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Mayor's race: The real money problem in L.A.
The media coverage and much of the public perception of the Los Angeles mayor's race have relentlessly focused on the money Los Angeles' labor movement is spending to elect Wendy Greuel, and on the wages and benefits of city and other employees that could...
Tags: Elections, Poverty, Los Angeles International Airport, New York City, Local Elections
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Unions protest over potential sale of L.A. Times to Koch brothers
About 300 labor union members and other activists staged a demonstration to protest the potential sale of the Los Angeles Times to the politically conservative Koch brothers. Demonstrators marched outside the downtown L.A. headquarters of Oaktree...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Los Angeles Times, Newspapers, David Koch, Pension and Welfare
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Warriors turn tables on Brunswick in baseball playoffs
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 PREP BASEBALL BRUNSWICK, Md. — After losing two games to Brunswick during the regular season by healthy scores, Boonsboro turned the tables on the Railroaders in the postseason. After 12-2 and 10-1 losses during the regular...Tags: Baseball, Rubber Products Industry, Sports
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Unions protest over potential L.A. Times sale to Koch brothers
About 300 labor-union members and other activists staged a demonstration Tuesday to protest the potential sale of the Los Angeles Times to the billionaire politically conservative Koch brothers. Demonstrators marched outside the downtown L.A....
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Los Angeles Times, Newspapers, David Koch, Pension and Welfare
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Frank Snyder: Gov. Corbett's pension math doesn't add up
As secretary-treasurer of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, it is my responsibility to ensure our funding derived from paychecks of rank-and-file workers serves their best interests. By extension, I feel the same responsibility to hold public officials...Tags: Employment, 401K, Science and Technology, Executive Branch, Employment Opportunities
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Rival pension measures could force showdown in Springfield
— Senate President John Cullerton on Monday rolled out his latest proposal aimed at fixing the state's heavily indebted pension system, striking a deal with unions just days after House Speaker Michael Madigan pushed through a plan that's tougher on...
Tags: John J Cullerton, Union (McHenry, Illinois), Health and Safety at Work, Linda Holmes, Civil and Public Service
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South Dakota ranks low on worker safety
Thirty-one workers were killed in South Dakota in 2011, giving the state a worker fatality rate of 6.7 per 100,000 workers, according to an AFL-CIO report. That is one of the highest rates in the nation, according to the report. North Dakota, Wyoming,...Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace
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An employer's right not to speak
Massing the heavy legal artillery of 1st Amendment principles, a federal appeals court has ruled that the federal government can't order businesses to post signs informing employees that they have a right to join a union and to bargain for better wages....
Tags: Employment, Health and Safety at Work, Employment Opportunities, Laws, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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Wal-Mart's plan to hire veterans sparks war of words
The head of Concerned Veterans for America says he doesn't understand why a major union is upset with Wal-Mart's plan to hire veterans. Back in January, the retail giant announced plans to provide jobs to any veteran who passed a basic background check....Tags: Walmart, Unions, Career and Workplace
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Cullerton, Madigan appear headed for pension showdown
The pension deal cut by Senate President John Cullerton and state employee unions moved a step closer Wednesday to a collision course with a proposal backed by House Speaker Michael Madigan. Cullerton's Democratic majority delivered a 10-5, party-line...
Tags: John J Cullerton, Executive Branch, Pat Quinn, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy
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South Dakota ranks low on worker safety
Thirty-one workers were killed in South Dakota in 2011, giving the state a worker fatality rate of 6.7 per 100,000 workers, according to an AFL-CIO report. That is one of the highest rates in the nation, according to the report. North Dakota, Wyoming,...Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace
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Virginia workplace deaths up in 2011, report says
Virginia had 127 workplace deaths in 2011, according to an AFL-CIO report released Tuesday. That number is up by 20 from 2010, but still lower than the 156 deaths in 2008 in Virginia, according to the labor union-compiled statistics. Nationwide, 4,693...
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