Byline: Damian J. Troise Jun. 30--CHESHIRE -- Alliance Staffing of Connecticut LLC has paid $57,000 in back overtime pay to 34 workers at its 365 Highland Ave. office here and 65 workers from its East Hartford office, the U.S. Department of Labor said Tuesday. In March, the labor department ruled
Source: New Haven Register (New Haven, CT) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Posted: 2006-02-24
Feb. 23--The Stockton Ports baseball club will hold a series of job fairs to fill part-time seasonal positions. The first fair will be Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Stockton Ballpark. Positions are open for ticket takers, ushers, security and parking personnel, cooks and bartenders, in-park
Source: The Record (Stockton, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-24
Byline: EDITED BY TRICIA PHILLIPS SPRING is near, which makes this the perfect time to snap up a seasonal job at our top tourist attractions and events. TUSSAUDS Group is looking for 3,000 seasonal staff to work at Madame Tussauds itself and theme parks Alton Towers, Thorpe Park and Chessington
Source: The Mirror (London, England)
Posted: 2006-02-24
Byline: Gretchen Macchiarella Feb. 22--The lure of a bigger paycheck might be drawing some workers back into the job market as the economy gains momentum, but some career coaches warn that a job change is not always the hopscotch path to happiness. Ventura County, in particular, has low
Source: Ventura County Star (Ventura, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-24
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM HOLDS A HEARING ON AIRPORT BAGGAGE SCREENING SYSTEMS FEBRUARY 17, 2006 SPEAKERS: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TOM DAVIS (R-VA) CHAIRMAN U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DAN BURTON (R-IN) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE CHRISTOPHER SHAYS (R-CT) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN (R-FL) U.S.
Source: Washington Transcript Service
Posted: 2006-02-24
As 2005 marches in, many government officials are whistling an upbeat tune. A rebounding economy is jazzing up revenues for the public sector, enabling governments to scale budgetary high notes not reached in the past few years. According to analysts at Global Insight, a leading provider of
Source: Government Product News
Posted: 2006-02-24
According to Field Representative Vanessa Porter Rogers of Health-Spring Medicare Advantage Plan, prescription drugs and medical coverage is now available to seniors on Medicare and those receiving Social Security disability support. "People are often surprised when Medicare fails to pay all their
Byline: Phil Galewitz Jan. 24--Responding to widespread complaints about the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, two top state and federal health officials on Monday told pharmacists they were working to resolve the problems that have led to thousands of poor and disabled people having trouble
Source: The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-24
Byline: John Fauber It was a joyous spring day as Gina and Jim Spicka walked into their Wisconsin home with their infant daughter, Paige, hoping, finally, for a semblance of normalcy after a three-month hospital drama. But in short order, their home life became a nightmare. Their inconsolable baby
A THOUSAND jobs could be created at the former MG Rover plant after Chinese car firm bosses agreed to restart production. Nanjing Automobile Association agreed a 33-year lease with the owners of the Longbridge site in the West Midlands and pledged to build a sports car next year. More than 6000
Source: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Posted: 2006-02-24
Feb 23, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- New choices Driven by the intense competition in the job market, some graduates have chosen to start up a career in the rural areas that are in urgent need of professionals. This year, 2,000 college graduates will work as village heads in the seven outlying
Byline: Henryk Zientek , Workers at ailing Skelmanthorpe firm Dawson Fabrics have been made redundant. Administrators have been appointed at the firm, which closed its gates at the weekend. It is understood that most of the 70-strong workforce have lost their jobs. It was a real shock, said one
NSW Iemma to announce plant to cut 4,000 govt jobs SYDNEY, Feb 23 AAP - NSW Premier Morris Iemma is targeting 4,000 government jobs as part of efforts to rein in a ballooning budget deficit. Mr Iemma will use a business lunch today to release an audit of government spending and a statement on the
Source: AAP General News (Australia)
Posted: 2006-02-24
Byline: Matt Whittaker Feb. 23--A California economic think tank has ranked the McAllen metro area one of the best in the country for job creation. The 2005 Milken Institute Best Performing Cities Index, released Wednesday, lists the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission area No. 4 in its roundup of the
Source: The Monitor (McAllen, Texas) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-24
