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South Korea's troubled Ssangyong Motor applies for court receivership
AP Business WriterSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Troubled South Korean automaker Ssangyong Motor Co. has applied for protection from creditors to buy time to restructure itself into a profitable manufacturer after red ink mounted and cash flow collapsed amid falling...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Court Administration, Volkswagen AG, Hyundai Motor Co., Wages and Pensions
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GM, UAW gear up for talks
The Associated PressUnited Auto Workers union bargaining officials are arriving in Detroit this week to begin discussing wage and benefit concessions they must make so General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC can keep their federal loans. Under the terms of the $17.4 billion...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Ohio, Employees, Wages and Pensions, Retirement
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The DGA nominations also tap the directors of 'Benjamin Button,' 'Frost/Nixon,' 'Milk' and 'Slumdog Millionaire.' The guild's winner has gone on to capture the Oscar 54 times out of 60.
"The Dark Knight" continues to soar this award season. Christopher Nolan, the director of the critical and commercial success, was nominated Thursday for the 61st annual Directors Guild of America award. It's the first time a director of a superhero...Tags: The Dark Knight (movie), Slumdog Millionaire (movie), Danny Boyle, Cinema Industry, Culture
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Workers: Keep Jobs In State
The Hartford CourantHundreds of workers from the local chapters of the Communication Workers of America, United Auto Workers and AFL-CIO rallied in Bushnell Park Thursday evening to protest planned job cuts at AT&T. The company announced last month that they would be...Tags: Connecticut, Employees, AT&T Corp., Bushnell Park, Unemployment
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Lawsuit in John Burge case brings attention to other Chicago officers who lost their jobs
Attorney Chris Cooper's legal assault on the Fraternal Order of Police may not change the union's decision to pay for the legal defense of indicted former Police Cmdr. Jon Burge. But it is bringing some attention to the exploits of his clients, who also...Tags: Trials, Chris Cooper, Crimes, Police Investigations, Chicago Transit Authority
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Sun-Times Media Group to close 12 suburban papers
Sun-Times Media Group Inc. plans to close 12 weekly newspapers in suburban Chicago and has asked its union employees to take a cut in compensation as part of cost-cutting measures brought on by declining advertising revenue. The company, which...Tags: Employees, Rolling Meadows, Mount Prospect, Hoffman Estates, Des Plaines
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For newspapers, time's the enemy
The most significant thing newspapers once could afford and now cannot as the economy assaults an industry already battered by changing technology and consumer habits doesn't show up in their increasingly strained ledgers. It's time. Readers want...Tags: Bankruptcy, Tribune Tower, Gerould W. Kern, Newspaper and Magazine, Chicago Sun-Times
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Bob Graham, former U.S. senator, has questions to answer
I covered Clay Shaw and Bob Graham as a journalist for 30 years, and it was a pleasure seeing them develop from backbenchers into two of the most respected political figures in the U.S. House and Senate respectively. Given the current troubled state of...Tags: Democratic Party, World War II, Labor Legislation, Barack Obama, Government
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Ssangyong Motor applies for court receivership
AP Business WriterTroubled South Korean automaker Ssangyong Motor Co. has applied for protection from creditors to buy time to restructure itself into a profitable manufacturer. Ssangyong said in a statement Friday that it made the "unavoidable choice" to file for...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Court Administration, Hyundai Motor Co., Kia, Justice System
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Rell Says Connecticut Can't Afford Prison Guards' Pay Raises
Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell called Thursday for the Democrat-controlled legislature to overturn an arbitration award for unionized prison guards that she says is unaffordable. The award provides a 3 percent general wage increase in the first year that...Tags: Bankruptcy, Trials, Lehman Brothers Holdings Incorporated, Connecticut, Employees
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Iowa lawmakers consider labor issues
Associated Press WriterThough labor-backed Democrats control the Legislature and governor's office, lawmakers concede that some top union priorities face a cloudy future in the upcoming session. Labor leaders and some legislators remain unhappy after a high-profile...Tags: Kevin McCarthy, Labor Legislation, Illinois, Employees, Executive Branch
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Erickson Retirement Communities lays off 260
Erickson Retirement Communities, which develops and operates retirement communities in 11 states, laid off 260 employees Wednesday, a 2 percent staff reduction that the Catonsville-based company blamed on the deepening recession. Most of the cuts came at...Tags: Employees, Metal and Mineral, Retirement, Catonsville, Layoffs and Downsizing
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