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Background: Curry was named an arbitrator for the United Mine Workers of America and the Bituminous Coal Operators Association. He is an attorney specializing in labor and employment law. Early in his career, Curry was an agent representing athletes such as former Detroit Lions Lomas Brown and Kevin Glover. Curry has offices in Rochester and Pinehurst, N.C., and he's handled cases all over the United States, the Caribbean and Canada. He's on the roster of Coal Arbitration Services, the American Arbitration Association, Public Employees Relations Board (PERB), Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services (FMCS). His wife, Aleta, travels with him often, and his two daughters are both University of Michigan graduates. Cherie was a TV reporter in Boston who returned to law school and is now a practicing attorney; Jade has degrees in nursing and biology and works at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
SA appoints arbitrator in mine law case - report
The South African government had appointed Paris-based law firm Freshfields Bruchhaus Deringer to represent it in an international arbitration case, Johannesburg-based newspaper Business Report said on Tuesday, citing Webber Wentzel Bowens mining lawyer Peter Leon. Leon is acting for Italian investors in Marlin Holdings Limited and Marlin Corporation Limited and Red Graniti SA (Pty) Limited, whose request for compulsory international arbitration against the South African government was granted by the World Bank's International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington. The companies say that South Africa’s mining law contravenes bilateral treaties signed by the government and are sueing the South African government for losses and damages worth €266-million.
ShOA Still Working Without Contract
The Sheriff Officer's Association (ShOA), which represents the corrections officers of Nassau County, has been without a contract for over two years, with no meaningful negotiations and no end in sight. To try and obtain a contract for the 1,100 hard-working and dedicated Nassau County correction officers, ShOA has been trying to secure binding arbitration as a method to resolve our contract disputes with Nassau County. To fully understand our need for binding arbitration, one must understand the bargaining history between Correction Officers and the County of Nassau. In August of 2000, ShOA negotiated a fair deal with then-County Executive Thomas Gulotta, only to have it rejected by the county legislature. One year later in August 2001, after being without a contract for almost four years, the legislature finally approved a contract.
Zimbabwe mediation at 'pre-dialogue' stage: South Africa
PRETORIA, April 17, 2007 (AFP) - South Africa's mediation efforts in Zimbabwe are at an early stage and have yet to involve formal talks with the opposition, deputy foreign minister Aziz Phad told reporters Tuesday. President Thabo Mbeki was ascertaining exactly what needed to be done to get negotiations underway between the government of President Robert Mugabe and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Pahad said. Mbeki was mandated last month by fellow leaders in the region to defuse the crisis in Zimbabwe. "We welcome the statement by (MDC leader) Morgan Tsvangirai last week that his party is willing to sit down to talk with the government to end the crisis in Zimbabwe," said Pahad. "Tsvangirai confirmed receipt of a letter from President Mbeki ...
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