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Union: Members approve pact with RG Steel
Union workers at former Severstal North America plants have approved a new contract with RG Steel LLC. United Steelworkers officials announced Thursday that about 57 percent of the union members who voted approved the agreement.
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Santa Barbara to hire consultant to manage trash contract proposal
The city of Santa Barbara plans to hire a consultant with expertise in trash to help draft a bid proposal for a city trash contract set to expire in 2013.
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Flower signs new contract with England
• 43-year-old Zimbabwean will have greater influence • ‘We are in a position to become the No1 side in the world’ Andy Flower has capitalised on his status as a double-Ashes winning coach by negotiating a new contract as England’s team director which is understood to give him greater influence over scheduling and planning as well as an improvement in financial terms. There is no fundamental …
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Workers to vote on contract at Braskem W.Va. plant
KENOVA, W.Va. – Striking United Steelworkers members at a Braskem plant in Wayne County are voting on a proposed contract. The Herald-Dispatch reports that members of Local 721 will vote on the proposal from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday at Kenova City Hall….
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