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Obama making good his pledge to have diverse administration; some backers seek even more
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Barack Obama, soon to be the first black U.S. president, is on the road to making good his pledge to have a Cabinet and White House staff that are among most diverse ever, although some supporters are asking him to go even further. He...Tags: Bill Clinton, Janet Napolitano, Robert Gates, Civil Rights, Condoleezza Rice
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Brazilian miner Vale cuts 1,300 jobs on falling iron ore demand
AP Business WriterSAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) _ Vale, the world's largest iron ore producer, has cut 2.1 percent of its work force because of slumping global demand for the raw ingredient used to make steel, the company confirmed Wednesday. Companhia Vale Rio Doce SA said...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Unemployment, Employees, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Lack of demand idles steel production in Illinois
A state response team said Wednesday that it would help thousands of Illinois workers affected by United States Steel Corp.'s decision to lay off workers and temporarily suspend operations at three plants, including one in Granite City. U.S. Steel...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Unions, Rod Blagojevich, Employees, United States Steel Llc
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Court dismisses lawsuit in teen worker's death
A company that violated child labor laws cannot be sued for the death of a 17-year-old Waukesha boy killed in a 2005 towing accident, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. Joshua Reif was a high school student working at Automotive & Truck Services, Inc. in...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Local Authority, Children, Court Administration, Health and Safety at Work
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UAW says it will suspend jobs bank, delay automakers' trust payments, renegotiate labor terms
AP Auto WriterDETROIT (AP) _ The United Auto Workers said Wednesday it is willing to change its contracts with U.S. automakers and accept delayed payments of billions of dollars to a union-run health care trust to do its part to help the struggling companies secure $34...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Automotive Equipment, Unions, National Government, Collective Contract
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Former California Assembly speaker's 19-year-old son charged in San Diego stabbing death
Associated Press WriterSAN DIEGO (AP) _ The 19-year-old son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez is among four men charged in the October stabbing death of a college student, prosecutors said Wednesday. Esteban Nunez and the others were arrested Tuesday in...Tags: Murder, Assault, Punishment, John McCain, MySpace
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Facing economic pressure, Russian companies skirt law, force employees to resign
Associated Press WritersMOSCOW (AP) _ Cowed by what she called a growing campaign of intimidation, equity analyst Yekaterina Krylova finally quit her job. In submitting her "voluntary" resignation, she waived her right to any compensation — and that saved her employer a...Tags: Employers, Employment, Vladimir Putin, Employees
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UAW to renegotiate labor terms, suspend jobs bank
AP Auto WriterThe United Auto Workers said Wednesday it is willing to change its contracts with U.S. automakers and accept delayed payments of billions of dollars to a union-run health care trust to do its part to help the struggling companies secure $34 billion in...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Automotive Equipment, Unions, National Government, Collective Contract
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UAW plans to change contract, drop job bank
Dow Jones NewswiresLeaders of the United Auto Workers union are close signing off on changes to the 2007 labor contract with Detroit's three auto makers, in a move that would relax job-security provisions and push back the date on when a new healthcare trust becomes active,...Tags: General Motors Corp., Automotive Equipment, Healthcare Contract Issues, Ford Motor Co., Vehicles
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Hurricane Ike cleanup workers say they were victimized by wage theft, poor working conditions
Associated Press WriterHOUSTON (AP) _ Reyna Martinez, a 30-year-old Honduran immigrant, wanted to help Texas recover from Hurricane Ike and earn a good wage at the same time. For four weeks, she was transported by bus from her Houston home to Galveston, where she worked 15...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Wages and Pensions, Building Material, Natural Disasters, Collective Contract
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Many LI immigrants say they live in fear of attacks
dave.marcus@newsday.com; mark.harrington@newsday.comManuel Medina, 29, an emigrant from Guatemala who moved to Long Island five years ago, has a simple rule: On winter nights, he doesn't go out after 5, and on summer nights, he doesn't go out after 9. Joselito Cuji, 28, an Ecuadorean who moved to Blue...Tags: Assault, Nassau University Medical Center, Huntington (Hungtington, New York), Minority Groups, Hamburgers
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Comptroller eyes former Hempstead lawyer's pension
eden.laikin@newsday.comDuring his six years as Hempstead Village attorney, W. Charles Robinson was paid a total of about $184,000 in public salary. Yet, for that same period, the village reported to the state comptroller's office that he was paid more than $1 million - an...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Long Island, Wages and Pensions, Legal Service, Hempstead (Hempstead, New York)
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