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Unions protest any sale of Tribune papers to Koch brothers
California unions are increasing their opposition to any sale of the Los Angeles Times and other Tribune Co. newspapers to the Koch brothers, urging the City Council to oppose such a deal and planning a protest for Tuesday. Charles and David Koch,...Tags: David Koch, Oaktree Capital Management, Tribune Company, Finance, Los Angeles Times
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Empresas, sindicatos discuten por visas de alta cualificación en ley inmigración EEUU
ReutersPor Caren Bohan y Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON, 13 mayo (Reuters) - Diferencias surgieron entre los grupos de negocios de Estados Unidos y sindicatos laborales por un programa para trabajadores de alta cualificación de un proyecto de ley en el Senado,...Tags: Politics, Personal Data Collection, Interior Policy
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Business, labor spar over high-skill visas in U.S. immigration bill
ReutersBy Caren Bohan and Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - A rift emerged between U.S. business groups and organized labor over a high-skilled worker program in the Senate immigration bill, as the tech industry and other firms on Monday pushed...Tags: Mike Lee, Politics, Migration, Career and Workplace, Orrin Hatch
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Mayor's race: The real money problem in L.A.
The media coverage and much of the public perception of the Los Angeles mayor's race have relentlessly focused on the money Los Angeles' labor movement is spending to elect Wendy Greuel, and on the wages and benefits of city and other employees that could...
Tags: United States Census Bureau, Local Elections, Poverty, Social Issues, Politics
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Unions protest over potential sale of L.A. Times to Koch brothers
About 300 labor union members and other activists staged a demonstration to protest the potential sale of the Los Angeles Times to the politically conservative Koch brothers. Demonstrators marched outside the downtown L.A. headquarters of Oaktree...
Tags: Oaktree Capital Management, Local Elections, Politics, Tribune Company, Demonstration
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Warriors turn tables on Brunswick in baseball playoffs
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 PREP BASEBALL BRUNSWICK, Md. — After losing two games to Brunswick during the regular season by healthy scores, Boonsboro turned the tables on the Railroaders in the postseason. After 12-2 and 10-1 losses during the regular...Tags: Sports, Baseball, Rubber Products Industry
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Rival pension measures could force showdown in Springfield
— Senate President John Cullerton on Monday rolled out his latest proposal aimed at fixing the state's heavily indebted pension system, striking a deal with unions just days after House Speaker Michael Madigan pushed through a plan that's tougher on...
Tags: Civil and Public Service, Politics, Linda Holmes, Career and Workplace, Heather Steans
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Cullerton, Madigan appear headed for pension showdown
The pension deal cut by Senate President John Cullerton and state employee unions moved a step closer Wednesday to a collision course with a proposal backed by House Speaker Michael Madigan. Cullerton's Democratic majority delivered a 10-5, party-line...
Tags: Matt Murphy, Politics, Executive Branch, Career and Workplace, Illinois Governor
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South Dakota ranks low on worker safety
Thirty-one workers were killed in South Dakota in 2011, giving the state a worker fatality rate of 6.7 per 100,000 workers, according to an AFL-CIO report. That is one of the highest rates in the nation, according to the report. North Dakota, Wyoming,...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employees
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Virginia workplace deaths up in 2011, report says
Virginia had 127 workplace deaths in 2011, according to an AFL-CIO report released Tuesday. That number is up by 20 from 2010, but still lower than the 156 deaths in 2008 in Virginia, according to the labor union-compiled statistics. Nationwide, 4,693...
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U.S. Senate panel launches crucial debate over immigration bill
Reuters* Judiciary Committee opens amendment marathon * Republicans express skepticism and promise long process * House negotiators still face unresolved issues By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee on...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, Politics, Migration, Career and Workplace
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Pennsylvania lawmakers float pension reform bills
HARRISBURG — A dozen years ago, state Rep. Chris Ross voted to give himself and 252 other lawmakers 50 percent pension hikes, while state workers and teachers got 25 percent increases. On Tuesday, Ross said the 2001 pension vote was bad. That vote,...Tags: Politics, Retirement, National Government, Mike Brubaker, Executive Branch
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