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...offer was made by the league on Sept. 12, the last time formal negotiations took place.Commissioner Gary Bettman and union head Donald Fehr sat out Monday's meeting.The sides haven't negotiated since the NHL locked out the players on Sept...

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Full-time teaching positions hard to find

...without benefits, said Don Sinner, the teacher's union head.Tenured teachers who were laid off had dibs, but many...between buildings.Jim Smola, the Rosemount district's union head, is also seeing shorter hours than ever for part-time...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-07-30/full-time-teaching-positions-hard-fi
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Public unions must line up with private sector

...have threatened walkouts and strikes even when their contract contains a no-strike clause. And, no, usually the union heads are the ones threatening strikes and government shutdowns.So what's the big deal? Well, the big deal is the number...

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...Friday's session lasted for just an hour. The sides say they are available for meetings every day next week, when union head Donald Fehr hopes to pretty much conclude his tour of the 30 teams. Players, fearful that owners will change work rules...

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Baseball player$ break $2 billion barrier

...teams and a vast increase in the sharing of locally generated revenues, proposals the union had been cool to accepting. Union head Donald Fehr said the failed attempt to eliminate the Twins and Expos slowed the growth in salaries but the players had...

http://www.brainerddispatch.com/stories/040402/nsp_0404020006.shtml
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Selig calls for 'sweeping changes'

...baseball's eighth since 1972 -- lasted 232 days, wiping out the World Series for the first time in 90 years. Union head Donald Fehr turned down a chance to appear at the hearing, citing a personal commitment, and declined to comment on...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/112200/nsp_1122000020.shtml
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Average baseball ticket price reaches $18.99

...more than $2.2 million when the season opens Sunday. "Players have absolutely nothing to do with ticket prices," union head Donald Fehr said. "We had nothing to do with the recent decision to charge for Web broadcasts. These are management...

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Ventura's actions, comments fuel rocky relationship with unions

...Department of Revenue employees when he visited them early last month. If there's a problem, Wodele said, it's with union heads and has more to do with politics than anything else. "He is in fact a union member," Wodele said. "He tried to...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/080301/gov_0803010009.shtml
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Strike support

...striking workers Wednesday and today. After sparring in public for 10 days, state negotiators and leaders of two striking unions head back into private discussions today in hopes of settling disputes over wages and insurance. The executive director...

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Lawyers meet again on contraction

...baseball's permanent arbitrator. "We have to talk to the arbitrator and find what dates make sense that are convenient," union head Donald Fehr said. "We'll know in two, three days what it looks like." The union spent much of the day in a series...

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