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Updated
5/3/2004; 3:26:47 PM
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Cricket players, Zimbabwe union sue each other. The Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) and a group of 13 rebel players have issued writs against each other for alleged breach of contract. The ZCU said the group, which includes Heath Streak, the team's former captain, had breached their contracts after they failed to turn up, as ordered by the union, at a practice session in Harare today. SABC Apr 16 2004 7:19PM GMT
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Perth Union using fear tactic company says. The massive turnout of unionists to a hotel worksite at Burswood Resort yesterday was designed to intimidate the Doric construction firm into signing an agreement with the building union, company officials claim. Hundreds of Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union members from the Perth convention centre worksite downed tools and marched on the gates of the 291-room Holiday Inn building site at Burswood. The West Online Apr 16 2004 7:35PM GMT
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Irish Harney's comments on work permits meaningless Sinn Féin spokesperson on Employment, Arthur Morgan. "The comments by an The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Harney, that her Department will give new work permits to any immigrants who are being exploited by their current employer in this State are meaningless and insincere.
Politics.ie Apr 16 2004 3:13PM GMT
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San Francisco wrestles with $300 million deficit. The $300 million figure, out of a budget that this year totaled $4.8 billion, assumes city workers will agree, for the second year in a row, to give the government a reprieve from contributing to their retirement accounts, an amount equal to a 7.5 percent salary cut. Getting negotiators for San Francisco's 36 employee unions to accept that scenario could prove knotty since Newsom also has warned that he won't be able to close the shortfall without hundreds of layoffs. The Argus Apr 16 2004 12:00PM GMT
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Workers comp reform finds measured support in Bay Area. Bay Area business owners and business leaders were encouraged Thursday that the Legislature will consider a compromise bill today to revamp the state's workers' compensation system. Oakland Tribune Apr 16 2004 2:47PM GMT
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Brazilians Protest on Slow Land Reform (AP). AP - After walking for days to get to the coast from remote towns across Brazil's destitute northeastern interior, thousands of militant farmers converged Friday to press the government for speedier land reform.
Gathering in the capital city of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's native state of Pernambuco, the farmers of the Landless Rural Workers Movement said their recent escalation of land seizures could intensify if their demands are not met.
"We want to show the whole world we need land so we can work," said Manuel Jose de Lima, 36, as he marched with about 2,000 protesting farmers to the federal government's land reform office in Recife. "The rich have most of the land in Brazil and we just need some of it." [Yahoo! News - World]
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Trying to reach me? Meet my Receptionist. I got the idea for Receptionist after writing recently about improvements in electronic mail, instant messaging, video conferencing, voice-over-the-Internet phone calls and mobile phones. Receptionist would bring together all forms of electronic identity in a single gateway, making it easier to reach other people and at the same time increasing our privacy. SiliconValley.com Apr 16 2004 3:54PM GMT
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Caterpillar makes final contract offer; deadline to be extended. No terms of the proposal were revealed, and Caterpillar and the union both declined comment on the offer. Both sides said a contract extension set to expire Sunday night would be extended further until April 25 so the union could explain the offer to its members and hold a vote. Miami Herald Apr 16 2004 4:11PM GMT
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American Airlines ordered to pay union. An arbitrator ordered American Airlines to pay more than $23 million to its pilots' union, saying the world's largest airline improperly subcontracted flights to circumvent its labor contract. San Francisco Chronicle Apr 16 2004 3:57PM GMT
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Alitalia: Flights In The Balance As Unions Meet Monday. Rome, Italy, Apr. 19 - Travellers flying to and from Rome should expect delays: Monday April 19, 13.00 to 17.00 hours, is the time scheduled for the Alitalia general worker assembly. "The move - according to a union communique' - is aimed at informing all workers of the current state of negotiations, and aims to highlight the serious damage caused by the government's biding time on industrial prerequisites. AGI Online Apr 16 2004 4:37PM GMT
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Staff raise strike threat Staff at the Daily Express have this evening told management they will ballot for strike action unless they freeze plans for drastic cuts which they fear could result in the loss of up to 100 jobs.
Express bosses have earmarked three departments for cuts - sports, City and pictures - after deciding to merge more editorial operations across the Daily Star and the Express.
The National Union of Journalists held a mandatory meeting yesterday and a second one today with a big turnout of around 150 or 160 staff, said insiders. (registration required to read full story) [MediaGuardian]
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Labor coalition criticizes Nike. A coalition of labor unions from the United States and Canada has sent a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan asking the UN to review Nike Inc.'s affiliation with the UN Global Compact. The letter centers not on Nike's oft-criticized treatment of contracted factory employees, but on Nike's management of its only three unionized factories, located in Canada. Business Journal of Portland Apr 15 2004 8:40PM GMT
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Janice Kimball
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