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October 18, 2011

Feds Allege Big Labor Violations At Market Basket

DeMoulas Supermarkets Inc., the company that owns Market Basket grocery stores, faces some hefty federal fines. Jenn Abelson writes for Boston.com that the US Department of Labor is citing Demoulas “for 30 alleged ‘willful, repeat and serious violations.’” More specifically, the Department of Labor wants DeMoulas to pay $589,200 in fines for violations at stores […]

October 14, 2011

New Hampshire Union Workers and Their Allies Plan To Rally in Portsmouth

As part of a national campaign by the AFL-CIO, New Hampshire union workers and some small businesses will rally tomorrow to protest the loss of higher paying jobs in the state. According to figures from The New Hampshire Labor Market Information Bureau,2,300 state and local government jobs have been cut in the last year. The […]

August 17, 2011

New Labor Laws In Effect

The New Hampshire Business Review has an interesting roundup of new state laws that went into effect last weekend. The main piece of legislation, Senate Bill 86, allows employers to get a warning for violating labor laws before the Department of Labor lays down a fine. But, there are definitely exceptions, as the NHBR notes: […]

August 10, 2011

NH’s Largest Health Care Provider Pushing Early Retirement Following Funding Cut

A piece by Denis Paiste in the New Hampshire Union-Leader illustrates the continued fallout of state budget cuts on the health care sector: “Dartmouth-Hitchcock is seeking early retirements from about 725 employees, or 8.3 percent of its staff, at its main employees campus, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, in Lebanon, and at community sites in Concord, Manchester, […]

July 26, 2011

Steel Company On Life Support

This piece by Bob Sanders of the New Hampshire Business Review lays bare the financial struggles of Berlin’s Isaacson Structural Steel. Apparently, the company has debts to the tune of $12.6 million, more than double its assets. Lawsuits, leins and accusations are flying. But more importantly to people in the North Country–and New Hampshire as a whole–Sanders writes, “The […]

July 22, 2011

What’s The Future Of Cisco In New Hampshire?

Following the untimely death of the Flip camera, The Guardian (by way of the Associated Press) reports more cuts at Cisco. And this time it’s not technology. It’s jobs. “Monday’s announcement to cut 6,500 of its 73,000 employees across the globe follows a plan disclosed in May to eliminate thousands of jobs. Two-thirds will come […]

July 21, 2011

State Prepares For Borders Closing

Between its Express stores and the strip mall behemoths, Borders Books actually had a pretty good presence across southern and central New Hampshire, and as far up as North Conway. The fact that it closed wasn’t surprising to anyone who’s been following news from the chain over the past year or so. But what was […]