Feb. 23--MAYFIELD, Ky. -- Darren Waltmon had the option of moving his expanding business to Paducah or Hickman, but he decided to keep it -- and the new jobs that go with it -- in Graves County. He recently purchased a 412-year-old spec building in Hickory from the Graves Growth Alliance and plans
Source: The Paducah Sun (Paducah, Kentucky) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-24
Byline: Helen Logan The financial position of a company which is shedding 114 jobs on Teesside, was officially revealed today. Elementis, which is shutting the second kiln at its chromium factory, at Urley Nook, near Eaglescliffe, today unveiled its annual results. The need for the job cuts on
Byline: By ANDREW FORGRAVE Rural Affairs Editor HISTORIC landscapes are in danger of falling into neglect as jobs are lost in the Welsh uplands, a conference heard. Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, wind turbines and an obsession with chocolate box landscapes could all fuel their decline,
Source: Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Posted: 2006-02-24
(The Daily Free Press) (U-WIRE) BOSTON -- As of 5 p.m. on Thursday, Massachusetts state Wal-Mart pharmacies had stocked the emergency contraception pill, or Plan B, following a mandate from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy obligating the superstore to hold "commonly prescribed
Dateline: BOSTON Plaintiffs in Wal-Mart lawsuit, Julie Battel, left, Katrina McCarty, center, and Rebekah Gee, right, who were denied emergency contraception at Wal-Mart pharmacies in the Greater Boston area, are seen during a news conference in Boston, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006. The state board that
Dateline: BOSTON The state pharmacy board on Tuesday ordered Wal-Mart on Tuesday to stock emergency contraception pills at its stores in Massachusetts, and the retailing giant said it would consider reviewing its nationwide policy on stocking the contraceptive. The directive by the Massachusetts
BOSTON, Feb 14, 2006 (U.S. Newswire via COMTEX) -- Following is a statement of Melissa Kogut, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, at press conference in response to Pharmacy Board decision requiring Wal-Mart to stock emergency contraception: Just two weeks ago, I stood here in
Dateline: BOSTON The state board that oversees pharmacies voted Tuesday to require Wal-Mart to stock emergency contraception pills at its Massachusetts pharmacies, a spokeswoman at the Department of Public Health said. The unanimous decision by the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy comes two weeks
Dateline: BOSTON The state board that oversees pharmacies voted Tuesday to require the retail chain store Wal-Mart to stock emergency contraception pills at its Massachusetts pharmacies, a spokeswoman at the Department of Public Health said. The unanimous decision by the Massachusetts Board of
Dateline: BOSTON Plaintiffs in Wal-Mart lawsuit, Julie Battel, left, Katrina McCarty, center, and Rebekah Gee, right, who were denied emergency contraception at Wal-Mart pharmacies in the Greater Boston area, are seen during a news conference in Boston, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006. The state board that
Byline: Susan Harrigan Feb. 23--Brooklyn-based Independence Community Bank Corp. will cut about 20 percent of its workforce, or 500 jobs, after it is sold to Sovereign Bancorp, a spokeswoman for Sovereign said yesterday. The cuts are in corporate and back-office positions, not in branch personnel,
Source: Newsday (Melville, New York) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-02-24
Oct. 20--Stephanie A. McGuire left her position as senior executive vice president of Citizens Bank of Cape Vincent earlier this month to take the job of branch administrator for Watertown Savings Bank. Mrs. McGuire was appointed to the position in Cape Vincent June 6, after working as vice
Oct. 20--Stephanie A. McGuire left her position as senior executive vice president of Citizens Bank of Cape Vincent earlier this month to take the job of branch administrator for Watertown Savings Bank. Mrs. McGuire was appointed to the position in Cape Vincent June 6, after working as vice
Byline: John Nolan Feb. 22--MORAINE -- Tuesday was stressful for members and leaders of Local 798 of the International Union of Electronic Workers-Communications Workers of America. The union represents hourly workers at the General Motors Corp. Moraine Assembly plant. GM said Tuesday it will
Ohio ; Former Rep. Shamansky Wants His Old Job Back Section: At The Races Ex-Rep. Robert Shamansky (D) last week became the 11th former House Member this cycle to announce his intention to try to make a political comeback. Shamansky, 78, filed papers to become a candidate for the Columbus-area 12th
A four-alarm fire in Forest Park, OH, on March 2, 2005, caused by a machinery malfunction destroyed a Faxon Machining Inc. manufacturing facility, causing $10 million in damage. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The original building was constructed in 1996, with five additions made since then. The one-story,