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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: Pension and Welfare, Collective Contract, Movies, Career and Workplace, Nursing
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Mixed signals on city budget give voters more reason for cynicism
When I scolded deadbeat Angelenos for blowing off Tuesday's election, some of them had just enough energy to return fire. "I chose not to spit into the wind anymore," wrote Lou. "It is not an embarrassment to shun an embarrassment like L.A....
Tags: Philosophy, Collective Contract, Herb Wesson, Antonio Villaraigosa, Local Elections
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Paying for results, not treatments
One of the fundamental problems in the U.S. healthcare system is that the most common and straightforward payment method — paying a fee for each service rendered — encourages doctors and hospitals to provide more care, not better care. In...
Tags: Healthcare Provider, Hospitals and Clinics, Collective Contract, Health Insurance Cost, Government Health Care
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Degree of L.A.'s fiscal problems splits mayoral candidates
A virtual unknown straining to make his mark in the race for mayor of Los Angeles offered an alarming assessment of the city's finances. "We are actually on the brink of bankruptcy," Emanuel Pleitez, a tech executive and former aide to Mayor Antonio...
Tags: Port of Los Angeles, Retirement, Antonio Villaraigosa, Local Elections, Government
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Pension reform leads issues at candidate forum
City pensions and looming electricity rate increases were front and center Saturday as 10 of the 13 candidates for City Council faced off at the first election forum of the campaign season. In front of about 80 people at the Oakmont Country Club,...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Economy, Business and Finance, Collective Contract, Health Insurance Cost, Local Elections
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Glendale Memorial Hospital employees protest planned layoffs
L.A. NOWNurses, technicians and other employees gathered outside Glendale Memorial Hospital Thursday morning to protest planned layoffs.... -
Employees protest planned layoffs at Glendale Memorial Hospital
Nurses, technicians and other employees gathered outside Glendale Memorial Hospital Thursday morning to protest planned layoffs. The hospital last week announced plans to layoff an undetermined number of employees, citing an increase in the number of...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Collective Contract, Google+, Job Layoffs, Unemployment
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Strike averted: Keeping it clean on Broadway
The big news on Broadway: strike averted. Hundreds of theater workers, including bathroom attendants, porters and elevator operators – all represented by the 32BJ union – last week threatened to strike as their current contract speeds toward...
Tags: Collective Contract, Broadway Theater, Entertainment Events, Career and Workplace, Theater
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Glendale Unified's budget shortfalls are ongoing
Having been put on notice by Los Angeles County education officials, Glendale Unified faces some “tough choices” in the months to come as it confronts a yawning budget deficit, Supt. Dick Sheehan warned recently. Speaking to the board of...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Collective Contract, Jerry Brown, Energy Saving, Career and Workplace
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Broadway shows could face labor strike before year's end
Just as the Broadway theater community was getting back on its feet following Hurricane Sandy, another potential showstopper is headed its way. The union representing cleaners, porters, elevator operators, matrons and other service workers at most...
Tags: Strikes, Broadway Theater, Collective Contract, Entertainment Events, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Schools studying on-site clinics for their employees
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- South Bend Community School Corp. employees who carry the district's health insurance, along with their covered dependents, could have access to free medical services at one or more primary care clinics in the coming months. At a special...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Hospitals and Clinics, Collective Contract, Employment, Health and Safety at Work
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Port strike numbers are out to sea
Big, round numbers always get people's attention. Numbers such as $1 billion, which has been bandied about as the economic loss per day nationally from the eight-day strike that shut down most of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. That figure...
Tags: Lobbying, Economic Indicator, Collective Contract, Services and Shopping, Career and Workplace
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Dec 10, 2012
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Dec 5, 2012
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