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		<title>Worrying about St. Louis union dispute</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Kansas City Star is reporting that with the St. Louis carpenters union’s expansion into Kansas City, local labor leaders will be sure to monitor the effect on the area’s union electrical work. That’s because a battle over jurisdiction and work issues has erupted between the Carpenters’ District Council of St. Louis and the International [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laborlink.gbca.com/national/worrying-about-st-louis-union-dispute</link>
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		<title>Much of Research on Project Labor Agreements Effects is Inconclusive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the Construction Labor Report, a Congressional Research Service report released July 1 observes that much of the research on project labor agreements (PLAs) are inconclusive. Despite widespread, long-term use of PLAs, studies can be difficult to conduct and have shown mixed results on the economic effects of PLAs. The report (R41310), prepared by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laborlink.gbca.com/national/much-of-research-on-project-labor-agreements-effects-is-inconclusive</link>
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		<title>Borough of Fanwood, NJ plans to hire temp labor from union</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Borough of Fanwood, NJ may enter into an experimental deal for temporary labor with one of the county’s unions next week, in a cost-saving measure that will serve as a test for other municipalities around the state. The council will vote July 13 on the agreement with Building Laborers’ Local 394 enabling the borough [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laborlink.gbca.com/local-upate/760</link>
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		<title>SCI Graterford &#8211; Notice to Proposers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NOTICE TO PROPOSERS: It is the responsibility of each proposer to ensure that its proposal is received by the Department of General Services prior to the Proposal Submission Deadline, regardless of method of delivery used. No proposal shall be considered if it arrives after the Proposal Submission Deadline, regardless of reason for the late arrival. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laborlink.gbca.com/local-upate/sci-graterford-notice-to-proposers</link>
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		<title>Court: 2-Person Labor Board Can&#8217;t Make Decisions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 500 decisions by the leading federal agency that referees disputes between labor and management will have to be reopened after the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the five-member board had operated illegally when its membership dwindled to two. The high court, in a 5-4 ruling in which the court&#8217;s leading liberal — retiring [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laborlink.gbca.com/national/court-2-person-labor-board-cant-make-decisions</link>
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		<title>Hercules Cement Co. continues operations despite Teamster strike</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lehigh Valley Live is reporting that dozens of Hercules Cement Co. employees lined the road into the plant Monday to strike against a job transfer policy that some employees worry could lead to abuse by supervisors. The strike is not driven by wages or benefits but rather language in a proposed contract that would give [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laborlink.gbca.com/local-upate/hercules-cement-co-continues-operations-despite-teamster-strike</link>
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		<title>How Unions Can Learn from Corporate Incompetence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Schumpeter: In Two Minds THE past few months have produced so many examples of corporate incompetence—think of BP or Goldman Sachs or Toyota—that it almost comes as a relief to discover incompetence on the other side of the class struggle. Unite, the British union representing British Airways’ cabin crew, is providing a textbook example of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laborlink.gbca.com/national/how-unions-can-learn-from-corporate-incompetence</link>
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		<title>Unions v Wal-Mart: Belaboured</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Economist AMERICA’S labour movement rumbled into life in May 1894 when Pullman car workers on Chicago’s South Side began a famous strike. Now factories have all but vanished from the South Side. Across the country union power has waned. The neighbourhood of Pullman, however, once again finds itself at the heart of labour’s latest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laborlink.gbca.com/national/unions-v-wal-mart-belaboured</link>
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		<title>NJ Union Construction Workers Agree to Wage and Benefit Freeze</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New York Construction News is reporting that in an effort to stimulate the construction industry and create work opportunities for local contractors and construction workers, some of New Jersey’s construction unions along with their managerial bargaining partners have agreed to a freeze in wage and benefit packages.Members of the statewide associations of the International Union [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laborlink.gbca.com/new-york/nj-union-construction-workers-agree-to-wage-and-benefit-freeze</link>
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		<title>Negotiations Update: Four County Market Share Recapture Program &#8211; Operating Engineers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GBCA is pleased to announce the release of the Four County Market Share Recapture Program by the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local #542. This program creates a flexible work environment and enables union contractors to be more competitive in winning projects in the surrounding counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery and putting Local [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laborlink.gbca.com/local-upate/negotiations-update-four-county-market-share-recapture-program-operating-engineers</link>
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