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Pressure on Bangladesh, retailers to fix factories

...Buyers' community wants to see credible action," she was quoted as saying.The retailers themselves are criticized by labor groups for allegedly shoveling blame and making token efforts to ensure worker safety.A report by the AFL-CIO umbrella...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-03/pressure-bangladesh-retail
NHL union chief still believes deal was close

...league pulled its offer off the table.Fehr told a room packed with CAW members that the players' association and other labor groups share many traits when it comes to negotiating. He told the meeting that league negotiators must take into account...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/hockey/2012-12-08/nhl-union-chief-still-beli
Analysis: Ga. Democrats may be shrinking but they're not vanishing

...Republican right wing has continued to do is unite us," said Roger Sikes, organizer for the Atlanta Jobs With Justice labor group.Second, ideological groups traditionally sympathetic to the Republican Party will lose patience with the philosophical...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/elections/2012-06-03/analysis-ga-de
American Airlines cancels 300 flights to cope with pilot outages, maintenance reports

...slash annual labor costs by about $1 billion as it reorganizes under bankruptcy protection.Eight of its nine union labor groups ratified cost-cutting contracts, with pilots the lone holdout.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-09-19/american-airlines-cancels-
Murdoch takes on shareholders at News Corp. annual meeting

...the allegation before but it hasn't been widely reported.Watson represented nearly 1,700 non-voting shares for labor group AFL-CIO and got up twice and spoke for a few minutes during the 90-minute meeting. He is been a key driver of a...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2011-10-21/murdoch-takes-shareholders
Parent company of American Airlines to cut 13,000 jobs

...strategy the carrier says is necessary to compete with rivals.The job cuts detailed by executives in a meeting with labor groups Wednesday would be part of an overall effort to reduce operating expenses by more than $2 billion annually."As you...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-02-01/parent-company-american-ai
Judge considers union lawsuit

...chilled in their ability to talk to each other or talk to a union rep," said Kathleen Barnard, an attorney representing labor groups that have sued Haley and Templeton.Barnard said Haley and Templeton, whose agency has the power to mediate union...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-06-13/judge-considers-union-lawsuit
Pension insurer's deficit doubles

...But Congress sets those fees, and it's been reluctant to raise them in the face of opposition from business and labor groups. Unless pension funds adopt less risky investment strategies or Congress raises insurance premiums, it will run out...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/14/bus_555736.shtml
Business
Coalition takes on chronic diseases

...to 2006, now leads the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease. The coalition includes 60 health care, business and labor groups intent on raising awareness of what can be done to save lives and lower health-care costs related to chronic disease...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/08/22/met_140638.shtml
Metro
Battle over giant retailer wages heats up

...ministry at Trinity United Church of Christ on the city's South Side. The church is part of a coalition of community and labor groups backing the proposed ordinance, which would require mega-retailers to pay their workers at least $10 an hour in...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/07/26/bus_90234.shtml
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