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Facing walkout, UC medical centers canceling elective surgeries
SACRAMENTO — Facing a possible two-day strike next week by patient care and technical workers, the five large University of California medical centers are starting to cancel elective surgeries that had been scheduled as soon as Monday, officials...
Tags: Interior Policy, AFSCME, Pension and Welfare, Health Treatments, Hospitals and Clinics
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Hunger strike, Yemeni dilemma could spur Guantanamo closure plans
A 100-day-old hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected terrorists has agitated international human rights advocates anew, prompting fresh calls worldwide for closure of the detention center that President Obama vowed to shutter more than...
Tags: Civil Rights, Prisoners and Detainees, Islam, Prisons, Ali Abdullah Saleh
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13 healthcare workers arrested in protest at UC regents meeting
SACRAMENTO -- Thirteen people were arrested Wednesday at the UC regents meeting during a sit-down protest by healthcare workers threatening to strike at the system's medical centers. The University of California regents left during the protest while...
Tags: AFSCME, Labor Disputes, Police Arrests, Hospitals and Clinics, Career and Workplace
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No charges in muskrat shooting incident
WSBT CorrespondentLAPORTE COUNTY – A Michigan City-area man will not face jail time for striking a neighbor’s house with a bullet fired at a muskrat. LaPorte County Prosecutor Bob Szilagyi has decided not to press charges against 39-year-old Aaron Blount....Tags: Career and Workplace
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Pussy Riot member starts hunger strike to protest court ruling
ReutersMOSCOW, May 22 (Reuters) - A member of the band Pussy Riot who was jailed over a protest against President Vladimir Putin in a Russian cathedral said on Wednesday she was starting a hunger strike after she was barred from a parole hearing. Maria...Tags: Judges, Moscow (Russia), Labor Disputes, Justice System, Religion and Belief
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Jerry Brown urges UC to stress graduating students in 4 years
SACRAMENTO — The graduation rates of UC students came under more scrutiny Wednesday as Gov. Jerry Brown urged administrators and faculty to prod more undergraduates to earn a degree in four years, not six. Brown recently proposed giving UC and Cal...
Tags: Interior Policy, Teaching and Learning, Personal Income, Jerry Brown, Government
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Greek government orders teachers not to strike
ATHENS -- Greece’s ruling coalition threatened Monday to arrest public high school teachers if they walk off work later this week, a strike that would potentially disrupt university-entrance exams for thousands of students. But the government's...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Civil and Public Service, National Government, Layoffs and Downsizing, Politics
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Union for UC patient-care workers authorizes strike for May 21, 22
The union representing nearly 13,000 University of California patient-care workers announced plans Friday to strike later this month, but UC officials said they would seek a restraining order to prevent any such action. The American Federation of State,...Tags: Interior Policy, AFSCME, Pension and Welfare, Unions, Employees
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Indefinite enemies
Robert KoehlerYou're strapped to a metal table, unable to move. They stick a two-foot plastic tube up your nose, then down the back of your throat into your stomach. They squirt in the liquid protein. You gag, bleed, vomit. It's unbearably painful. The practice of...Tags: Barack Obama, Psychology, Heads of State, Prisons, Robert Koehler
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The cost of Guantanamo
The hunger strike by inmates protesting conditions at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba is forcing the Obama administration to revisit its policy of indefinite detention without trial for terrorist suspects. It's about time. As Mr. Obama noted...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Dianne Feinstein, Human Rights, Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
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