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The action enforces European <b>Union</b> sanctions because global financial transactions are impossible without using SWIFT, and it will go a long way toward isolating Iran financially. The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, <b>...</b>

HANOVER, NH (AP) — A federal agency investigation into the death of a construction worker in New Hampshire is likely to take several weeks. Fifty-three-year-old Dana Lowe of Morrisville, Vt., died Wednesday after he was knocked off a hydraulic lift <b>...</b>

<p><strong>Class Scheduled for April 9 and April 10, 2012</strong></p>

<p> </p> <p>  </p> <b>Elk’s Beer Bust</b> <b>Friday, March 23</b> <b>7PM - ?</b>   <b>All Proceeds to benefit</b> <b>Ken Dupre</b> <b> </b>   <b>Chourico Meat Sandwiches</b> <b>Cajun Fries</b> <b> </b> <b>Donation: $15.00</b> <b> </b> <b>For tickets contact: Jack Luddy 774-644-1438</b> <b>Or call the Union Hall</b>

(AP) — A Wichita-based hospice care business has <b>laid off</b> 28 workers after being acquired by a Texas company. Hospice Care of Kansas says the layoffs are the result of being acquired in 2010 by Harden Healthcare of Austin, Texas.

The foundation performs research and analysis on state and <b>local</b> finances, including how they are raised and spent. Mazzarella's office has proposed adopting state law that would allow the city to negotiate health-care costs that mirror the state <b>...</b>

<b>...</b> city's unemployment rate and the statewide averages has remained persistent: 5.2 percentage points a year ago and 4.8. percentage points in January, according to figures released this week by the Executive Office of Labor and <b>Workforce Development</b>.

(AP) — State lawmakers are considering a bill that would place representatives of public employee labor <b>unions</b> on the State Employee Benefit Committee. A bill scheduled for a vote in the state Senate on Thursday would expand the composition of the <b>...</b>

Vice President Joe Biden will speak to United Auto Workers members in Toledo at a <b>union local</b> hall today to discuss the $85 billion auto bailout. Biden, the son of a car dealership manager, has repeatedly said the campaign's theme this year is "Osama <b>...</b>

The labor <b>union's</b> AFL-CIO Reserve Fund submitted a proposal that Berkshire shareholders will vote on at the annual meeting in May. The <b>union</b> seeks a written succession plan that includes criteria for the next chief executive and the identities of <b>...</b>

If release time really involves no increase in aggregate compensation to <b>union</b> members, why do <b>unions</b> favor this roundabout route to compensation? One reason, perhaps, is to punish police officers who do not join the <b>union</b>: They see some of their <b>...</b>

By Paula Schleis KENT: Kent State University hiked tuition and room and board rates for next year, approved a new collective bargaining agreement with 360 <b>union</b> employees, and — in what President Lester Lefton called a “historic” day — agreed to <b>...</b>

He told School Committee members tonight that four teachers at Oak Middle School will be <b>laid off</b> next fiscal year, which begins July l. He added that a fifth teacher, currently on leave of absence, will also be <b>laid off</b>, as that position is being <b>...</b>

<b>Union</b> members from the United Auto Worker (UAW) <b>Local</b> 2377 -- which represents more than 400 city workers, including 9-1-1 dispatchers, public school support personnel, social workers, and maintenance personnel -- rallied across the street from the <b>...</b>

Late afternoon sun reflects from buildings across South Main Street and onto the Travelers building on Wednesday. By Grant Welker Travelers, an insurance company with offices on South Main Street, is eliminating 19 positions as it shifts parts of its <b>...</b>

By Will Richmond A former California congressman is weighing in on the state's gaming bill, saying the caveat of giving Native American tribes the first crack at a casino license in southeastern <b>Massachusetts</b> will put the region at a disadvantage.

Most <b>unions</b> are still planning to attend the Charlotte convention, but more than a dozen trade <b>unions</b> are boycotting it. They're angry that Charlotte has no <b>union</b> hotels and is in what they see as the least unionized state in the nation.

Most <b>unions</b> are still planning to attend the Charlotte convention, but more than a dozen trade <b>unions</b> are boycotting it. They're angry that Charlotte has no <b>union</b> hotels and North Carolina is the least unionized state in the nation.

By Melissa Block One hundred fifty years ago, in the summer of 1862, the Civil War was raging and President Abraham Lincoln was starting to scribble away at a document, an ultimatum to the rebellious states: Return to the <b>Union</b>, or your slaves will be <b>...</b>

In addition to executing the contract, the county called back a custodian who was previously <b>laid off</b>. During the summer of 2011, 12 custodians working at courts throughout the county were <b>laid off</b>, leaving 17 on the job. The commissioners attributed <b>...</b>

Fellow Obsidianites who were <b>laid off</b> today…I was lucky, but I've been on the other end of that. Your talents will take you far! #keepgoin According to a tip received by Joysiq, the layoffs were so severe that an upcoming next-gen project had to be <b>...</b>

Vice President Joe Biden will speak to United Auto Workers members in Toledo at a <b>union local</b> hall on Thursday to discuss the $85 billion auto bailout. Biden, the son of a car dealership manager, has repeatedly said the campaign's theme this year is <b>...</b>

The Minnesota AFL-CIO is airing TV and radio ads across Minnesota against a constitutional amendment under consideration at the Capitol that would curb <b>union</b> strength. The ads started airing on Tuesday, the day after a Senate committee approved the <b>...</b>