struck out five and pitched out of trouble
ESPN.comFeb 28 2023
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Biden to nominate Julie Su to head Labor Department
President Biden announced Tuesday that he plans to nominate Julie Su, a longtime advocate for workers' rights, to lead the Labor Department.
Why it matters: If confirmed, Su, who currently serves as the department's No. 2, will replace outgoing labor secretary Marty Walsh, making her the first Cabinet-level secretary of Asian heritage in the Biden administration.
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AxiosApr 07 2024
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The Perilous Existence of a Hamptons Day Laborer
Early in the evening of Dec. 30, Julio Florencio Teo Gomez, a carpenter from Guatemala City who had shifted around different living situations on Long Island for more than a decade, went looking for money he was owed for a job he had completed before the holidays. Like so many other day laborers operating in the far reaches of Long Island, he had found the work at a roundup one morning in the
New York Times (News)Apr 19 2024
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VW Workers in Tennessee Vote for Union, a Labor Milestone
In a landmark victory for organized labor, workers at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee have voted overwhelmingly to join the United Automobile Workers union, becoming the first nonunion auto plant in a Southern state to do so. In a statement late Friday, the company said that the union had won 2,628 votes, with 985 opposed, in a three-day election. Two earlier bids by the U.A.W. to organize the
New York Times (News)May 12 2024
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A fire department paid $220,000 for new ambulances. They were scammed.
Washington PostMay 08 2024
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Tom Zirpoli: Maryland emergency departments face many challenges
As a volunteer for the Carroll County Hospital and LifeBridge Health boards, I have observed the challenges Maryland hospitals must deal with trying to provide excellent care in our state’s emergency departments. Reporter Angela Roberts (“A broken system: Report identifies reasons behind long ER wait times in Maryland”) did an excellent job outlining the issues related to the long wait times
Baltimore SunMay 10 2024
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Cheyenne police, fire and recreation departments present budgets to city council
May 10—CHEYENNE — Last week, Cheyenne Mayor Patrick Collins proposed a $147.6 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year. This week, city departments began presenting their reasoning for their proposed budget adjustments. Cheyenne Police Department began on Thursday, followed by Cheyenne Fire Rescue and Community Recreation and Events on Friday. Other departments will present their budgets
Yahoo NewsApr 29 2024
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Police department dog takes a little break
On April 2, Hanson police shared a photo on Instagram of the department’s community resource dog, Ziva, stretched out on a couch in Chief Michael Miksch’s office. “Someone made herself comfortable in Chief Miksch’s Office today while Ofc [Derek] Harrington did some firearms training at the station!” the post said. Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and
The Boston Globe