May 20, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinTeamsters President James Hoffa wants to rein in leaders of the pilots union at Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings
Inc.
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May 17, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinA local union charged with violating Indiana’s right-to-work law is hoping to settle with six workers who say their
dues were improperly collected.
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May 16, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Indianapolis operations of a Canadian paper company and a Teamsters-affiliated local union violated Indiana’s right-to-work
law, according to the allegations of six men who want out of the union.
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May 2, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinThe move comes after years of unfruitful contract negotiations between the Indianapolis-based firm and the International Brotherhood
of Teamsters Local 357.
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April 27, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinRepublic Airways Holdings and the union that represents its pilots are so far apart in contract talks that the National Mediation
Board in Washington, D.C., won’t schedule more meetings between the parties. Republic has agreed to higher pay, but
the union wants significant changes to work rules that affect quality of life and, the union insists, passenger safety.
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March 23, 2013
Associated PressExperts say that former Gov. Mitch Daniels' decision to end collective bargaining for state workers in 2005 contributed
to the drop.
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March 12, 2013
Associated PressWorkers at southern Indiana's Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center are planning a protest of furloughs and pay freezes stemming
from the automatic federal budget cuts.
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February 23, 2013
Associated PressThe trailer-hitch manufacturer plans to close the 450-employee plant and move operations to Mexico. Union workers voted Friday
to forego arbitration and accept a severance agreement that will pay the most senior employees $36,000.
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February 19, 2013
Associated PressRepublicans sparked protests from teachers and union officials Tuesday by pushing legislation through a House committee that
would bar Indiana schools from automatically deducting union dues from teacher paychecks, an issue that critics thought was
off the table this year.
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February 7, 2013
Dan HumanThe Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra said Thursday that it far surpassed its $5 million goal for a fundraising campaign that
helped lock in a long-term contract for the ISO's musicians. The campaign raised a total of $8.5 million.
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January 28, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinIndianapolis Symphony Orchestra musicians are hoping they'll be able to move forward with a new five-year labor contract
even though the ISO is still about $900,000 short of reaching an important $5 million fundraising target only a week before
the deadline.
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January 23, 2013
Associated PressUnion membership plummeted last year to the lowest level since the 1930s. In Indiana, where a new right-to-work law took effect
last March, the state lost about 56,000 union members.
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January 17, 2013
Associated PressU.S. District Court Judge Philip Simon in Hammond ruled that none of the union's arguments against the law could succeed
in federal court, although a challenge could still be made in state courts.
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January 5, 2013
Dan HumanAs the controversial provision spreads to other states in the region, Indiana is likely to give more weight to its other selling
points.
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December 26, 2012

The state's labor landscape changed, and the housing market improved. Indianapolis basked in the glow of
a flawless Super Bowl, and big-name CEOs were shown the door.
IBJ's reporters and editors recall the year's
biggest stories.
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December 11, 2012
Associated PressMichigan lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to right-to-work legislation, dealing a devastating and once-unthinkable defeat
to organized labor in a state that has been a cradle of the movement for generations.
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November 29, 2012
Dan HumanMore than 1,500 hourly workers in Indianapolis ratified new five-year contracts, the automotive supplier announced Thursday.
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November 24, 2012
Dan HumanUnion leaders say working conditions are improving at the Pilkington glass factory in Shelbyville, but an employee’s
injury in October has led to another visit from state safety officials and possibly more fines.
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November 20, 2012
Associated PressThe maker of Twinkies and Ding Dongs said late Tuesday that it failed to reach an agreement with its second-biggest union.
As a result, Hostess plans to continue with a hearing on Wednesday in which a bankruptcy court judge will decide if the company
can close its operations.
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November 19, 2012
Bloomberg NewsHostess Brands Inc. will hold talks with its bakery workers’ union on Tuesday to explore the reasons for a strike that
the maker of Twinkies and Wonder bread said will force it to liquidate.
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November 16, 2012
Dan HumanMembers of United Auto Workers Local 933 must vote in favor of the five-year collective bargaining agreements before they
would go into effect.
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November 16, 2012
Dan Human, Bloomberg NewsHostess Brands Inc. said Friday it will close all of its plants, leading to the loss of hundreds of jobs in Indiana and thousands
more nationwide. The company employs 288 in Indianapolis.
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November 15, 2012
Associated PressHostess Brands said it likely won't make an announcement until Friday morning on whether it will move to liquidate its
business, after the company had set a Thursday deadline for striking employees to return to work.
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November 15, 2012
Dan HumanThe commercial transmission maker's existing contracts, which were set to expire at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, will remain
in force until noon Nov. 21.
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November 14, 2012
Dan HumanThe maker of Wonder bread and Twinkies said it doesn't have the financial resources to survive the ongoing strike by the bakers'
union.
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Saw the Indy Men's Chorus "Music of Gilbert & Sullivan" at the Indiana Historical Society on Sunday evening.
Temporary workers are not "tools" they are people and companies that keep large amounts of temp staff are cheating.
I miss having them around. I hope one of their stores is in the general Meridian/86th Street area. I will make good use of it.
The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.
I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!