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GOP questions IRS scrutiny of anti-abortion groups
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — When a small anti-abortion group in Iowa sought nonprofit status, the IRS asked its board to promise not to organize protests outside Planned Parenthood and demanded to know how its prayer meetings and protest signs were...
Tags: Planned Parenthood, Chuck Grassley, Social Issues, Employees, Abortion
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Unemployment, immigrant poverty fuel riots in Sweden
ReutersMore than 200 teenagers and young adults attacked police and set fire to cars for a third consecutive night of rioting in the suburbs Stockholm, Sweden. On Tuesday night, rioters attacked a police station in the Jakobsberg area in the northwest of the...Tags: Riots, Stockholm (Sweden), Pension and Welfare, Politics, Sweden
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Her job: Stopping wage theft
SACRAMENTO — Julie Su doesn't back down from fights when she thinks employers are cheating their workers. In her two years as California's top labor law enforcer, Su has taken on scores of unscrupulous businesses. As state labor commissioner,...
Tags: Theft, Jerry Brown, Lawyers, Employment, Labor Legislation
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Turton Wilbur-Ellis ag services facility closed
The Wilbur-Ellis agriculture facility in Turton closed Monday, leaving up to eight employees out of work. A major employer in town, the business had offered custom application of fertilizer and chemicals, as well as seed planting. The company said it...Tags: Employees, Employment Opportunities
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Assembly Votes to Indefinitely Postpone Public Testimony Reform Ordinance
Channel 2 NewsThe Anchorage Assembly voted unanimously to indefinitely postpone Ordinance 63, a proposal to reform public testimony policy, shortly before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. Dozens lined up at Assembly chambers to take a stand on taking the stand, which was...Tags: Labor Legislation, American Civil Liberties Union
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Mercedes dealer review opens home front in luxury war
ReutersBy Christiaan Hetzner FRANKFURT, May 22 (Reuters) - How many Mercedes staff does it take to sell a car? The answer, in the luxury carmaker's German showrooms, is more than it takes to shift an Audi - just part of the cost gap Daimler wants to close with...Tags: Employees, Passenger Cars, Services and Shopping, Volkswagen, Smart Car
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Measure to limit medicinal pot shops in L.A. is leading
After years of futile attempts by lawmakers to regulate the medical marijuana industry in Los Angeles, a ballot measure to sharply limit the number of pot dispensaries in the city was leading in early returns Tuesday. Proposition D would reduce the...
Tags: Bill Rosendahl, Employees, Labor Legislation, Health Treatments, Justice System
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Italy to outline youth jobs plan as government struggles
ReutersROME (Reuters) - Italy's new government, already sinking in opinion polls and riven by internal disputes, on Wednesday lays out its plans to address one of the main causes of public anger - soaring unemployment among young people. But the left-right...Tags: Labor Legislation, Politics, Italy, Labor Disputes, Government
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Family finances: Are you ready to be a whistleblower?
Kiplinger's Money PowerNew and enhanced laws make it harder to retaliate against an employee who reveals wrongdoing at work, whether the boss is Uncle Sam or the company CEO, and bounty programs are starting to pay off for tipsters exposing tax cheats and shareholder rip-offs....Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Crime, Law and Justice, Finance, Lawyers, Labor Legislation
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GM to put millions into Cadillac plant
DETROIT -- General Motors says it will invest $44.5 million at a Lansing factory, creating 200 new jobs. The automaker says it will build a 400,000-square-foot building next to the Lansing Grand River plant to assemble parts and put them in the right...Tags: Passenger Cars, General Motors Corp., Labor Legislation, Manufacturing and Engineering, Automotive Equipment
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1020 GMT, May 22
ReutersMay 22 (Reuters) - TOP STORIES ----------- SEOUL/BEIJING - North Korea sent one of its top military officials as a "special envoy" from its leader Kim Jong-un to Beijing on Wednesday, accompanied by a high-powered delegation in what appeared to be a bid...Tags: Kim Jong Un, Labor Legislation, Illegal Immigrants, Iraq, 2014 Winter Olympic Games
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Savings from Senate pension reform plan scaled back by half
— Senate President John Cullerton's pension reform proposal would slice only about half of what he estimated it would immediately cut from the state's nearly $100 billion retirement system debt, a development that could boost chances for the rival...
Tags: John J Cullerton, Employees, Labor Legislation, Charter Schools, Politics
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