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Judge dismisses Notre Dame lawsuit regarding birth control mandate
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the University of Notre Dame challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requiring employers to provide birth-control coverage. The lawsuit, filed...Tags: Judges, Aetna Inc., Religion and Belief, Colleges and Universities, Employment
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Notre Dame, Catholic Diocese, others file suit regarding HHS mandate
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — The University of Notre Dame, the Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend and several other area organizations filed suit Monday challenging the constitutionality of a federal regulation that requires religious organizations to...Tags: Labor Legislation, Colleges and Universities, Religion and Belief, Politics, Abortion Issue
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Obama says GOP must back US first, create jobs
DETROIT (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday that congressional Republicans must put their country ahead of their party and vote to create new jobs as he used a boisterous Labor Day rally to aim a partisan barb at the GOP.
In a preview of the...Tags: NBC (tv network), White House, General Motors Corp., Chicago Jobs, Employment
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NYC marks 100th anniversary of deadly factory fire
NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers are marking the 100th anniversary of the worst industrial accident in city history — the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist fire — with a ceremony at the site where 146 garment workers died. U.S. Secretary of...Tags: Career and Workplace, Greenwich Village, Health and Safety at Work, Michael Bloomberg, Disasters and Accidents
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Beyond Tom Perez: Why do we need a Labor Department?
Well, America survived. Yes, it's true, the United States was able to withstand two months without a labor secretary. The previous secretary, Hilda Solis, stepped down on Jan. 22. That thud you heard was no one noticing. No one noticed because, like...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Illegal Immigrants, Physical Fitness and Exercise, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Labor Legislation
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Former Sen. Sheila Kuehl announces run for L.A. County supervisor
SACRAMENTO -- Former state Sen. Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) made it official Thursday. She will be a candidate for the seat being vacated by Zev Yaroslavsky on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Kuehl, who served as chair of the Senate...
Tags: Elections, Zev Yaroslavsky, Local Elections, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Sheila Kuehl
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Villaraigosa touts cousin for federal labor post
PolitiCalMayor Antonio Villaraigosa may have taken his name out of the running for a post in the Obama administration, but on Wednesday, he promoted his cousin, Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez, for a federal appointment. During an online chat, the...... -
Obama picks Perez to lead U.S. Labor Department
Senate Republicans criticized the nomination Monday of former state labor secretary Thomas E. Perez to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, signaling the longtime civil rights lawyer will face a contentious confirmation over his approach to the law and...
Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Judges, Jeff Sessions, Labor Legislation, Parties and Movements
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Obama nominates top civil rights lawyer to lead Labor Department
WASHINGTON -- President Obama has nominated civil rights lawyer Thomas E. Perez to lead the Department of Labor, calling the former state labor official a defender of middle class workers and a consensus builder. Announcing his choice in the East Room on...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Laws, Illegal Immigrants, Labor Legislation, Migration
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How Obama is wielding executive power in 2nd term
WASHINGTON (AP) — This is what "Forward" looks like. Fast forward, even. President Barack Obama's campaign slogan is springing to life in a surge of executive directives and agency rule-making that touch many of the affairs of government. They are...
Tags: Genetic Engineering, Mining, George W. Bush, Petroleum Industry, Politics
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Hilda Solis considering a run for L.A. County Board of Supervisors
WASHINGTON — U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis confirmed Friday that she is considering running for a seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, plans to “get my footing back in the community” and remain politically active in...
Tags: Elections, Career and Workplace, Labor Markets, Local Elections, Employment Opportunities
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Hilda Solis may be eyeing run for Board of Supervisors
L.A. NOWWith Hilda L. Solis stepping down as President Obama's Secretary of Labor, some say her resignation may pave the way for the onetime Los Angeles-area congresswoman to run for the county Board of Supervisors....
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!["As you know, a lot of good things start in California and L.A. and make their way [to Washington]," U.S. secretary of Labor Hilda Solis tells Patt Morrison. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)](http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2011-09/64445434.jpg "\"As you know, a lot of good things start in California and L.A. and make their way [to Washington],\" U.S. secretary of Labor Hilda Solis tells Patt Morrison. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)")