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School bus drivers protest working, safety conditions
Bus drivers and aides employed by a Baltimore schools contractor say that unsafe conditions such as fires and mold spores are endangering lives and unfair wages are threatening their livelihoods. The grievances were aired Thursday at a rally of employees...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Respiratory Disease, Health and Safety at Work, Justice System, Health and Safety at School
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Elections deal a blow to L.A. unions
Some of the most powerful labor organizations in Los Angeles placed huge bets on mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel that went bust. All their spending and prodigious organization failed to ignite Greuel's campaign and allowed her opponent, Eric Garcetti, to...
Tags: Los Angeles Hotels, Unemployment, Public Employees, Wendy Greuel, Elections
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'Fashion Police' Writers Rally Outside E! Headquarters
VarietyAbout 150 supporters of striking "Fashion Police" writers have picketed the Los Angeles offices of E! Entertainment in support of the scribes' unionization push. The noon-time action featured chants such as "Fashion Police, you're under arrest" and "What...Tags: Writers Guild of America, Metal and Mineral, Mining, Career and Workplace, Elections
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Column: Some cracks in the technocrat cult
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - We are living in the age of the technocrats. In business, Big Data, and the Big Brains who can parse it, rule. In government, the technocrats are on top, too. From Washington to Frankfurt to Rome, technocrats have stepped in where...Tags: Harvard University, Science and Technology, Privatization, Social Sciences, Politics
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COLUMN-Some cracks in the technocrat cult-Chrystia Freeland
Reuters(Chrystia Freeland is a Reuters columnist. Any opinions expressed are her own.) By Chrystia Freeland NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - We are living in the age of the technocrats. In business, Big Data, and the Big Brains who can parse it, rule. In...Tags: Harvard University, Privatization, Science and Technology, Social Sciences, Politics
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'Fashion Police' Strike: Both Sides Dig in on Eve of Rally
ReutersLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - With the strike by nine writers on E! Entertainment's "Fashion Police" nearly five weeks old, both sides were digging in for the long haul Wednesday. While the writers were preparing to set up an 11 a.m. picket line and...Tags: Entertainment, Writers Guild of America, Television, Chelsea Lately (tv program), Elections
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WGA to picket E! headquarters in 'Fashion Police' dispute
The Writers Guild of America, West has escalated its fight with the producers of "Fashion Police," a show on the E! cable network. The guild plans to hold a picket and rally outside the Wilshire Boulevard headquarters of E! Entertainment Television on...Tags: Entertainment, Writers Guild of America, Chelsea Lately (tv program), Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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Penny Pritzker to face key senators for Commerce bid
With Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker set to be grilled by senators Thursday at her Commerce secretary confirmation hearing, Bill Daley feels her pain. Daley, a son and brother of Chicago mayors, faced his own confirmation hearing in 1997 before he...Tags: Elections, John D. Rockefeller IV, Barack Obama, POLITICO LLC, Politics
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Most unionized UC hospital workers go to jobs despite strike
As University of California patient care workers returned to the picket lines Wednesday, hospital administrators said they were gratified that so many others chose to come to work. More than three-quarters of union members who had been scheduled to work...
Tags: AFSCME, Career and Workplace, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Hospitals and Clinics, Strikes
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UC medical center strike: Most union members reported for work
As University of California patient care workers returned to the picket lines in a workplace dispute Wednesday, hospital administrators said they were gratified that so many union members chose to come to work rather than strike. More than three-...
Tags: University of California, Irvine, University of California, Davis, AFSCME, Career and Workplace, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
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Steve Lopez: Labor unions the big loser in mayor's race
Labor gambled and lost. Wendy Greuel drove away much of her own base. And it's done. After two years of campaigning and more than $30 million of spinning, the next mayor of Los Angeles will be Eric Garcetti, who doesn't exactly have what you'd call...
Tags: Local Elections, Richard Riordan, Career and Workplace, Elections, Voting
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Strike at UC medical centers continues; more picketing Wednesday
As the afternoon wore on, the number of union members on the picket lines at the University of California medical centers started to thin. But hundreds of workers concerned about staffing levels and pension reforms planned to continue striking...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, AFSCME, Career and Workplace, Hospitals and Clinics
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