U.A.W. Open to More Jobs in a Second Pay Tier - NYTimes.com

Hope for Janesville? Probably a two tier wage system would be required.

the union would ask G.M. to reopen plants in Spring Hill, Tenn., and Janesville, Wis., and to keep operating a plant in Shreveport, La., that is scheduled to shut in mid-2012. He said the Spring Hill and Janesville plants, which G.M. placed on standby status as part of its bankruptcy reorganization in case more production capacity was needed in the future, had a “great” chance at being revived but that he was not so sure about Shreveport’s prospects.

No current workers have been moved down to the lower tier, and Harley Shaiken, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley who specializes in labor relations

workers on the second tier can be moved to the first when positions open up, the system can encourage automakers to bring some work in-house that had been done by suppliers or in other countries.

U.A.W. Open to More Jobs in a Second Pay Tier - NYTimes.com

Why Anheuser-Busch bought Goose Island beer | WBEZ

giant Anheuser-Busch plans to buy 23 year-old Chicago-based, brewing powerhouse Goose Island Beer Co.  The $38.8 million deal was announced Monday, but is set to close in June.

Demand for our beers has grown beyond our capacity to serve our wholesale partners, retailers, and beer lovers,” said Goose Island CEO John Hall in a statement. “This agreement helps us achieve our goals with an ideal partner who helped fuel our growth, appreciates our products and supports their success.”

Goose Island’s beer will continue to be brewed in Chicago, and A-B plans to invest $1.3 million by this summer to boost production capacity by 10 percent

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Ohio House panel OKs public worker union bill

 

Ohio measure would apply to public workers across the state, such as police, firefighters, teachers and state employees. They could negotiate wages and certain work conditions but not health care, sick time or pension benefits. The measure would do away with automatic pay raises and would base future wage increases on merit.

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Northwest Herald | $3B owed to Illinois children

Non-custodial parents owe Illinois children $3 billion in back child support, and the state is losing ground in collection

among its clients, 57 percent of the non-custodial parents have no income and 28 percent have reported income of less than $30,000 annually.

collection rate did improve in 2009, reaching 58.03 percent, but slipped last year to 57.85 percent. The state eventually would like to exceed the national average of 61.9 percent,

number of Illinois parents asking courts to lower the amount of child support they must pay has nearly tripled in recent years. The Sun-Times reported that the number increased from 4,219 in 2006 to 12,629 last year.

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A New Spring: 40 Yr. Old Archbishop Shevchuk to Lead Ukranian Greek Catholic Church - International - Catholic Online

 

KIEV, Ukraine (Catholic Online) - On Sunday March 27, 2011 enthusiastic throngs of the faithful of the Ukranian Greek Catholic Church shouted in jubilation "Axios" three times as their new Major-Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk was enthroned. For all intents and purposes, he will serve as a Patriarch. The title has not been assigned to this Eastern Catholic Church but the role of a Primate of an Eastern Catholic Church in communion with Rome is similar. The Archbishop was installed as the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church throughout the whole world and the faithful were ecstatic. His selection occurred after days of prayerful deliberation by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Bishops who had gathered in Holy Synod.  

succeeding the beloved 78 year old Cardinal Lubomyr Husar who had submitted his resignation in February for reasons of health.

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