State Workers

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 5 days ago
MONTPELIER -- Some Vermont State employees are upset by a new requirement that all Workers have their pay deposited directly into their banks. ... - Associated Press ...

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 11 days ago
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Source: news.yahoo.com --- 29 days ago
The State employees union endorsed Anthony Pollina for governor today, a backing highly coveted by both the independent candidate and Democratic rival Gaye Symington. The Vermont State Employees Association's governing council met today and chose Pollina. The union boasts about 5,700 members in chapters across the State. Symington, who earned the support of the 900-member Teamsters Local 597 on ... ...

Source: www.iht.com --- 4 days ago
Greek State transport Workers have launched a 24-hour strike, disrupting domestic flights and rail services. ...

Source: www.cbs6albany.com --- 2 days ago
Last week Governor Paterson called State leaders together to talk about the State's tough financial status. Paterson said that the State will need to cut an additonal $2 billion in this year's budget and is calling a special session in November to address the situation. ...

Source: www.nytimes.com --- 3 days ago
The top two executives at an Associated supermarket in Brooklyn were arrested on charges that they had cheated Workers out of more than $300,000 and had falsified business records. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 3 days ago
State officials refused to sign off Tuesday on a key component of the Dallas school district's plan to slash its $84 million budget deficit, leaving the fate of 300 employees in limbo. ...

Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com --- 9 days ago
Whistle-blowers helped California auditors nab 19 State Workers in various departments for misusing government cars and computers for personal business and overbilling taxpayers by $195,000, according to a report released today. Some of the nine investigations completed during the six... ...

Source: www.salon.com --- 6 days ago
Seven Alaska State employees have reversed course and agreed to testify in an investigation into whether Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin abused her powers by firing a commissioner who refused to dismiss her former brother-in-law. There is no indication, however, that Pali... ...

Source: www.prnewswire.com --- 10 days ago
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Source: www.philly.com --- 10 days ago
TRENTON - Public employees in New Jersey will no longer get Lincoln's Birthday as an official holiday, and newly hired Workers will not be able to retire with full benefits until they are 62 under newly signed legislation. ...

Source: www.sacbee.com --- 9 days ago
Twenty State Workers from nine different departments and agencies were involved in improper on-the-job activities that cost taxpayers $201,000 – only some of which is now being recovered, the State Auditor said in a report Thursday. ...

Source: www.projo.com --- 11 days ago
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Source: www.omaha.com --- 18 hours ago
Some Nebraskans are taking the old adage "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is" too literally. Like the guy in Omaha who has refused, repeatedly, to take a $160,000 check in unclaimed stock dividends from the State Treasurer's Office. So State Workers are going door to door to reunite residents with money owed to them in the form of unclaimed paychecks, life insurance settlements or other property. ...

Source: cbs2chicago.com --- 36 days ago
Members of Illinois' largest State employees union have approved a four-year contract that increases their pay 15.25 percent. ...

Source: www.kentucky.com --- 39 days ago
More child protection social Workers will be hired soon to help Fayette County's understaffed Cabinet for Health and Family Services office, officials said Tuesday. There was a delay in the hiring of more social Workers at the beginning of the year, but more hires are planned, said Patricia Wilson, commissioner of the Department for Community Based Services, which includes child protection. But Wilson said it was impossible to say how many would be hired or when the hiring would happen. "It's a fluid number," Wilson said Tuesday. "The positive news is that we have been able to . for about the past three weeks . look at accelerated ways to move ahead and fill these positions." Last week, social Workers in Fayette County had planned a "sick out" to protest what they say are unsafe working conditions . too few Workers to investigate child abuse and neglect cases, no security officers at Fayette County's two offices and a host of other problems. But many reported for work on Friday after they were told that only Workers with doctors' notes would be approved for sick leave. ...

Source: www2.ljworld.com --- 6 days ago
Seven Alaska State employees have reversed course and agreed to testify in an investigation into whether Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin abused her powers by firing a commissioner who refused to dismiss her former brother-in-law. ...

Source: www.idahostatesman.com --- 2 days ago
The State will try to help Workers find new employment ...

Source: www.wsls.com --- 2 days ago
One tells us she’ll miss her raise but Governor Kaine had no choice. ...

Source: www.keprtv.com --- 3 days ago
Washington State officials say they have agreed to screen potential farm hands for immigration violations before referring them to jobs, after the federal government threatened to cut millions of dollars from a program that matches Workers with jobs. ...