Pension plan would put strain on system
United Airlines' plan to walk away from its pension obligations stirred a new round of concern on Friday about the nation's troubled pension guarantee system. Officials with the Pension Benefit...
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GOOD NEWS FOR THE TWINS During a discussion Friday about health care with physicians who are complaining about the high cost or unavailability of malpractice insurance, President Bush said that...
City Teamsters linked to chain of corruption
An investigation of the Teamsters Union in Chicago turned up allegations of mob influence, kickback schemes and the secret shifting of union jobs to low-wage, non-union companies. Over two years,...
More ailing companies escaping pension costs
When officials of the federal agency that protects worker pension plans meet Thursday with United Airlines executives, they'll likely be seeking the answer to a fundamental question: "Is United planning...
More ailing companies escaping pension costs
When officials of the federal agency that protects worker pension plans meet Thursday with United Airlines executives, they'll likely be seeking the answer to a fundamental question: "Is United planning...
United stalls pension fund contributions
United Airlines fired a major shot Friday in the battle with its workers over cost cuts, announcing that it would cease making payments to employee pension funds as long as...
15 seized in hotel strike protest
To the cheers of hundreds marking the one-year anniversary of the strike at the Congress Plaza Hotel, 15 demonstrators sat down briefly on Michigan Avenue during rush hour Tuesday and...
1-year hotel strike drags on
Hot, thirsty and sore, Sara Grigsby kept walking the picket line's tight circle. She ignored her discomfort, her handful of medical woes, and the guests of the Congress Plaza Hotel...
Local loses bid to stop takeover by its union
A federal court judge refused on Thursday to hold off the laborers union's takeover of a large Chicago local identified by a union hearing officer as riddled with organized-crime influences,...
How Saudi wealth fueled holy war
Muslim forces were gathering near a small town in Bosnia, and commanders were moving fighters to the front. The man in charge wanted the very best soldiers available, so he...