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• Union official charged with embezzlement

  May 5, 2013 2:01 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Dana Boente says a union official has been charged with embezzling $4,000 from the union by writing and cashing unauthorized checks to himself. A news release that 63-year-old Malvin Bergeron of Jefferson Parish was charged Friday in a one-count bill of information. According to the... more »

• Former BR Police officer concerned about union, mayor relationship Play Video

  February 7, 2013 5:52 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Former Baton Rouge Police Officer Richard Sobers retired after 25 years with the department. He says he can't remember a chief of police being terminated, unless it involved a new mayor taking office. Sobers says he heard from current police who are glad Mayor Kip Holden fired... more »

• NYC, union trade harsh words over plan impasse

  January 18, 2013 2:30 AM

  NEW YORK - The issue of teacher evaluations has been contentious around the country. Now it's brought New York City and its teachers' union to an impasse and harsh war of words that has put the city at risk of losing up to $450 million in state aid and grants.... more »

• Sides in NHL labor fight meet with mediator

  January 4, 2013 10:46 AM

  NEW YORK - The NHL and the union are meeting separately with a federal mediator but have no plans yet to negotiate. Federal mediator Scot Beckenbaugh is talking with representatives from the players' association and league Friday in an attempt to return the parties to the bargaining table after they... more »

• NHL, union to resume negotiations Wednesday

  December 11, 2012 10:27 AM

  TORONTO - The NHL and its players' union will return to bargaining tomorrow at an undisclosed location in an effort to save the hockey season. The Canadian Press reports the resumption of talks, citing unidentified people on both sides of the dispute. Today marks the 87th day of the lockout.... more »

• NHL labor talks break off after 1 hour

  December 6, 2012 5:41 PM

  NEW YORK - Talks in the NHL labor fight broke down after just one hour Thursday night, and it isn't known when the league and the players' association would get back together. After several hours of waiting for discussions to resume for a third straight day, the conversations didn't go... more »

• Labor board still investigating Walmart dispute

  November 20, 2012 5:19 PM

  NEW YORK - Federal labor officials say they haven't decided whether to support a request by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to stop a union-backed group from encouraging worker walk-outs that are expected to culminate Friday, the traditional start of the holiday shopping season. The world's largest retailer, based in Bentonville, Ark.,... more »

• NHL lockout goes on

  November 20, 2012 10:46 AM

  NEW YORK - It's day 66 of the NHL lockout and while the two sides are talking, there is no indication that they're getting anywhere. Representative for the league and players got together for about two hours yesterday, with union executive director Donald Fehr indicating the two sides would try... more »

• Judge orders Hostess to mediate with union

  November 19, 2012 2:19 PM

  Twinkies won't die that easily after all. Hostess Brands Inc. and its second largest union will go into mediation to try and resolve their differences, meaning the Irving, Texas-based company won't go out of business just yet. The news came Monday after Hostess moved to liquidate and sell off its... more »

• NHL, union back at bargaining table for new talks

  November 6, 2012 10:20 PM

  NEW YORK- Negotiations between the NHL and the locked-out players' association lasted deep into Tuesday night, and went well enough that the sides agreed to return to the bargaining table for more talks Wednesday. Both sides kept details of the meeting, which lasted over seven hours, close to the vest.... more »

• Sources: NFL, officials' union hold talks

  September 24, 2012 10:29 AM

  NEW YORK - Two people familiar with the talks say that the NFL and the locked out officials' union met on Sunday. It was uncertain whether progress was made in an attempt to reach a new collective bargaining agreement, or when further negotiations would take place. The two people spoke... more »

• NHL, union have contact, but no talks scheduled

  September 14, 2012 10:28 AM

  NEW YORK - With a lockout drawing ever closer, the NHL and its players' union are in touch with each other after a day of internal meetings. But no new negotiating sessions are scheduled one day before Commissioner Gary Bettman has said he will lock out the players. This would... more »

• Talks to end Chicago teacher strike make progress

  September 13, 2012 10:19 AM

  CHICAGO - The Chicago Teachers Union president says a deal to end the city's first teachers' strike in 25 years is close, but she's pushed back her timeline a bit. Just hours after predicting students could be back in class by Friday, Karen Lewis said it might be Monday instead.... more »

• Union: No deal as talks continue

  September 11, 2012 2:40 PM

  CHICAGO - The Chicago Teachers Union says no deal has been reached in ongoing talks with negotiators from the Chicago Public Schools. Representatives from the union and the district returned to the bargaining table Tuesday as the teachers' strike entered its second day. More than 25,000 teachers are on strike... more »

