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Parents rally to protest possible end of classroom breakfast program
Union officials representing school cafeteria workers led a noisy rally of parents Tuesday to save a Los Angeles Unified classroom breakfast program that feeds nearly 200,000 children but was in danger of being axed after sharp criticism by teachers....
Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Career and Workplace
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Lawsuit targets union fees collected from nonmember teachers
A conservative organization has joined with a group of California teachers in an effort to overturn laws that allow teacher unions to collect fees from those who don't want to be members. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Santa Ana, targets...Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Politics, Teachers, Trials, U.S. Supreme Court
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Teachers union to seek ouster of mayor, other officials
Tribune reporterStymied in its efforts to stop the city from closing scores of schools, the Chicago Teachers Union on Monday said it will turn its attention to a voter registration campaign and efforts to oust Mayor Rahm Emanuel and other elected officials. Asked at...Tags: Chicago Elections, Elections, Rahm Emanuel, Students, Teaching and Learning
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After Dorner claim, other fired LAPD cops want cases reviewed
In the wake of Christopher Dorner's claim that his firing from the Los Angeles Police Department was a result of corruption and bias, more than three dozen other fired LAPD cops want department officials to review their cases. The 40 requests, which...
Tags: Christopher Dorner, Lawyers, Racism, Justice System, Los Angeles Police Department
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The messy complications of breakfast in the classroom
The Los Angeles Unified School District is in a period of tremendous upheaval that, it’s hoped, will result in better education for its students. With so much changing and so much at stake, of course there are more than a few daggers drawn. But when...
Tags: Los Angeles Unified School District, Teachers, Students, Teaching and Learning, Michael Bloomberg
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ANALYSIS-The maze behind EU "treaty change"
Reuters* Angst in Brussels over idea of EU treaty change * Policymakers unsure of German position on banking union * Elections in Germany and beyond may put proposal on ice By Luke Baker BRUSSELS, April 29 (Reuters) - If there are two words that tense the...Tags: Elections, Angela Merkel, International Organizations, European Parliament, Career and Workplace
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Foxwoods' Fortunes Tied To $1 Billion Massachusetts Casino Bid
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceNearing the end of a massive debt-restructuring and having completed a mostly voluntary downsizing of its workforce, Foxwoods Resort Casino finds itself at a crossroads. As in Crossroads Massachusetts, a $1 billion casino project that may or may not...Tags: Foxwoods Resort Casino, Corporate Officers, Companies and Corporations, Native American Gaming Management, Banking
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Garcetti and Greuel trade barbs on union support on eve of debate
Candidates Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel prepared for a Thursday night debate — their first since the two emerged as finalists to be the next mayor of Los Angeles — by renewing their sniping over who would be most beholden to public...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Politics, Elections, Linthicum, Jan Perry
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Steelworkers to vote on proposed 6-year contract with Caterpillar
— The United Steelworkers union will vote Tuesday on a proposed six-year contract with Caterpillar Inc. that would freeze wages, increase contributions to health care costs and offer senior employees fewer protections. The proposed agreement covers...Tags: United Steelworkers, Elections, Caterpillar Inc., Labor Legislation, Strikes
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Union for patient-care workers at UC hospitals to take strike vote
The union representing nearly 13,000 University of California patient-care workers plans to take a strike vote beginning Tuesday. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME 3299, will hold the strike vote through...Tags: AFSCME, Abusive Behavior, Politics, Elections, Hospitals and Clinics
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Workers threaten strike at Exxon's largest U.S. refinery
Reuters* Dispute over union's proposals to improve safety * Exxon says prepared to unit Baytown refinery during strike HOUSTON, April 29 (Reuters) - Workers have threatened to strike in June at Exxon Mobil Corp.'s largest U.S. refinery if the company refuses...Tags: Husky Energy Incorporated, Labor Disputes, United Steelworkers, Employees, Health and Safety at Work
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L.A. Unified board will back classroom breakfast program
A majority of L.A. Unified School Board members said they will vote to continue a classroom breakfast program that feeds nearly 200,000 children but was in danger of being axed after sharp criticism by the teachers union. The program’s fate was...
Tags: Teachers, Students, Teaching and Learning, Career and Workplace
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