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Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti dash across L.A. to shore up support
After remarks by Magic Johnson and U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, it was Wendy Greuel's turn to remind a few dozen black supporters at a South L.A. rally on Saturday that African Americans could swing the mayoral election Greuel's way on Tuesday. "They always...
Tags: Magic Johnson, Eric Garcetti, Planned Parenthood, Maxine Waters, Los Angeles Lakers
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Greuel casts herself as an underdog; Garcetti shuns overconfidence
After remarks by Magic Johnson and Rep. Maxine Waters, it was Wendy Greuel’s turn to remind a few dozen black supporters at a South L.A. rally on Saturday that African Americans could swing the mayoral election her way on Tuesday. “They...
Tags: Magic Johnson, Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel, Family Planning, Planned Parenthood
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Eric Garcetti ad attacks Wendy Greuel as 'the DWP's mayor'
This post has been updated and corrected. See the notes below for details.Just a little more than two weeks before the Los Angeles mayoral election, candidate Eric Garcetti is redoubling his attack on rival Wendy Greuel with a television ad that calls her “the DWP’s mayor” and asks viewers: “How much...Tags: Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel, Accounting and Auditing, Advertising, Barack Obama
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Ports of L.A., Long Beach warn of delays if sequestration occurs
Operations at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach may slow if automatic spending cuts go into effect Friday, port officials said, as fewer U.S. customs officers would delay the flow of international cargo through the massive sea ports. Officials...
Tags: Port of Los Angeles, Government Debt, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Strikes, U.S. Congress
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Clerks at L.A., Long Beach ports finally ratify labor accord
Members of a small clerks union said Thursday they had agreed to a contract with employers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, taking the potential for fresh strikes at the busy harbors off the table. Representatives for both sides released a...
Tags: Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Employment Opportunities, Strikes, Employment, Career and Workplace
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Is another strike looming for the ports of L.A. and Long Beach?
Bargaining units for a clerical workers' union rejected a tentative labor agreement this week that that ended an eight-day strike that shut down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach late last year. The tentative contract, announced Dec. 4, intially...
Tags: National Retail Federation, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Strikes, Shipping Service, Career and Workplace
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National Retail Federation applauds tentative ports labor pact
The National Retail Federation is applauding a tentative contract agreement between the union that represents 14 East Coast and Gulf coast seaports and an alliance of shipping lines, terminal operators and port associations. The Federal Mediation and...
Tags: National Retail Federation, Walmart
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Despite strike, Port of Los Angeles posts busiest year since 2007
The nation's busiest container seaport shrugged off an eight-day strike and a very slow December to post its third-best year for cargo volume, port officials said. The Port of Los Angeles handled just 588,154 containers in December, down 9.4% from...
Tags: Port of Los Angeles, Fiscal Cliff, Port of Long Beach, Walmart
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Contract talks between dockworkers, management break down
Talks have broken down between the union representing nearly 15,000 East Coast and Gulf longshoremen and the group representing shippers and port operators, with little more than a week to go before their contract expires.
Meeting Tuesday in Newark, N.J....Tags: National Retail Federation, Strikes, Shipping Service, Barack Obama, Career and Workplace
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