BIG STONE GAP — Union senior Alex Rasnick has made countless jumpers en route to scoring well over 1,000 points.
The second Jennifer Bates walks away from her post at the Amazon warehouse where she works, the clock starts ticking.
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“I no longer wish to be associated with your union,” wrote Trump in a letter shared by the guild. “As such, this letter is to inform you of my immediate resignation from SAG-AFTRA. You have done nothing for me."
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WASHINGTON — John Sweeney, who spent 14 years steering the AFL-CIO through a time of declining union membership and rising internal dissent, has died. He was 86.
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University of Virginia students and families enjoy time outside on the Lawn on Sunday. Online classes at UVa begin Tuesday, before switching t…
The group of employees currently is mostly made up of graduate student workers. The union also would include undergraduate student workers, faculty and staff, including those in the UVa Health System.
Yes, some readers of The Roanoke Times are still waiting for stimulus payments that Congress authorized way back in March. If you're one of them, read on for tips on how you can help yourself get that money, by working through your congressional representative.
Republican Senator Tom Cotton draws backlash for “necessary evil” comments on slavery. Veuer’s Justin Kircher has the story.
A. The players asked the owners to share documents to back up claims of potential financial doom without pay cuts. The owners delivered some, but not all, of the requested documents.
A. No one knows what the economics of baseball might be when the current labor deal expires after the 2021 season. Do fans come back to the ballpark, and if so, how many will be allowed? Does the acceleration of cord-cutting during the pandemic mean baseball teams can no longer count on ever-rising riches from regional sports networks? How valuable are streaming rights? Without those answers, either side would risk making a foolish deal - and the union cannot risk another one.
A. No, they hated it. Revenue sharing is anathema to the union, which believes there is a slippery slope from revenue sharing to a salary cap. More importantly, it could take months of forensic accounting for both sides to determine and define revenue.
The MLB is considering a plan that would see all 2020 games played in empty stadiums in Arizona. Veuer’s Justin Kircher has that story.
In his Feb 27. commentary (“Raising the price on school and road construction”), Chris Braunlich attacks bills pending in the Virginia General…
Plácido Domingo’s name has been removed from the Washington National Opera’s young artist program “in light of recent developments,” the opera…
The nation's two largest teachers unions want schools to revise or eliminate active shooter drills, asserting Tuesday that they can harm students' mental health and that there are better ways to prepare for the possibility of a school shooting.
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It’s a tale we’ve heard many times before. A major corporation consolidates its operations in the name of ruthless efficiency, pulling out of …
