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fact finder

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as in observer

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Recent Examples of fact finder Officials at both districts point to the fact that their current offers to their unions are in line with the recommendations of an independent fact finder and that ceding to union demands would mean major programming cuts for students. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 12 Mar. 2026 The fact finders recommended the district work on reducing contractors and a 6% raise over two years for the nearly 6,000 members of the United Educators of San Francisco, but the increases come with an asterisk. — Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2026 Under the umpires’ collective bargaining agreement, Hoberg had the right to appeal Hill’s decision, triggering the hiring by MLB of a neutral fact finder who made a report to Manfred. — Ronald Blum, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025 Under the labor contract, Hoberg had the right to appeal Hill’s decision, triggering MLB’s hiring of a neutral fact finder who made a report to Manfred. — Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025 The fact finders visited several sites related to the massacres in which Hamas slaughtered about 1,200 people and took roughly 250 others hostage. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2024 The fact finder can make recommendations, but does not have authority to bind the sides to a contract. — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 5 Sep. 2022

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The political hardball and outside money have left some observers weary.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
There were two--count 'em, two--stories bumping off the top of the front page Tuesday, both about election observers.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026

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Research from the Diamond diversity monitor has revealed the scale of the UK TV industry’s working class problem, and found that the problem infects both the upper and lower echelons of the sector.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026
Monitors will introduce themselves to the poll manager and present government ID (and a letter from the jurisdiction permitting entrance to the polls with the monitors' names, if the jurisdiction wants each monitor identified).

— Joe Brandt, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

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