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State officials say the understaffed and overcrowded corrections system needs over $300 million to increase pay and fix decaying facilities. Lawmakers just approved some funding but it falls short.
Cleveland Members of Service Employees (SEIU) Local 1199 have voted to strike Lutheran Hospital, one of Cleveland Clinic’s 311 facilities, located worldwide. Lutheran Hospital was established in 1896, but in 1997 — like numerous local hospitals — it was gobbled up by Cleveland Clinic. Lutheran is the only unionized Cleveland…
Hundreds of workers employed in the Midwest by a telecommunications giant are facing the possibility of losing their jobs since the company announced its intention to close some of its call centers. In Illinois and four other states, members of the Communications Workers of America District 4 have been at their jobs with AT&T for years, even decades, and they are voicing concerns over the future of their livelihoods. The closures also affect workers in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. ...
Six Royal Mail staff have been sacked after enjoying cups of tea and coffee at two pubs while on break.