• In Poland, Romney gets endorsed by Lech Walesa

  July 30, 2012 4:58 PM

  GDANSK, Poland - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is spending the night in Poland, the final stop on a three-nation tour designed to boost his foreign policy resume with voters back home. In Gdansk, Romney was endorsed by former Polish President Lech Walesa (lek vah-WEHN'-sah), who led the Solidarity anti-government... more »

• Appeals court allows La. voucher program to begin

  July 26, 2012 2:27 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A state appeals court has upheld a decision that allows Gov. Bobby Jindal's statewide voucher program to begin in August. Teacher unions and local school boards sought to block the start of the program as they challenge its constitutionality. But a three-judge appellate court panel agreed with... more »

• Teachers union challenging new education laws

  June 7, 2012 10:32 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Federation of Teachers will hold a news conference at 11am in front of the 19th Judicial District Court in Downtown Baton Rouge to discuss a lawsuit to be filed against the state and Governor Bobby Jindal. It targets the administration's recently signed laws changing... more »

• Union Recall effort High-Stakes

  April 11, 2012 7:39 PM

  Unions in Wisconsin face a make-or-break moment in their campaign to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. If they and their Democratic allies can unseat Walker, it would send a message to other politicians who may try to limit the rights of union members. Unions may also find it easier to... more »

• Jindal reform on fast track through legislature, teachers' union upset

  March 12, 2012 10:29 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Teachers' unions across the state are calling Governor Bobby Jindal irresponsible for sending education reform bills into committees so early on in the session. Teachers were planning to take their opinions about the governor's changes to legislators well in advance of any votes, however, conversations are scheduled... more »

• Union representative talks about state budget cuts impact Play Video

  February 10, 2012 5:53 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Former state worker Leonal Hardman says the governor's proposed budget could be devastating for Baton Rouge. Nearly 6,400 hundred positions would be eliminated according to the governor's plan. Hardman says he expects coalitions from across the state to oppose many of the moves. Hardman says other... more »

• Jindal calls for resignation of union leader

  February 3, 2012 3:24 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal has called on the executive director of the Louisiana Association of Educators to resign. At issue is a dispute between Jindal and the education union over the governor's bid to allow children in poor-performing schools to attend private schools with state tax dollars. Jindal... more »

• Obama to take on economy in State of the Union

  January 24, 2012 6:07 AM

  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is getting ready to deliver an election-year State of the Union address heavy on economic themes when he addresses a joint session of Congress and millions of television viewers. Obama's annual speech at 9 p.m. comes in the midst of an already heated re-election campaign... more »

• Bald eagle found shot in Union Parish

  January 23, 2012 2:15 PM

  FARMERVILLE - Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents want information about a bald eagle shot over a week ago north of Farmerville in Union Parish. On Jan. 13, LDWF agents were notified by a motorist traveling along Louisiana Hwy. 15 near Goose Elkins Road about... more »

• Police union responds to chief's interview

  October 10, 2011 4:35 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The head of the Baton Rouge police officers union said today that recent comments from Chief Dwayne White about racial profiling in the department went too far. President Chris Stewart gave his response on the WJBO morning show with Clay Young and Kevin Meeks, the same... more »

• LSU faculty union gets thumbs up from faculty senate

  September 8, 2011 10:49 PM

  BATON ROUGE- The LSU Faculty Senate voted in support of a faculty union Thursday night. LSUnited organizers say the thumbs up leads the way to more members and sends a message to university administrators. A year ago, faculty members started laying the ground work for a union. That... more »

• Football fans say NFL-player dispute not in their best interest

  March 11, 2011 10:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Labor talks broke down today in the fight between the NFL and players. The players' union de-certified which could lead to the first pro-football work stoppage in 23 years. Players want a portion of a huge amount of money the NFL got for TV rights. Football... more »

• Dozens of protestors removed from Wisconsin capitol

  March 10, 2011 2:14 PM

  MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin lawmakers are again debating their governor's plan to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers ahead of a vote that's expected to pass the measure. The state Assembly convened Thursday afternoon after being delayed by protests that prompted a temporary lockdown and security... more »

• LSU Union renovations complete

  March 4, 2011 5:16 PM

  BATON ROUGE - After a three year delay, construction and renovations are complete in the LSU student union. The project was delayed 96 times because of change orders. Work was also slow because the union never closed during construction. Students will continue to pay a $89 a semester... more »

