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Strike at UC medical centers continues; more picketing Wednesday
As the afternoon wore on, the number of union members on the picket lines at the University of California medical centers started to thin. But hundreds of workers concerned about staffing levels and pension reforms planned to continue striking...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, Career and Workplace, AFSCME
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UC hospitals cancel surgeries, divert patients amid strike
A strike by University of California patient care workers Tuesday caused the cancellation of hundreds of surgeries, the closure of laboratory stations and the diversion of emergency room patients, officials said. The hospitals prepared for the two-day...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Safety at Work, Disasters and Accidents, Medical Procedures and Tests, Career and Workplace
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L.A. firefighters vote against more dues for political campaigns
Members of the union representing Los Angeles firefighters voted down a proposal to increase dues to finance aggressive political campaigns, union leaders said Tuesday. The leadership of United Firefighters of Los Angeles City wanted members to pay...
Tags: Elections, Lima (Peru), Career and Workplace, Politics, Voting
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Staffing, pay at issue in UC medical center strike
University of California patient care workers took to the picket line early Tuesday to begin a two-day strike for better staffing and higher pay. At Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, they wore green shirts, carried noisemakers and chanted, "All day,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics, Chemotherapy, Career and Workplace, Health Treatments
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Two-day walkout begins at five UC medical centers
A massive walkout of University of California patient care workers that began Tuesday could cost the system's medical centers up to $20 million, officials say. The walkout is expected to last two days and involve more than 12,000 UC workers from the ...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics, Chemotherapy, Career and Workplace, Health Treatments
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Gold Cross employee negotiations to resume
Staff WriterNegotiations between Gold Cross Ambulance and its employees will resume Friday following a recent contract impasse and a strike notice, a union representative announced. “At this point we’ll be meeting with (the) company and hopefully will...Tags: Strikes, Career and Workplace
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Patient care workers set to start walkout at five UC hospitals
Respiratory therapists, nursing aides, surgical technicians and other patient care workers plan to stage a walkout starting Tuesday morning at five University of California medical centers. More than 12,000 workers from the American Federation of State,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics, Chemotherapy, Medical Procedures and Tests, Career and Workplace
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People protesting planned school closings arrested at City Hall
Tribune reporterMore than 20 people protesting Chicago Public School plans to close 53 elementary schools were arrested this afternoon at City Hall, officials said. The protesters were arrested after sitting and blocking elevators on the main floor of the building...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Career and Workplace, Chicago City Hall, Police Arrests, Activism
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Hotel workers protest Pritzker Commerce nomination
TribuneHundreds of protesters landed outside the Hyatt McCormick Place just as the National Restaurant Association Show, one of the nation's largest hospitality industry trade shows, was letting out for its third day at McCormick Place. The timing was a...Tags: Barack Obama, McCormick Place, Navy Pier, Employees, Chicago Hotels
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Group working to raise money for monument to black Civil War vets
davem@herald-mail.comSoldiers in Hagerstown were among the first black men in Maryland to join the ranks of the Union during the Civil War, and were involved in the siege of Petersburg, Va., during the conflict. Among the first local blacks who joined the Union were members...Tags: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Tourism and Leisure, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Teachers get the bad news: Don't expect a raise soon
Lake County's 4,700 teachers and school workers aren't likely to get raises for the current school year after lengthy union wage negotiations wrap up. School officials recently told the two unions representing teachers and school services workers...
Tags: Rick Scott, Finance, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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Union's early score enough in 1-0 win over Fire
CHESTER, Pa. -- With a steady rain falling and a cool breeze blowing in off the Delaware River, it certainly didn't feel like summer was approaching on Saturday evening at PPL Park. That didn't matter for the Philadelphia Union, because Jack McInerney...
Tags: Philadelphia Union, Chicago Fire, Eastern Conference (NHL), Major League Soccer, Career and Workplace
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