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Pulaski Health and Rehab hosts supply drive for Oklahoma tornado victims
WDBJ7 ReporterThe tragedy in Oklahoma remains fresh on the minds of folks around here. In the town of Pulaski, employees at the Pulaski Health and Rehab have started collecting all kinds of items to send. The collection drive began today. People have been bringing...Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace
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School bus drivers protest working, safety conditions
Bus drivers and aides employed by a Baltimore schools contractor say that unsafe conditions such as fires and mold spores are endangering lives and unfair wages are threatening their livelihoods. The grievances were aired Thursday at a rally of...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Respiratory Disease, Learning Disability, Unions, Laws
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Immigration bill would make it easier for foreign health workers to stay in U.S.
As reported by ModernHealthcare.com on Thursday, May 23, 2013: "After 30 hours of debate over a three-week period, the Senate Judiciary Committee has passed a bipartisan immigration bill that would seek to strengthen the country's healthcare workforce...
Tags: General Practitioners, Nursing, Justice and Rights, Private Health Care, Memorial Day
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Two activist groups accuse Wal-Mart of unfair labor practices
The day after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. named a former advisor to President George W. Bush to head its corporate and government affairs division, two activist groups filed complaints accusing the retail behemoth and its suppliers of poor labor practices....
Tags: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Work Relations, Politics, JC Penney Company Inc., White House
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Penny Pritzker sails through nomination hearing for Commerce secretary
— There are many reasons why Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker seems bound for the top job at the Commerce Department, after dodging potential conflict during a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday. Pritzker, 54, a Democratic mega-donor who...Tags: Penny Pritzker, Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Barack Obama, Memorial Day
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Pritzker makes strong showing in Senate confirmation hearing
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON -- The prospects seemed strong Thursday for Penny Pritzker becoming Commerce secretary after a two-hour confirmation hearing, as she drew praise from both Democrats and Republicans. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., the top Republican on the Senate...Tags: Chicago Hotels, Penny Pritzker, John D. Rockefeller IV, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Career and Workplace
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Business' birth control coverage up for federal appeal
DENVER (AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes...
Tags: Health Treatments, Career and Workplace, U.S. Supreme Court, Medical Procedures and Tests, Punishment
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Her job: Stopping wage theft
SACRAMENTO — Julie Su doesn't back down from fights when she thinks employers are cheating their workers. In her two years as California's top labor law enforcer, Su has taken on scores of unscrupulous businesses. As state labor commissioner,...
Tags: Small Businesses, Fines, Theft, Employment, Urasawa
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Berks manufacturer wins health care innovation award
HealthEast Penn Manufacturing of Lyon Station, Berks County, Tuesday received the Lehigh Valley Business Coalition on Healthcare's innovation award. The award is given to an employer that best demonstrates a unique approach to employee health, wellness and... -
Council to consider mayor's proposed pension changes
With the city retirement system short hundreds of millions of dollars in unfunded liabilities, officials say they are likely to begin requiring municipal employees to contribute to their pensions. "Pretty much everyone is in agreement that it's fair,"...
Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Civil and Public Service, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, Public Employees
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City of San Francisco, worker unions protest Kaiser premium hike
SAN FRANCISCO — It's a trend many public employees can relate to: Health insurance premiums climb year after year, while at the bargaining table workers have agreed to kick in more for pensions, take salary cuts and sign on to furlough days. But...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Employment, Prices, Employment Opportunities, Public Employees
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Newton R. Russell dies at 85; veteran California legislator
Newton R. Russell, a veteran state senator known as an expert on California's complex public pension system and a stickler for upholding legislative rules, died Saturday of lung cancer at his La Cañada Flintridge home, his family said. He was 85. A...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, Richard Nixon, Lung Cancer, Career and Workplace
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