• NFL, union agree to mediation

  February 17, 2011 2:42 PM

  NEW YORK - The NFL and players' union have agreed to mediation in their labor negotiations. The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service will oversee negotiations in Washington beginning Friday. FMCS director George H. Cohen says, "Due to the extreme sensitivity of these negotiations ... the agency will refrain... more »

• Obama: Challenges are "bigger than party"

  January 25, 2011 5:37 PM

  WASHINGTON - Declaring a new era of shared responsibility, President Barack Obama is imploring Republican and Democratic lawmakers to work with him to revitalize the economy, saying in his State of the Union address the enormity of the challenge is "bigger than party, and bigger than politics." In brief excerpts... more »

• ACLU sues Tangipahoa jail for paranoid inmate

  January 25, 2011 2:07 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - The American Civil Liberties Union says deputies at the Tangipahoa Parish Jail held a paranoid schizophrenic for months without giving him psychiatric medicine or treating injuries inflicted by other inmates and himself. A federal lawsuit filed Monday alleges that when 52-year-old Roger Mason was moved to a... more »

• Boehner asks Obama to Jan. 25 State of the Union

  January 11, 2011 1:24 PM

  WASHINGTON - House Speaker John Boehner has invited President Barack Obama to deliver the State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress on Jan. 25, the first opportunity for the president to address the full assembly of lawmakers under new divided government. The address is typically an... more »

• Obama to tackle deficit in State of the Union

  December 23, 2010 11:15 AM

  HONOLULU - The White House says President Barack Obama will use his upcoming State of the Union address to focus on the nation's deficit. Spokesman Robert Gibbs says the president's advisers are looking through the recommendations from Obama's deficit commission, though he didn't say which proposals the president supports. The... more »

• Civil War-era historic forts set to open

  November 14, 2010 9:45 AM

  PINEVILLE, La. - Twin forts built during the Civil War to stave off a Union attack during the Red River Campaign will open to the public this week as a historic site. The Fort Randolph and Buhlow State Historic Site in Pinveville is scheduled to open Thursday. Pineville Mayor Clarence... more »

• Hawker-Beechcraft considering operating in BR

  October 4, 2010 6:00 PM

  Officials with Wichita-based Hawker-Beechcraft are scheduled to meet with Kansas leaders Tuesday. That's when we could learn more about the airplane maker possibly moving some or all of its operations to Baton Rouge. The company confirmed it was considering Louisiana earlier this year. A workers' union flier released over... more »

• Lawyer: Unions causing flap over Filipino teachers

  September 21, 2010 10:23 AM

  An attorney for a California company accused unions of igniting the controversy over Filipino teachers recruited to work in East Baton Rouge Parish and other public-school systems. Universal Placement International is appealing a Louisiana Workforce Commission hearing officer's order to refund $1.8 million in fees collected from more than 360... more »

• Union in the works for LSU professors

  September 14, 2010 9:55 PM

  Professors at LSU are planning to organize a union. A national union is guiding a faculty senate committee through recruiting training now. The committee said it wants to get almost 3/4 of the faculty and staff on board to build a shield against layoffs and what it called "poor... more »

• Student fees help pay for construction of LSU Student Union

  September 8, 2010 5:22 PM

  Construction on the LSU Student Union is ahead of schedule. It’s supposed to be finished in May but could open four months early. Crews broke ground on the Union four years ago. The next year, the Board of Supervisors approved an additional $29 student fee to pay for it. That... more »

• Zachary hires firm for pay study

  August 30, 2010 5:42 PM

  Zachary Mayor Henry Martinez said an Atlanta-based consulting firm is analyzing the pay scale for all city employees. The report follows a city police request for a pay raise and should take about four or five months to complete. The department's plan would have increased pay by 15 percent... more »

• Spirit Airlines make a deal to end pilots' strike

  June 17, 2010 6:18 AM

  The union for striking pilots at Spirit Airlines says it has reached a tentative agreement with the airline. The vice chairman of the pilots' union says they're still working out the details of when pilots will return to flying, but they're aiming to do it as soon as possible. Spirit... more »

• Rhodia union OKs new contract

  November 16, 2009 6:52 AM

  Union workers at Rhodia's Baton Rouge chemical plant are returning to work after they ratified a new three-year labor agreement, ending a strike that began Nov. 3. The new agreement is similar to an agreement rejected by the workers Nov. 2, but it includes changes to an after-hours callout procedure.... more »