| Yakima County employees seek pay increase
YAKIMA, Wash -- Yakima County employees are asking for an across the board pay increase of four percent and an increase to their healthcare benefits. But the county is refusing. Since 1999, Yakima County has calculated employee pay by a market driven data survey. County employees say the survey data is faulty and shouldn't be used. "When they sent it out to all the different companies, " Tom Barrington of the Washington State Council of County and City Employees, "they got about half the information back on the positions that they sent out for." The county is sticking to the survey method. Both groups are talking with mediator, but employees are protesting during their lunch and before and after work. .
Native Hawaiians maintain their inherent sovereignty
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Why should Native Hawaiians who have never relinquished their inherent sovereignty settle for the lesser status of federal recognition that is being put forward in the ''Akaka Bill''?
They shouldn't, says J. Kehaulani Kauanui.
Kauanui, a Native Hawaiian and an assistant professor of anthropology and American studies at Wesleyan University in Middletown, presented a short history of Hawaii/U.S. relations and her views of the Akaka Bill in a talk called ''The Politics of Native Hawaiian Self-Determination: U.S. Federal Policy v. International law'' at Yale University on April 4.
She began with thanks to the event sponsors - the Yale Group for the Study of Native America and the Program in Ethnicity, Race and Migration - and acknowledged the land now known as New Haven as the original homeland of the Quinnipiac people.
Adidas Stick With Ian Thorpe During Doping Enquiry - Sports Law
Sporting equipment giant Adidas has announced its continued support for swimmer Ian Thorpe, caught in a doping investigation.
In a release issued on April 13 the company said: adidas has the utmost respect for Ian Thorpe and all of his incredible achievements. For more than eight years, we have enjoyed a highly successful relationship with Ian and hope that this relationship continues long into the future.
Adidas has stuck by their man through a year off, mystery illness, allegations over his sexuality, and now doping allegations.
"We, like everyone else, await the findings of the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Like swimming fans the world over, we hope he emerges from this stressful period in his life with his reputation intact," Adidas said.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Adidas has, in the past, cut ties athletes found guilty of doping violations and banned by their respective federations.
Sony sits on Rs 40 cr unsold airtime
A joint statement sent out by the Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) and the Indian Broadcasters Federation (IBF), has split ad agencies and clients into two camps.
The statement says, "All contracts are bilateral and should be governed by what the parties have agreed to in writing and that in committing and agreeing to any media buying deal, clients and their agencies always face either an upside or downside as the event or property unfolds. This is not unique to a property like cricket."
"Specifically," the statement adds, "had India done well, no advertiser would have been asked to pay extra. Cricket packages when bought or sold are not necessarily linked to fortunes of Indian team alone."
Bharat Patel, chairman, Procter and Gamble (P&G), an aggrieved party said: "We don't need an agency body to tell us what to do.
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