DALLAS — A union representing about 8,500 ground workers at Southwest Airlines and the airline itself are asking federal mediators to break a standoff in contract talks. The Transport Workers Union said Wednesday that there’s been almost no progress made ...

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Mark K. Sloane has joined Miles & Stockbridge P.C. as counsel to its Labor & Employment Practice Group in its Baltimore office.

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As East Coast and Gulf of Mexico dockworkers consider striking in the midst of tense contract negotiations, Maryland Port Administration officials have a little less sweat on their brow than their counterparts from Maine to Texas.

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FREDERICK — The National Park Service says it’s too hot for a Civil War anniversary event at the Monocacy National Battlefield near Frederick. The agency said Friday it’s cancelling a living-history encampment and three artillery demonstrations that were set for ...

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Barring a last-minute infusion of cash by bankers or owner Ira Rennert – or an improbable sale to a new company – RG Steel LLC and its flagship plant, Sparrows Point, seem fated for a sad ending. I make this ...

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ROCKVILLE — Montgomery County public school employees are set to receive their first raise in three years under a tentative budget deal. The settlement between the school district’s employee unions and the Board of Education on Monday would give employees ...

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HAGERSTOWN — The Unilever ice cream plant in Hagerstown will close at the end of July, leaving about 390 employees without jobs. Company spokesman Jeff Graubard says the employees were told in 2009 about plans to close the plant. Graubard ...

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FORT WORTH, Texas — Unhappy with proposed changes to health care benefits and pension plans, dozens of Lockheed Martin workers started picketing Monday at a North Texas plant where F-35 stealth fighter jets are made, as well as outside flight ...

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WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily blocked the National Labor Relations Board from making millions of businesses put up posters informing workers of their right to form a union. The rule requiring most private employers to display ...

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PHILADELPHIA — The union representing journalists at Philadelphia’s two largest newspapers says it might challenge the latest round of newsroom layoffs. Philadelphia Media Network plans to cut 45 positions at The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com this month. ...

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