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Newport Beach recaps 2012, looks ahead to 2013
Restructuring and outsourcing some city government services and finalizing the new use for City Hall were among the priorities for 2013 outlined during a comprehensive Newport Beach City Council special meeting Saturday morning. The seven-member...Tags: Theft, Taj Mahal
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Port strike in eastern U.S. averted with 30-day contract extension
The labor contract covering more than 15,000 dockworkers at 14 Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast ports has been extended for 30 more days, heading off a strike that could have begun as early as Sunday. George H. Cohen, director of the Federal Mediation...
Tags: Wage Contract Issues, International Relations, National Retail Federation, International Longshoremen's Association, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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Letters: Poor reviews for UC's new logo
Re "New UC logo a no-go for many," Dec. 11 I don't understand the kerfuffle over the new University of California logo. In my view, the insignia is a forthright representation of the true state of the system. For years the UC system has been sliding...
Tags: Coca-Cola Co.
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His stunts drive Web traffic
Race car driver Ken Block speeds down a narrow band of asphalt in his souped-up Ford Fiesta, careening through the "Back to the Future" set on Universal Studios' back lot. The speedometer flies toward 80. Block's eyes are fixed on the road as he...
Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, NASCAR, Travel, Marketing, Food Industry
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White House urges end to labor fight at East, Gulf Coast seaports
The Obama administration is urging union dockworkers and a management group to "continue their work at the negotiating table to get a deal done as quickly as possible" to avoid a strike that could idle 14 East and Gulf Coast seaports. The word that...
Tags: Unions, White House, Labor Disputes, Barack Obama, Career and Workplace
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Port-strike talks continue even on Sunday, but stalemate goes on
At least they are talking, even on Sunday. Labor contract negotiations are set to resume today in the now six-day-old strike at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Talks had continued past 9 p.m. Saturday night. The strike, by the 800-member...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Unions, Employment, Career and Workplace, Shipping Service
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Port labor talks shift into higher gear, but strike continues
In a potentially hopeful sign, contract talks in the now 5-day-old strike at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach went all night Friday and into early Saturday morning. "Representatives of the harbor employers and [union] leadership have resumed...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Unions, Employment, Career and Workplace, Shipping Service
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Labor talks for L.A., Long Beach ports run late; strike continues
Skeletal picket teams of just one or two union members per cargo terminal are maintaining a strike vigil amid sporadic rain showers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Friday morning. Seven of eight container terminals at the Port of Los...
Tags: Contracts, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Port of Los Angeles
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Striking union expands walkout at local ports
A walkout of union workers that began at the Port of Los Angeles' biggest and busiest cargo terminal Tuesday was spreading to more terminals there and to the neighboring Port of Long Beach, according to port officials. The expanding walkout had the...Tags: Unions, Janice Hahn, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Strikes
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Striking union sets picket line at Port of Los Angeles terminal
A strike has been called in a long simmering labor dispute that pits a small union of clerical workers against some of the world's largest ocean shipping lines and cargo terminal operators. About 67 workers from the International Longshore and Warehouse...
Tags: Unions, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Shipping Service, Port of Los Angeles
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Freight train strikes big rig trailer in Montebello
L.A. NOWA Pacific Union freight train clipped a big-rig truck in Montebello on Tuesday morning, sending it careening into an auto body shop and causing delays for commuters using the Riverside train line.... -
China, U.S., Europe battling over a shrinking global-trade pie
World NowGlobal Focus: In polite, diplomatic language, China this week accused Eurozone leaders of piling up debts that threaten global economic stability and the Europeans countered with complaints that Beijing manipulates its currency to unfairly skew trade in...
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