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Jennifer Stahl has been a strong advocate against the smart meter program in Naperville, Ill., for the last two years. The issue came to a head Wednesday afternoon when she was arrested while refusing to let the utility workers install the controversial device. "I was protecting my...

"Tomorrow (11th February 2012) marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the flint sit-down strike. It started when the united auto workers union targeted two General Motors plants. Employees showed up at workers showed up to work and sat down inside so new workers couldn't come in and replace...

RAS AJDIR, Tunisia – Thousands of migrant workers were on the move in Libya on Saturday, trying to flee the fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi's regime, U.N. refugee agency and immigration officials said. Most of the thousands of foreign workers in Libya's rebel-held...

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – A worker monitoring natural gas levels at a Connecticut power plant reportedly called for an evacuation moments before an explosion that killed five workers. The Hartford Courant, citing witnesses and investigators it did not identify, said the message, radioed throughout...

BOGOTA – Police say two bombs being carried by donkeys exploded in northeastern Colombia, killing two coca-eradication workers and wounding six soldiers. Police Gen. Orlando Pineda says the workers were heading from one field to another to destroy coca plants when the explosives tied to the two...

Workers have daily smile scans UK TELEGRAPH July 7th, 2009 in Breaking News More than 500 staff at Keihin Electric Express Railway are expected to be subjected to daily face scans by “smile police” bosses. The “smile scan” software, developed by the Japanese company Omron, produces a sweeping...

Jimmy Buffett is a member of Bohemian Grove June 22nd, 2009 in Bohemian Grove, Breaking News, Pictures, The Elite PRESS DEMOCRAT Along with local youth, summer job applicants at the exclusive Bohemian Grove encampment near Monte Rio include an architect, a financial planner and a mortgage...

LONDON(AFP) (AFP) – Strikes spread to energy facilities across the country Friday after almost 650 workers were sacked at an oil refinery after they called a wildcat strike, unions said. French oil giant Total, the owner of the Lindsey refinery in Lincolnshire said it had sent termination...

March 8th, 2009 in Breaking News, Economic Crisis 70,000 More Bangladeshi Workers Coming To Malaysia | My Sinchew. KUALA LUMPUR: More than 70,000 Bangladeshi workers are expected to arrive in Malaysia soon to take up employment in the plantation, construction and services sectors, the Labour...

Black January for workers as Canada loses 129,000 jobs NewsDetail. OTTAWA - Canada suffered its worst monthly job loss in at least three decades in January as 129,000 more workers across the country became victims of the economic slump. The country has never seen a monthly job drop like this...