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NHL, union remain apart on issues and in meetings
The latest round of NHL labor talks ended with the two sides in different rooms from each other. The players' association and league negotiators met ...
Congress looks into science of HGH test for NFL
Nearly two full seasons since signing a labor deal that paved the way for HGH testing in the NFL, the league and the players' union still haven't ...
NHL, union to return to bargaining, with mediators
NHL labor negotiations will resume Wednesday, with mediators rejoining the talks at an undisclosed location in an effort to save the hockey season.
Lufthansa attendants accept pay settelement
A union representing flight attendants at Lufthansa says its members have voted to accept a pay deal with the airline — averting the possibility of ...
NHL cancels games through Dec. 30
The NHL eliminated 16 more days from the regular-season schedule Monday, and if a deal with the players' association isn't reached soon the whole ...
NHL, union could resume labor talks this week
The NHL and the locked-out players' association are talking again, and a return to the bargaining table could happen soon. After a few days to cool ...
Pilots approve new contract with American Airlines
American Airlines is closer to exiting from bankruptcy and possibly merging with US Airways after its pilots approved a new labor contract. With the ...
Optimism turns to despair as NHL talks break off
Donald Fehr thought he and the hockey players he leads were close to a deal to save the season. The NHL said not so fast, and then took away ...
NHL rejects players' offer to break labor impasse
Instead of closing in on a deal, the NHL and the players' association are further apart than ever before. Union executive director Donald Fehr began ...
RI to seek dismissal of challenge to pension law
The high-stakes legal dispute over Rhode Island's public retirement overhaul faces a key court date Friday when attorneys for the state will ask a ...
Port strike could be prelude for dockworker talks
The end of one labor crisis at the nation's busiest port complex could be a prelude to another. The resolution of an eight-day walk-off by clerical ...
Unions back RI governor's call for pension talks
Public-sector unions on Tuesday hailed Gov. Lincoln Chafee's call for negotiations to settle a closely watched lawsuit over Rhode Island's landmark ...
Crystal Sugar workers reject contract 4th time
Their ranks thinned by a 16-month lockout, American Crystal Sugar Co. workers on Saturday rejected a contract for the fourth time. Contract opponents ...
Talks to resume in LA-Long Beach harbors strike
Negotiators for employers and union workers at the Los Angeles and Long Beach harbors will resume talks following a third day of a strike that has ...
Cyprus bailout talks make 'good progress'
Cyprus' potential international creditors said Friday they have made "good progress" in negotiations on a possible bailout for the crisis-hit country.
No, thanks: NHL lockout talks break off again
Jaymes Hall had a question for NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman about the lockout, which already has wiped out more than a quarter of the regular season: ...
NHL lockout talks break off again with frustration
NHL labor talks broke off soon after they resumed Wednesday, with players maintaining their new proposal was a huge economic concession and ...
Oakland seaport, airport workers set to return
Custodial and maintenance workers at Oakland International Airport and at one of the nation's busiest seaports were set to end their picketing and ...
Airline SAS hangs in balance despite union deals
The future of Scandinavia's flagship airline SAS hangs in the balance even though it concluded deals Monday with the vast majority of its pilot and ...
Twinkies likely to survive sale of Hostess
Twinkie lovers, relax. The tasty cream-filled golden spongecakes are likely to survive, even though their maker will be sold in bankruptcy court.
Top negotiators at Colombia talks met before
The two chief negotiators didn't shake hands. They didn't even look at each other as they formally inaugurated talks to end Colombia's stubborn ...
NHL labor talks set to resume Monday
So much for a two-week break. Just over a week since the last set of failed negotiations, the NHL and the locked-out players' association will return ...
Conversations restart; NHL negotiations on hold
The conversations have restarted in the ongoing NHL labor fight. The negotiations have not. One step at a time in the roller-coaster ride that holds ...
NHL, union might try not talking in search of deal
If the NHL and the players' association have run out of things to talk about, how can they ever find a way to make a deal to save the hockey season? ...
Twinkie maker Hostess reaches the end of the line
Twinkies may not last forever after all. Hostess Brands Inc., the maker of the spongy snack with a mysterious cream filling, said Friday it would ...