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Speedy Strike—UAW Reaches Tentative Contract Agreement With Chrysler:
The deal puts a quick end to the strike launched at 11 a.m. Wednesday
by the union. Six hours later, it was over.
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Lots of Give, Little Take in UAW Contract With Chrysler: The United
Auto Workers gave Chrysler similar contract concessions to those given General
Motors, but it received less in return. Unlike GM, Chrysler did not make
specific future product commitments plant by plant.
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Federal Judge Halts DHS Regulation on No-Match Letters: The
ruling stalls indefinitely an effort to hold employers accountable for discrepancies
between a worker's name and Social Social Security number. It freezes a
mailing of so-called 'no-match' packets that were to be sent in September
to 140,000 employers and would have affected 8 million employees.
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Can the UAW Take the Wheel and Steer Its Health Care Obligations to Workers
and Retirees?: For its proposed health care trust to work, the union
will have to change retiree behavior or reduce what it pays medical providers.
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'Supervisor' Bill Likely to Face Battle in Senate: In another step
toward reversing labor law rulings by judicial bodies, the House is on its
way to passing a bill that would limit the number of employees who could
be classified as supervisors.
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Consolidation of HR Tech Consulting Nears Zenith: Deloitte Consulting's
move to snap up HR tech consulting firm Xcelicor added another deal to the
consolidation frenzy in the fast-growing field. But it also may be one of
the last such acquisitions for a while.
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Schwarzenegger Offers Revised Health Reform Bill: All California
residents would be required to obtain health insurance, either individually
or through their employers, and the state would subsidize the cost of coverage
for some individuals and families.
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Not So Retired: Earning More Gold for Golden Years
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Midlife Crisis? Monster Hits 'Middle Age'
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Semper Fi: Marine Corps Grappling With Developing More Than a Few Good Men
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Money Honey: Gold-Digging E-Mail Brings Red Faces at JPMorgan Chase
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Inside the office
Feature: Trip to SAP Reveals Firm Walking the Teamwork
Talk
Collaboration and networking
are in the air and in the code at SAP these days, infusing the firm's attitude
toward partners and customers, its experimental projects and even its management
style.
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Blogs: The Business of Management
Did Al Gore Invent Outsourcing?
Did IBM invent outsourcing,
or was it Al Gore? I don't think IBM did—and my guess is that no one else
outside of IBM thinks so, either. So it wasn't surprising this week when
IBM decided to withdraw "a controversial application for a patent on 'Outsourcing
of Services' that describes a way to make it easier to figure out which
jobs to send overseas to countries such as India."
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