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The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court expressed doubt on Wednesday as to the legality of a commonly-used type of labor negotiating pact.
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Read More »Patriot Coal breaks talks with union over pensions
The two sides were $30 million to $35 million apart on an agreement that would determine how retirees are treated.
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Read More »Arbitration: Scope Of Agreement – Collective Bargaining
Local 38N Graphic Communications Conference/IBT v. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, LLC (MLW No. 62200/Case No. 10-2715 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Wollman, J.)
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Read More »Wisconsin judge blocks law curbing state workers’ unions
A Wisconsin state judge temporarily blocked a law that would strip government employee unions of most of their collective-bargaining power.
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Read More »Chesterfield must set up collective bargaining framework for police union
Chalk up another win for the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 15.
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Read More »Watchdog group sues local ambulance district
The St. Charles County Ambulance District is one of two public entities being sued for allegedly violating a Missouri law that prohibits union-only project labor agreements. The Heart of America Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors and St. Louis-based ...
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Read More »Union rep accused of shielding illegal aliens gets new trial
A federal appeals court reversed the conviction for an Iowa meatpacking plant’s union representative convicted last year of shielding illegal aliens. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a jury instruction at Braulio Pereyra-Gabino’s trial allowed the jury ...
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Court sides with police officers in search case WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police officers in Utah who searched a suspect’s home without a warrant cannot be sued for violating his constitutional rights. In ruling unanimously for ...
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Read More »Effort to guarantee secret ballots begun in Missouri
An outgoing state senator has filed ballot language that would ask voters to spell out in the state constitution the right to a secret ballot. The effort is being launched in response to federal legislation backed by organized labor. The ...
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