Word: union
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Students can sign up to give blood between November 7 and November 19 in House dining rooms and the Union. Student donations begin on November 29 and continue until December 7 in Memorial Hall...
...time of his death Sampson, who also held a degree from the University of Virginia Medical School, was a shop steward for the American clothing and Textile Workers Union at the Cone Mills textile plant in Haw River. N.C. He was working inside the plant to build the union's strength on a day-to-day basis. "He knew that orgainizing workers was not over after an election was won at a plant." Charles Finch, an acquaintance of Sampson, said Monday...
...will appear on the list of 17 nominees to the Chrysler Corp. board: Douglas A. Fraser, 62, president of the United Auto Workers. The nomination of this hardy adversary from Big Labor is part of the price that the automaker had to pay last week to win from the union economic concessions essential to corporate survival...
...first election of a U.S. union chief to the board of such a large company may be a symbolic victory for labor, but it will not necessarily set a precedent. Chrysler's plight makes it unique, and this is not a deal that many other companies or other unions will want to accept in better times...
...action will have trouble making headway in a year when budget cuts affect hiring at all levels. Those cuts became necessary last year when the state imposed a cap on spending increases. Candidates argue over just where those cuts will fall, since contract negotiations with the Cambridge Teacher's Union are coming up this year. Declining enrollments suggest that it might be necessary to close schools, but few candidates actively support giving up classroom space to save money. They talk of renovating older schools before closing them completely...