Parking meter privatization a boon for Montreal / But lose the third party and save money, UQAM researcher says

Source: By Irwin Block, The Gazette, May 28, 2009

...... In an analysis made public yesterday, researcher Marc Hasbani of UQÀM's accounting sciences departments concludes that "in spite of substantial revenue," there is no evidence the privatized arrangement is more efficient than it would have been under city management.

...... His main recommendation: The city should take control of parking meters and recover the estimated $1 million a year it is losing under the current system.

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Healing Together: The Labor-Management Partnership at Kaiser Permanente

by Thomas A. Kochan; Adrienne E. Eaton; Robert B. McKersie; Paul S. Adler

Kaiser Permanente is the largest

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With twenty-seven unions and

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