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After impasse with IBEW, Glendale City Council imposes pay cut on utility workers
More than 200 Glendale Water & Power employees and their union comrades packed City Hall Tuesday night to protest a contract that cuts their pay by 1.75%. Despite the showing, the City Council — unable to reach a deal with the International...
Tags: Public Officials, Pension and Welfare, Politics, Unions, Google Inc.
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City Council approves final Villaraigosa budget of $7.7 billion
The Los Angeles City Council on Thursday unanimously approved Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s final budget, expanding key services as several members acknowledged that many city workers will likely get a 5.5% raise in eight months. Councilman Eric...
Tags: Herb Wesson, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Elections, 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: Collective Contract, Healthcare Policies, Public Employees, Government, General Motors Corp.
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GQ: cc me on these answers, will you?
Change of SubjectUPDATED twice with responses from Gov. Pat Quinn's spokeswoman WBEZ-FM reporter Rob Wildeboer has questions for Gov. Pat Quinn: Governor, there are almost 50,000 inmates in Illinois prisons. It’s an historic high. Nonetheless, you’ve closed... -
Linda Randlett Kollar
Linda Randlett Kollar is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Inc., a firm dedicated to the representation of health care providers. With more than 25 years of legal experience, she is recognized by her clients and peers as an...
Tags: Litigation and Regulation, Collective Contract, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Lawyers
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Maxim employee forged email to state in hepatitis c case
A staffing company owned by Columbia-based Maxim Healthcare Services created a false email to make it appear it had informed state health officials about unethical conduct by contract worker David Kwiatkowski, who is accused of exposing hundreds of...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Collective Contract, Trials, Medical Procedures and Tests, Career and Workplace
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State report outlines Kwiatkowski's time in Maryland
Supervisors at a Maryland hospital weren't surprised when drugs were missing from a treatment room where contract radiology technician David Kwiatkowski was assigned. A manager had spotted him going through needle-disposal containers and he was among...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Healthcare Policies, Viral Diseases and Infections, Hepatitis, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Report paints dire picture of teacher pension fund
The pension fund for California teachers and school employees will run out of money by 2044 if lawmakers don't take drastic action, according to a new report from the Legislative Analyst's Office. The report said problems with the pension fund, known as...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Marketing, Collective Contract, Pension and Welfare, Finance
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Is Prime Healthcare settling scores with union?
In recent years, Prime Healthcare has built a reputation as a take-no-prisoners company willing to run roughshod over patients and employees alike in its quest for profits — $283 million on revenue of $1.6 billion in 2010, according to a financial...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Taxation, U.S. Congress, Politics, U.S. Department of Justice
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Union and Motion Picture & Television Fund reach deal, avert strike
The union representing healthcare workers at the Motion Picture & Television Fund has called off its strike for next week. SEIU-UHW officials had planned to stage a three-day walkout on Monday after contract talks with the fund broke down in a dispute...
Tags: Collective Contract, Entertainment, Pension and Welfare, Politics, Career and Workplace
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Contract talks break off between Motion Picture & TV Fund, union
Contract talks broke down between the Motion Picture & Television Fund and the union representing healthcare workers Wednesday, paving the way for a planned strike early next week. "After extensive good faith bargaining on MPTF’s part, we have...
Tags: Nursing Homes, Entertainment, Pension and Welfare, Politics, Strikes
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