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Healthcare workers strike at five California public hospitals
ReutersSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Thousands of healthcare workers walked off the job at the University of California's five medical centers on Tuesday, delaying emergency care, surgeries, diagnostic procedures and other medical treatment throughout the state....Tags: Medical Specialization, Nursing, Environmental Issues, Dwayne Johnson, Hospitals and Clinics
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Freeport reviewing safety at Indonesia mine after tunnel collapse
ReutersJAKARTA (Reuters) - Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc is reviewing the safety of its underground operations at its Indonesian mine in Papua after a tunnel collapse last week that killed 28 people, the company's chief executive said on Wednesday.... -
Family finances: Are you ready to be a whistleblower?
Kiplinger's Money PowerNew and enhanced laws make it harder to retaliate against an employee who reveals wrongdoing at work, whether the boss is Uncle Sam or the company CEO, and bounty programs are starting to pay off for tipsters exposing tax cheats and shareholder rip-offs....Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Environmental Issues, Lawyers, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Labor Legislation
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Her job: Stopping wage theft
SACRAMENTO — Julie Su doesn't back down from fights when she thinks employers are cheating their workers. In her two years as California's top labor law enforcer, Su has taken on scores of unscrupulous businesses. As state labor commissioner,...
Tags: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Theft, Urasawa, Employment Opportunities, Laws
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York School Board to vote on budget cuts
YORK — The York County School Board during a work session on Wednesday will revisit plans to cut $1.74 million from its 2014 budget of $124 million. The board is cutting its spending plan after the York County Board of Supervisors decided to...Tags: Yorktown (York, Virginia), Budgets and Budgeting, York County (Virginia), Health Insurance, York (York, Pennsylvania)
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Newton R. Russell dies at 85; veteran California legislator
Newton R. Russell, a veteran state senator known as an expert on California's complex public pension system and a stickler for upholding legislative rules, died Saturday of lung cancer at his La Cañada Flintridge home, his family said. He was 85. A...
Tags: Elections, Interior Policy, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Pension and Welfare, Richard Nixon
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UC hospitals cancel surgeries, divert patients amid strike
A strike by University of California patient care workers Tuesday caused the cancellation of hundreds of surgeries, the closure of laboratory stations and the diversion of emergency room patients, officials said. The hospitals prepared for the two-day...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Nursing, Hospitals and Clinics, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Police identify worker killed in fall at Seiple Farms
State police have identified a 28-year-old construction worker killed Tuesday morning during a barn erection at Seiple Farms in East Allen Township. Paul Daniel Mast of Columbia was killed around 6:45 a.m. at a construction site at Seiple Farms, 5761 Nor...Tags: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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Plainfield (4:08 p.m.) – Accident with a hazardous spill at Rt 191 and Industrial Blvd.
Reports indicate there is an accident with a hazardous chemical spill on Rt 191 at Industrial Blvd in Plainfield. -
Asbestos removal to continue over summer at May Whitney
Asbestos abatement at May Whitney Elementary will continue this summer, with Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 officials hoping to eventually rid the entire building of the potentially hazardous mineral. Officials plan to remove floor...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Health and Safety at School, Building Material
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Chemical-safety watchdog criticizes probe of Texas blast
Reuters(Reuters) - Officials with the U.S. Chemical Safety Board say they may never know what caused last month's deadly fertilizer-plant explosion in Texas because of interference by federal and Texas agencies, according to a letter sent Tuesday by the head...Tags: Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Disasters and Accidents, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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Council to consider mayor's proposed pension changes
With the city retirement system short hundreds of millions of dollars in unfunded liabilities, officials say they are likely to begin requiring municipal employees to contribute to their pensions. "Pretty much everyone is in agreement that it's fair,"...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, William Donald Schaefer, Civil and Public Service, Carl Stokes
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