July 25, 2011
Associated PressThe NFL Players Association executive board and 32 team reps have voted unanimously to approve the terms of a deal to the
end the 4½-month lockout.
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July 22, 2011
Anthony SchoettleThe Indiana Pacers don't plan to lay off staff, and they are promising to pay ticket holders cash, plus interest, if any NBA
games are canceled during the upcoming season due to the lockout.
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July 2, 2011
Anthony SchoettleAlong with players’ salaries and contract terms, revenue sharing among the NBA's 30 team owners is becoming the wild-card
issue that could blow the lid off contract negotiations.
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June 13, 2011
IBJ Staff and Bloomberg NewsRepublic Airways Holdings Inc. agreed to seek new investors for Frontier Airlines, shrinking its stake to become a minority
owner, in exchange for concessions from pilots at the unprofitable carrier.
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May 21, 2011
More than half of hourly employees have already retired or accepted transfers to other GM facilities.
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May 9, 2011
Associated PressOf the 14 states where "right-to-work" bills barring mandatory union fees were considered, only New Hampshire has
passed the legislation, and it is uncertain whether Republican lawmakers can overcome an expected veto by the Democratic governor.
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April 30, 2011
Chris O'MalleyRepublic Airways Holdings' 2009 purchases of regional airlines has created one of the industry’s most complicated labor
integration challenges, particularly among pilots now represented by different unions.
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April 9, 2011
Mike HicksThere is abundant research on the economic effects of right-to-work laws by economists of both the right and left. The results
are pretty clear that right-to-work legislation leads to increased employment.
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April 4, 2011
Associated PressLabor unions are planning rallies at the Indiana Statehouse and around the state Tuesday as part of continuing protests against
Republican-backed legislation.
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March 30, 2011
Associated PressRepublicans in the Indiana House on Wednesday pushed through three labor-related bills that had drawn protests from Democrats
during their five-week legislative walkout.
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March 21, 2011
Downtown Indianapolis hotel prefers a secret-ballot vote, while the Unite Here labor union wants what's known as a "card check"
system.
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March 14, 2011
Associated PressJim Irsay said Monday he's "optimistic" the league will not lose the 2011 season or next year's Super Bowl
in Indianapolis because of the lockout, though he is "disappointed" that players have resorted to making their case
through the legal system.
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March 11, 2011
Associated PressWith the NFL on the brink of its first work stoppage in nearly a quarter of a century, Commissioner Roger Goodell and union
head DeMaurice Smith met at a federal mediator's office Friday, the day the league's twice-extended labor contract
was set to expire.
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March 10, 2011
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThousands of Indiana union members held signs, chanted slogans and cheered speakers outside the Statehouse on Thursday at
a rally to protest Republican-backed bills they consider an attack on public education and labor unions.
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March 4, 2011
Anthony SchoettleOfficials for the New York-based Unite Here labor union are attacking local Hyatt Regency officials for filing a petition
Thursday with the National Labor Relations Board.
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March 3, 2011
Associated PressThe NFL and the players' union decided Thursday to keep the current collective bargaining agreement in place for an additional
24 hours so that negotiations can continue.
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February 24, 2011
Associated PressLawmakers from Indiana, home of next season's Super Bowl, are urging the NFL and players union to avoid a work stoppage
that would have a "devastating impact" on the state's economy.
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February 22, 2011
Associated PressIndiana House Democrats took a page from the playbook of their counterparts in Wisconsin on Tuesday, refusing to show up and
at least temporarily blocking a Republican-backed labor bill.
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February 17, 2011
IBJ StaffMarsh Supermarkets Inc. has agreed to pay a total of $42,500 to settle a National Labor Relations Board case accusing the
grocery chain of interfering with workers’ attempts to unionize.
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February 9, 2011
Associated PressThe National Labor Relations Board has asked a federal judge to order Fishers-based Marsh Supermarkets to rehire a pro-union
worker whom the company fired.
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February 5, 2011
Associated PressThe worst case scenario — no season — would mean the city of Indianapolis sustaining the most expensive hit in
league history.
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February 3, 2011
Irving Ready-Mix was ordered to restore pay to workers that had been cut by nearly $3 an hour and to recognize the union as
the collective bargaining representative of the employees.
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January 7, 2011
Scott OlsonNational Labor Relations Board accuses supermarket chain of intimidating employees at its Beech Grove store for supporting
an attempt to unionize. The charges follow a similar complaint NLRB made in November involving Marsh's Georgetown Road store.
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December 28, 2010
Associated PressBills filed in the Indiana House would ban workers from being required to pay union dues.
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December 10, 2010
IBJ StaffThe National Labor Relations Board filed a formal complaint after investigating charges that Marsh Supermarkets threatened
and intimidated employees to discourage them from forming a union. The grocery chain also allegedly fired an employee for
supporting the union.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.