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D-Day At Miami Herald

Massive Job Cuts Coming At Sun-Sentinel, Tally Chief Volunteers

Palm Beach Post To Cut 300 Jobs

News-Press Lays Off 36

D-Day At The Sun-Sentinel -- UPDATED

Life After Print

McClatchy (Miami Herald) Freezes Pay

Newsflash: Broward Prosecutors Get Pay Cut

Another Newspaper Mini-Merger

Source: Sentinel Shutting Down Delray Beach Office

A source at the Sun-Sentinel tells me that the newspaper's Palm Beach County office in Delray Beach is closing up this week. The bureau, which had 27 people last year but has surely shrunk a bit during recent staff cuts, is moving down to the newspaper's existing Deerfield Beach office. [ADDED] Mos ... More >>

I Am The Future Of Journalism Because ...

... I'm so desperate that I dream of working for some weird Internet start-up that wants to replace real journalism with blog posts. Yes, and that's just one possible answer to the question being asked by an outfit called Publish2, the Web start-up in question. And if you are ju ... More >>

United They Fall

The effort to unionize Kitchens of the Oceans drove the company out of town and Haitian employees into unemployment lines

Letters

The effort to unionize Kitchens of the Oceans drove the company out of town and Haitian employees into unemployment lines

Rank and Revile

Municipal employees with Local 532 are cutting off the higher-ups for lack of support

Undercurrents

The plot thickens

Second-Best Local Boy Gone Bad

Tony Gentile

Tribune Lawyer: More Layoffs Coming To Newspapers

Well, I posted my thoughts on it Saturday and today we get confirmation: More layoffs coming to Tribune. From today's AP article: [Tribune attorney Kevin] Lantry said the company anticipates "a number of layoffs" this year, but he did not provide a figure, or details on how much money the sev ... More >>

Miami Herald Publisher: More Layoffs Coming To Newspaper

Miami Herald Publisher David Landsberg informed all Herald employees this morning in an e-mail that newspaper would be laying off more employees in the coming weeks. "Unfortunately, it is already apparent there is no way to avoid the elimination of staff positions. We are exploring several alt ... More >>

UPDATED: Sun-Sentinel Lays Off Unknown Number; Herald Staff Cuts Imminent

The Sun-Sentinel laid off numerous employees on Wednesday -- unfortunately nobody seems to know the exact numbers since the newspaper has kept it under a tight lid. Sources have put the number at anywhere from 25 to 85 people who lost their jobs in the operations, sales, and advertising d ... More >>

Judge Slaps Nova for Labor Violations

A labor judge ruled this week that Nova Southeastern University went to unlawful extremes to quash an effort by the school's custodial contractors to unionize. Among the findings by Administrative Law Judge John H. West: that supervisors intimidated employees of a custodial services firm after they ... More >>

Springsteen: il capo di tutti capi

A labor judge ruled this week that Nova Southeastern University went to unlawful extremes to quash an effort by the school's custodial contractors to unionize. Among the findings by Administrative Law Judge John H. West: that supervisors intimidated employees of a custodial services firm after they ... More >>

Nova to Workers: Drop Dead

Janitors go jobless for months, and students don't give a damn

The Hospital on the Hill

A mean-spirited VA medical center director has patient care playing distant second to the bottom line

Insult to Injury

Some ex-deputies say BSO treated them like damaged goods after they got hurt on the job

Boxer Rebellion

Union ringleaders hope to rally pugilists to fight for their rights

Publix Where working can be lethal

Five workers have died in Publix's Deerfield Beach warehouse in the past eight years. Has the workplace gotten safer? Apparently not.

Drive-Thru Discrimination

Leon Hendricks is suing his former employer, fast-food giant Pepsico, for racism. He has the EEOC on his side.

CBS-4 Layoffs

Two sources have mentioned layoffs at CBS-4. One said 20 people have lost their jobs, including the director of communications.  No time to report.

State Sen. Aronberg Going After Contractors' Salaries

It could be a well-timed move to make him look like a crimefighting hero (it comes conveniently at the very same time that he's running for state Attorney General) but regardless, it's pretty cool that State Senator Dave Aronberg (D-Greenacres) is taking public officials to task for letting private ... More >>

As Layoffs Loom, Broward Librarians Turn on One Another

Flickr: circulatingLayoffs make it hard to hold your tongue, even for otherwise mousy librarians.​Broward County Library staff is bracing for a round of layoffs next month, and in the meantime anxiety and suspicion is spreading through the ranks. Who among them deserves to be spared? And who deser ... More >>

Broward Teachers Play Hardball With Scandal-Rocked District

School Board Member Beverly Gallagher faces corruption charges.​No more dragging a stack of papers home to grade at night while watching Glee. No more late afternoon conferences with parents, or volunteering to chaperone the math team's car wash -- at least not until after Thanksgiving.For the nex ... More >>

On the Bread Line at the Norton: A Journalist's Story

Photo by Christopher KubrickIs this line ever gonna move?​The Art After Dark event at the Norton Museum of Art last night had many highlights: free chocolate martinis, a tour of the New York, New York: The 20th Century exhibit, lovely guitar strumming by Miami troubadour Jesse Jackson.But perhaps ... More >>

Job Anxiety? You Must Work at the Palm Beach Post

Photo by Lisa RabYes, Post employees are very anxious.​Someone in the Palm Beach Post marketing department has a cruel sense of irony. The paper's latest ad campaign -- now popping up in the paper, online, and on billboards around town -- strikes very close to home for Post staffers."Anxious About ... More >>

The Rise and Fall of South Florida's Daily Newspapers

Photo by Lisa RabYes, Post employees are very anxious.​Someone in the Palm Beach Post marketing department has a cruel sense of irony. The paper's latest ad campaign -- now popping up in the paper, online, and on billboards around town -- strikes very close to home for Post staffers."Anxious About ... More >>

Merry Christmas, Broward School Board. Here's Some Coal.

