Labor supporters rally at Statehouse over bargaining bill
Labor activists from teachers to prison guards and union bosses packed the Iowa Statehouse for a rally and public hearing opposing a bill to alter collective bargaining. Police cited about 700 attendees as the hearing drew hundreds to the House galleries and overflow rooms.
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Des Moines Bureau
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Statehouse
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Iowa Capitol
Bill 525 Would Allow Public Workers to Be Free Agents
Bill 525 would exclude health and other insurance from bargaining and remove restrictions on layoff factors by public employers. It sets public employees as free agents outside union representation and defines bargaining units as those not declaring free agency. Arbitrators would not be bound by final offers but cannot exceed them and must consider private and non contract public wages and benefits. Applies to new collective bargaining agreements after the law’s effective date.
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NASA scientist faces challenge over alien fossils claim
NASA official says Richard Hoover's claim that meteorites harbor indigenous outer space fossils is unproven and likely Earthly contamination. Other scientists condemn the study citing lack of expertise and insufficient corroboration.
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NASA
Space Agency
Richard Hoover
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Journal of Cosmology
Con
Outer
NASA Astrology Institute
Carl Pilcher
Hoover
Earth
Cedar Rapids buys downtown Five Seasons Hotel for 3.2 million
Cedar Rapids closed on the purchase of the downtown Five Seasons Hotel for 3.2 million. The 1979 opened hotel will be closed through late 2012 for renovation, with costs possibly reaching 25 million. Mayor Corbett says private partners are sought and options include public private partnerships or a non profit debt vehicle.
Gadhafi’s Libyan air control Deepens Rebel Struggle
Libyan warplanes carried repeated airstrikes as rebels advance toward Tripoli. Britain and France draft a U N security resolution for a no fly zone while NATO increases AWACS surveillance. Obama warns of possible NATO options to halt violence.
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Libya
Muammar Gadhafi
Britain
France
U.N
Barack Obama
U.S
NATO
Gaddafi
Ivo Daalder
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