38th consecutive night demo peaceful but illegal Montreal Gazette ...it began just hours after talks between the government and student associations collapsed. The nighttime demonstration drew a crowd of several thousand and got off to its usual start at 8 p.m. with the sound of pots and pans echoing through Place Émilie-Gamelin...
Federal Officials Shut Down 26 Bus Operators New York Times ...Citing imminent safety hazards, federal officials ordered 26 companies on Thursday to stop operating many of the inexpensive buses that pick up passengers at curbsides all over Manhattan’s Chinatown and haul them to other cities up and down the East Coast...
Justice Department Demands Florida Stop Purging Voter Rolls Talking Points Memo ...The Justice Department sent a letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner Thursday evening demanding the state cease purging its voting rolls because the process it is using has not been cleared under the Voting Rights Act, TPM has learned...
Walker's office stonewalled DA inquiry, record shows Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ...Milwaukee County prosecutors opened the secret John Doe criminal investigation more than two years ago after being stonewalled by Gov. Scott Walker's office when he was county executive, according to a newly released record...
Fla. prison health care privatization challenged Associated Press ...Lawyers for public employee unions and a pair of nurses urged a judge Wednesday to block a plan for privatizing health care in Florida's prisons...
CP Rail Workers Return to Jobs as Strike Law Passes Bloomberg Businessweek ...Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.’s (CP) striking Teamsters workers are returning to their jobs today after Parliament passed a bill to end the weeklong labor action that snarled industry supply chains and seaport traffic...
The Lockout Is Over: Sotheby’s Finally Resolves Dispute With Its Union Art Handlers Blouin Art Info ...All the union-sympathizing auction lovers out there can rejoice — after a 10-month-long lockout of the union art handlers at Sotheby’s New York, the auction house management finally came to an agreement with the Teamsters Local 814, which represents 42 art handlers, according to Crain’s New York...
