Unions
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DC Councilwoman Muriel Bowser; WI Recall Fallout
CommentToday on NewsTalk, we spoke with Ward 4 Councilwoman Muriel Bowser, Adam Tragone and Jos Willams
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MetroAccess bus driver on long hours: 'This is absolute slavery' (video)
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Today a disturbing and sad video from a driver illustrates the dangers of the 13-hour schedules imposed on the drivers six weeks ago. A drivers' union has begun protesting them this week.
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Union fight heats up at Virginia Ikea factory
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Employees at the Ikea-owned Swedwood plant in Danville, Va. vote today on whether they'll unionize, and air conditioning is a crucial part of the fight.
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Government workers have awesome job security
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What's the best job to have right now? Working for the government, where you're almost guaranteed never to get fired. In fact, you're more likely die.
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Government shutdown scares and wild times in Wisconsin
CommentMissed the show on TV? Watch two video clips on our blog now.
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Rally in Dupont Circle For Wisconsin Workers
Several hundred from labor, allied groups turn out for noon rally.
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Highlights from Monday's 'Capital Insider'
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Big business outreach and TSA bargaining privileges
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Montgomery council candidates get money from real estate groups, unions
Frosh has most cash on hand of county's state legislators.
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Teachers' contract negotiations will be first hurdle for new school board members
Four seats on the school board will be filled during the Nov. 2 general election. One incumbent is running for re-election.
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O'Malley hopes Obama ties, unions can cause turnout spike in Prince George's
CommentMartin O’Malley’s re-election campaign will need to do more than just win Prince George’s if the incumbent is to top the Republican nominee, former Gov. Bob Ehrlich, in the Nov. 2 general election. It'll need robust voter turnout far in excess of the middling 21 percent on primary day. Turning out voters in Prince George's will require heaps of support from the county’s unions, plus a carefully managed closeness with President Barack Obama.
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Unions work to defend federal pay from politicians' proposals
If federal employees, in particular their pay and number, become a political football this election season, their unions plan to play strong defense.
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Union protests using Chinese workers to assemble MLK Memorial sculpture
A new controversy has arisen about the Martin Luther King Memorial,but it's not the memorial itself, but who's assembling it.
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New GMU student group asks president to fire dining company
A new George Mason University student organization says it backs campus dining workers who have protested conditions and wages of Sodexo. Carrying over unionization efforts from last spring, the group hand-delivered a message of protest on Thursday calling on President Alan Merten to remove the corporation as the university’s dining services provider.
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