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MTA managers receive 8% pay raises retroactive to '13
2014-09-07 05:35:38| Railroads - Topix.net
Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman Thomas Prendergast speaks briefly on July 14, 2014, during negotiations with LIRR union representatives in Manhattan. Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman Thomas Prendergast speaks briefly on July 14, 2014, during negotiations with LIRR union representatives in Manhattan.
Unions to debate pay and strikes
2014-09-07 01:07:32| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The squeeze on public sector pay, industrial action and attacks on unions will be top of the agenda when the Trades Union Congress gathers later.
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'BP should pay they've done a lot of damage': Gulf workers hail ruling
2014-09-05 14:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Environmentalists, recreational fishermen and people who make their living on the Gulf of Mexico are hailing a federal judges ruling that could mean $18 billion in additional fines for BP over the nations worst offshore oil spill. Lisa Smith cheered and gave an emphatic yes Thursday afternoon when she heard about the decision as she fished off a beach bridge in Florida. BP should have to pay, theyve done a lot of damage, Smith said. In the town of Lafitte, Louisiana, David Robin said...
REDD versus indigenous people? Why tribe in Panama rejected pay for their carbon-rich forests
2014-09-05 10:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Panama's efforts to gain funding for standing forests roiled by indigenous opposition There isnt a word or phrase in the Kuna language for "carbon trading, and much less for something as complex as REDD+. Standing for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, REDD+ is the worldwide UN-backed climate change mitigation scheme that relies on carbon trading within forest landscapes to fund forest conservation programs. And yet, since 2008, the Kuna people have been hearing lots about...
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Google to pay USD 19 mln to settle in-app charges complaint
2014-09-04 19:40:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Google has agreed to settle a Federal Trade Commission complaint alleging that it unfairly billed consumers for millions of dollars in unauthorised charges incurred by children using mobile apps downloaded from the Google Play app store for use on Android mobile devices. Under the terms of the settlement, Google will provide full refunds, with a minimum payment of USD 19 million, to consumers who were charged for kids' purchases without authorisation of the account holder. Google has also agreed to modify its billing practices to ensure it obtains express, informed consent from consumers before charging them for items sold in mobile apps.
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