Courtesy of Broward Teachers Union​ In the spirit of holiday giving, about 6,000 postcards from Broward Teachers Union members are expected to begin arriving at the homes of Broward School Board members today. The cards, featuring lumps of coal and some adorably angry-looking children, are not ex ... More >>

David J. Stern, Foreclosure-Processing Lawyer, Sued by Former Employees

​It seems David J. Stern's allegedly fraudulent 'foreclosure-mill' business practices may have extended to the way he laid off his employees. He "effectively put over 800 people out of work right before the holidays with no notice," Attorney Chandra Doucette, one of the lawyers representing the fo ... More >>

DJSP, Processing Company for Foreclosure Attorney David J. Stern, Lays Off 96 Employees

David J. Stern, whose law firm is under investigation for foreclosure fraud.​The latest round of layoffs at DJSP Enterprises, the foreclosure processing company for the law offices of David J. Stern, could add fuel to a class action case against DJSP and Stern, according to a lawyer for the compan ... More >>

Foreclosure Firm Ben-Ezra & Katz Is Latest Addition to Attorney General's Investigation

via floridaforeclosurehelp.netThe state foreclosure fraud investigation expands.​Fort Lauderdale law firm Ben-Ezra & Katz is the most recent subject of the state attorney general's mortgage fraud investigation. The firm "appears to be fabricating and/or presenting false and misleading document ... More >>

Good Food Jobs: So You Wanna Work in Food...

flickr/kthreadHungry for a new job out of the office and in the food world?​If you've been looking for a job related to food or sustainable agriculture, I've got just the site for you. Started by Taylor Cocalis and Dorothy Neagle (two Cornell grads, friends, and ice cream lovers), Good Food Jobs i ... More >>

Disabled Davie Cop Says He's Being Denied Benefits, Lawsuit Claims

Kickstart Your Heart​A retired Davie police officer is suing his former employer and the town for more than 100 grand, claiming they schtupped him out of disability benefits after he had a heart attack on the job, according to a recently filed lawsuit.Michael Necolletos, an 11-year veteran of the ... More >>

Lawsuit Pits Jewish Nursing Home Against Seventh-Day Adventist

adventistinfo.org.ukCan you sue your employer for not respecting the Black Sabbath?​The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against a Jewish nursing home in Boca Raton for allegedly attempting to force a Seventh-day Adventist to work on the Sabbath.The EEOC says it has ... More >>

Broward Teachers Union Will Try to Dodge Another Potential Coffin Nail

flickr.comYeah, good luck with that.One of the last things Broward public school teachers -- teachers anywhere, really -- need is another reason for lawmakers to think they should dissolve their right to unionize. But that just might be the case if an anonymous (and, honestly, grammatical error-ridd ... More >>

Florida's Jobs Situation: What Rick Scott Won't Tell You

​Gov. Rick Scott has been proudly touting that Florida has created the second-most jobs in the country (behind Texas) since he took office, but here's what he won't tell you: Those new jobs suck.More specifically, since the governor took office in January, Florida workers have had lower hourly wag ... More >>

Labor Pains: Nova Southeastern Unlawfully Suppressed Union, NLRB Determines

Nova's custodial workers tried to organize. ​More than four years after Nova Southeastern University got flak for union busting, the National Labor Relations Board has recently sided with a group of former custodial workers who were harassed by the college's higher-ups when they tried to organize. ... More >>

Florida Is Home to the Second-Most Mass Layoffs in the Nation -- Again

stevewhibley.blogspot.com​For the second month in a row, Florida had more mass layoffs than every other state but California, according to statistics released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.According to the numbers from the BLS, Florida accounted for 78 of the nation's 961 mass layoffs in ... More >>

Florida Employers Laid Off 1,638 Workers in September, According to Report

via Flickr user brajeshwar​September's numbers on employment from the Bureau of Labor Statistics aren't due until Friday, but a private report says 1,638 Floridians were laid off last month.The consultants at Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. released their findings this morning, reporting tha ... More >>

Florida Employers Registered 69 Mass Layoffs in September, the Fourth-Most Nationwide

hammerle.com​After two straight months of having the second-most mass-layoff events in the country, Florida companies experienced 69 in September, dropping the Sunshine State to just the fourth-most among the 50 states.According to the numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Florida accounted ... More >>

Florida Back to Second Place Nationwide for the Most Mass Layoffs

yankeesdaily.com​After a pretty good September for not getting laid off in Florida -- only the fourth-most mass layoffs in the nation for that month -- the state is back to its usual position of second-most for October.According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Florida accounted for 91 of the na ... More >>