ADN is reporting Union is riled, seeks probe in Alutiiq deal
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SEIU: Native group didn't deserve security contract, union claims.
By PAULA DOBBYN
Anchorage Daily News

Published: April 26th, 2005
Last Modified: April 26th, 2005 at 06:30 AM

A union with nearly 2 million government and private-sector members wants the U.S. Department of Labor to investigate how a $450 million contract awarded to an Alaska Native company is being handled.

The Service Employees International Union says at least 17 private security guards employed by Alutiiq, a subsidiary of Kodiak-based Afognak Native Corp., plan to file claims with the Labor Department saying they were shortchanged on pay.

Alutiiq says the union is misinformed and is engaged in a smear campaign with the goal of increasing its membership.

Rural Justice panelist resigns in protest

URBAN-RURAL RIFT: Kotzebue's Ross Schaeffer objects to the addition of Don Mitchell.

By JOEL GAY
Anchorage Daily News

Published: February 9th, 2005
Last Modified: February 9th, 2005 at 04:57 AM

The Alaska Rural Justice and Law Enforcement Commission, created to help heal the rift between rural and urban Alaskans, developed a major crack when one of its members quit in protest. Full Story

The news-miner is running a story By SAM BISHOP News-Miner Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON--A new government study shows the Yukon Flats could hold nearly as much natural gas as Cook Inlet, whose fields have powered the Anchorage region for decades.

The U.S. Geological Survey's report, issued last week, offers a mean estimate of 5.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas recoverable with today's technology.Full Article

We urge you to tune in to KNBA radio FM 90.1 in Southcentral Alaska This is the urban Alaska Native Public Radio station carrying the message to the native and indian communities of North America.

A creation of The CIRI Foundation, Koahnic Broadcast Corporation is now an independent, autonomous non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation broadcasting the native voice.

Koahnic Broadcast Corporation (KBC)
719 E. 11th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: (907) 258-8880
Toll Free (888) 278-5622
Fax: (907) 258-8914
http://www.knba.org

The Anchorage Daily News is reporting that Chugach Alaska Corp. "is in the middle of a growth surge that is unprecedented in Chugach history," said Edgar Blatchford,
and ASRC Aerospace Corp. has been selected by NASA's Kennedy Space Center as the Small Disadvantaged Business Contractor of the Year.

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