May 23, 2013

Love & Hip Hop Cast Not Feeling the Love; Stars in Contract Disputes

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*Uh oh! Somebody’s not happy on the set of “Love & Hip Hop: New York.” According to TMZ, some cast members have refused to go to work. And as you may have guessed it’s all because of money. Sources say all cast members were supposed to be present Tuesday in NYC to film a trailer [...]




New York School Bus Drivers Are Officially On Strike After 34 Years (Video)

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*The school system is always on the hook for something. We don’t have enough time to list the problems riddling American’s education system and here we go again with another strike. For the first time in 34 years, as of yesterday, New York’s public school bus drivers are on strike. They are seeking a change [...]




Hostess, Company that Makes Twinkies, Blames Strike for Closing Doors

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*Hostess, the maker of iconic treats like Twinkies, is shuttering its plants and liquidating its 82-year-old business. A victim of changing consumer tastes, high commodity costs and strained labor relations, Hostess ultimately was brought to its knees by a national strike orchestrated by its second-largest union. Read/learn more at WSJ.com. Earlier, we reported … Hostess [...]




After 25 Years, Chicago Teachers Are Officially on Strike!

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*The Department of Education is going to be the next item on the menu of the campaign trail for President Obama as well as Mitt Romney. There’s been a lot of talk about the country’s deficit, but not how each state in the country’s education system is falling by the wayside in the wake of [...]




Today Detroit Bus System Shut Down by Vicious Assault on a Driver (Video)

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*What would you do if our beloved drivers for our public transportation threw in the towel and decided they were ALLLLLL going to go on strike? Jobs could be lost and other important events and appointments missed. Detroit is in the heat of this issue this morning and there’s no talk of when they will return. [...]