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Motion Picture & Television Fund workers protest stalled talks
Dozens of healthcare workers from the Motion Picture & Television Fund rallied outside the charity's Wasserman campus in Woodland Hills and other locations around Los Angeles on Thursday to protest stalled contract talks with their employer. The...
Tags: Entertainment, Interior Policy, Employees, Politics, Richard Verrier
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Disneyland and union settle long labor dispute
Ending a four-year dispute, the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim reached a five-year contract agreement with 2,100 hotel workers.
The dispute had bogged down recently over healthcare cost increases in Disneyland's proposed contracts.
The labor union,...Tags: Disneyland Park, Los Angeles Times, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Collective Contract
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City Council approves final Villaraigosa budget of $7.7 billion
The Los Angeles City Council on Thursday unanimously approved Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s final budget, expanding key services as several members acknowledged that many city workers will likely get a 5.5% raise in eight months. Councilman Eric...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Los Angeles Police Department, Herb Wesson, Elections, Politics
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GCC faculty head quits
Roughly a month before a new superintendent takes the helm at Glendale Community College, the president of the Faculty Guild publicly announced her resignation on Monday, citing building tensions with trustees. The announcement from Isabelle Saber at...Tags: Teachers, Google Inc., Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Career and Workplace
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UC hospital strikers' numbers to be decided by court
Patient care workers at the University of California's medical centers plan to stage a two-day strike next week, but the number taking part will be decided Monday in Sacramento County Superior Court. A judge is expected to rule on a request for a...Tags: Healthcare Policies, Career and Workplace, Collective Contract, Hospitals and Clinics, Strikes
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After impasse with IBEW, Glendale City Council imposes pay cut on utility workers
More than 200 Glendale Water & Power employees and their union comrades packed City Hall Tuesday night to protest a contract that cuts their pay by 1.75%. Despite the showing, the City Council — unable to reach a deal with the International...
Tags: Justice System, Google Inc., Health and Safety at Work, Interior Policy, Employees
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CalPERS picks four new HMO plans for 5-year contracts
The California Public Employees' Retirement System picked four new HMO plans for five-year health insurance contracts starting next year, a blow to incumbent carrier Blue Shield of California. The giant pension fund voted Wednesday to split up Blue...Tags: Health Net Inc., Health and Safety at Work, California Public Employees' Retirement System, General Motors Corp., Employees
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CalPERS panel recommends 3 new HMO plans alongside Blue Shield
A key committee of the California Public Employees' Retirement System backed its staff's recommendation to break up Blue Shield of California's statewide HMO contract. The agency's pension and health benefits committee voted Tuesday in favor of awarding...
Tags: Healthcare Policies, California Public Employees' Retirement System, Government, Public Employees, Career and Workplace
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Blue Shield may lose exclusive CalPERS HMO contract
Blue Shield of California may be losing its longtime grip on one of the healthcare industry's most coveted insurance contracts. Officials at the California Public Employees' Retirement System are recommending breaking up Blue Shield's current...Tags: Health Net Inc., Health and Safety at Work, California Public Employees' Retirement System, General Motors Corp., Employees
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State hires consumer group to help it review healthcare rates
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones lashed out Tuesday at another double-digit rate hike for thousands of small businesses getting their health insurance from industry giant Anthem Blue Cross. But this time Jones got some help from a surprising...
Tags: Small Businesses, Healthcare Policies, Consumers, Labor Legislation, Healthcare Laws
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GQ: cc me on these answers, will you?
Change of SubjectUPDATED twice with responses from Gov. Pat Quinn's spokeswoman WBEZ-FM reporter Rob Wildeboer has questions for Gov. Pat Quinn: Governor, there are almost 50,000 inmates in Illinois prisons. It’s an historic high. Nonetheless, you’ve closed... -
Linda Randlett Kollar
Linda Randlett Kollar is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Inc., a firm dedicated to the representation of health care providers. With more than 25 years of legal experience, she is recognized by her clients and peers as an...
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