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There's a direct relationship between the ballot box and the bread box, and what the union fights for and wins at the bargaining table can be taken away in the legislative halls.
~ Walter Reuther, 20th-Century labor leader

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Issues Confronting Many Workers Swirl Through Philadelphia's Labor Day Picnic

'Helmets to Hardhats' Helps Illinois Vets Find Jobs

Syracuse Labor Council President is Equally at Home Wearing a Lab Coat and Marching on the Picket Line

Airline Division News, Week Ending September 3, 2010

Teamsters Mourn Loss of Union Brothers in UPS Jet Crash in Dubai

A Long Haul

Local 957 Hosts Labor Day Rally In Dayton With Strickland, Brown

Q&A: Labor Secretary Sees Progress, But Long Road Ahead In Helping Unemployed

Conway Sues FedEx Over How It Classifies Drivers

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Maryland breaks heat record

Milestone is latest in year of extreme conditions

The temperature at BWI-Marshall Airport reached 91 degrees Tuesday, setting a new record for the most 90-degree days in a calendar year and topping off more than eight months of weather extremes in Maryland. By the end of last week, Baltimore had matched the all-time record for the most 90-degree days in one year (54, set in 1988), and today's heat made it an official record.

More trouble in transitional neighborhood

Man stabbed in daylight attack; teens arrested

Crime Scenes: : The streets around Penn Station have the infrastructure of safe community. It's near a college campus as well as the Lyric Opera House and the arts district and has transit opportunities to New York, Washington and even San Francisco. But it's still a neighborhood in transition: A stabbing at midday on Monday over change for a $5 bill adds to a number of incidents in the area, including the stabbing death of Johns Hopkins researcher Stephen Pitcairn, left.

Subtle differences in votes by Kamenetz and Bartenfelder

Two Democratic hopefuls for county executive have worked side by side since 1994

Two Democratic hopefuls for county executive have worked side by side on council since 1994

Inmate escapes from police during transfer on Greenmount

Authorities are looking for a prerelease inmate who escaped from an officer in Baltimore.

Firefighters in Columbia discover woman's body, injured man

Injuries not caused by afternoon fire at condominium, officials say

Firefighters who rushed to a fire at a Columbia condominium apartment found a woman dead and a man critically injured inside, but not due to the furiously burning fire. Both reportedly lived in the three-bedroom condominium apartment along with four children, none of whom were inside the home at the time.

After $3.5M gift, Lyric Opera House to carry Modell name

Modells donate $3.5 million toward theater's renovation

One of the city's cultural landmarks is about to get a new name thanks to a $3.5 million gift from the former owner of the Baltimore Ravens.

Teen arrested after alleged victim sees him at bus stop

Woman calls police and reports robbery, rape attempt from two months earlier

A Baltimore teen was arrested after a woman spotted him at a Brooklyn bus stop and told police he had robbed and sexually assaulted her two months earlier, according to court records.

Aramark warns of potential layoffs at Camden Yards

Aramark is warning state regulators that it will lay off 613 employees next month if its contract to sell food and merchandise at Oriole Park at Camden Yards is not renewed.

Loyola student dies after being found unresponsive in dorm room

Cause of death unknown, but 20-year-old apparently had a heart condition

A Loyola University senior was found unresponsive in his dorm room Monday evening and later pronounced dead at Union Memorial Hospital, the university said in a message to students, parents and faculty.

Cordish airs TV ad touting benefits of slots

30-second spot promotes Arundel Mills proposal

The Cordish Cos.-backed group campaigning for passage of a November referendum on slots at Arundel Mills mall began airing television ads this week touting "thousands of new jobs — jobs that our county needs" and "better schools for our kids."

September 08, 2010

ON THIS DAY IN 1942:
Workers give up their Labor Day weekend holidays to keep the munitions factories working to aid in the war effort. Most Labor Day parades are canceled in respect for members of the Armed Services.

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