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Labor money starts flowing in for Garcetti
Organized labor's lopsided support for Wendy Greuel in the Los Angeles mayor's race has started shifting as unions begin pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into an independent campaign backing her rival, Eric Garcetti. The $300,000 in new labor...
Tags: International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Layoffs and Downsizing, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Health Insurance Cost, Government
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Time for public employee unions to pick up the tab
For more than half of my 38 years in the news business, I've been a member of a union, though I'm not currently. And my late father was a proud Teamster for decades. So I appreciate the goods that unions deliver to nearly 15 million members in the...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Layoffs and Downsizing, Government, Politics
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Even Steve Lopez wants unions to make concessions. You agree?
In his Wednesday column, Steve Lopez said it's time for public employee unions to make concessions. Lopez said he believes strongly in unions but the times require compromise: For more than half of my 38 years in the news business, I've been a member of...
Tags: Government, Labor Markets, Politics
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In final budget, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa calls for reversing cuts to city services
Ten weeks before he leaves office, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Monday offered a $7.7-billion budget that would begin reversing years of cuts to basic city services such as tree trimming and sidewalk repairs while avoiding employee layoffs...
Tags: Unemployment, Local Government, Public Officials, Layoffs and Downsizing, Job Layoffs
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Villaraigosa seeks to restore services, kill raise for city workers
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa unveiled a $7.7-billion budget Monday that begins to restore funding for tree trimming, sidewalk repairs and other services, offering the most positive financial news for residents since the city was engulfed in a...
Tags: Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Government, Job Layoffs, Eric Garcetti
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Garcetti opens 10-point lead over Greuel in L.A. mayoral race
Eric Garcetti has opened a commanding 10-point lead in the Los Angeles mayor's race over rival Wendy Greuel, whose dogged fight to win the backing of public employee unions appears to be undercutting her on her home turf in the San Fernando Valley,...
Tags: Interior Policy, Government, Eric Garcetti, Entertainment, Politics
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Wendy Greuel's support of insiders runs counter to her outsider message
Since retooling her campaign message last month, mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel has gone on the offensive against City Hall, telling audiences that the place is mired in mediocrity and needs to "return to a time of strong leadership." "We must change...
Tags: Local Government, Elections, Antonio Villaraigosa, Government, Kevin James
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Raymond Edmondson, Jr.: Public employees deserve pensions
In response to the newspaper's April 8 editorial, "Cut Florida pension risk," it is not responsible or fair to cut further into the financial security of working Americans because they happen to be public employees. Debate in Tallahassee about closing the...Tags: Interior Policy, Newspapers, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), The Wall Street Journal, Government
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At midpoint of session, political divides are emerging
TALLAHASSEE -- Halfway through a legislative session that has seen a rebounding economy, replenished coffers and a spirit of cooperation between chambers and parties, the gravitational pull of politics is taking hold. Put 160 elected officeholders...
Tags: Joe Negron, Government Health Care, Don Gaetz, Government, Health Insurance
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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: Healthcare Contract Issues, Government, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Cost, Collective Contract
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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: General Motors Corp., Healthcare Contract Issues, Healthcare Policies, Government, Collective Contract
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Modesto city workers sold jewelry found in sewers
L.A. NOWModesto city officials are trying to determine if a crime was committed when city workers sold jewelry they found in city sewers....
Apr 6, 2013
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|Column| Los Angeles Times
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|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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|Column| Orlando Sentinel
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