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    May 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Video of Utah slaughterhouse draws attention to 'ag-gag' laws

    Amy Meyer was standing outside a slaughterhouse in Draper City, Utah, in February and said she saw what she had suspected: wounded animals being dragged to their deaths. Then she did what she had come for in this YouTube age and took out her cellphone...

    Tags: Prosecution, Media Industry, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System

    2. May 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Need a raise? Want a tattoo? It's your lucky day

    Now here’s a headline that probably has folks at companies like Qualcomm quaking: “Company offers raises to employees who get tattooed with its logo.”
    Now here’s a headline that probably has folks at companies like Qualcomm quaking: “Company offers raises to employees who get tattooed with its logo.” My colleague Ricardo Lopez reported Thursday on Rapid Realty, a New York real estate...

    Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Lindsay Lohan, Labor Legislation, Employees, Qualcomm Inc.

    3. May 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Former Pope Benedict XVI moves back into Vatican

    ROME -- The Vatican became the home of two living popes Thursday when former pontiff Benedict XVI took up residence in a house in the city-state’s garden.
    ROME -- The Vatican became the home of two living popes Thursday when former pontiff Benedict XVI took up residence in a house in the city-state’s garden. The unprecedented cohabitation with his successor, Pope Francis, began when Benedict arrived...

    Tags: Benedict XVI, Vatican City, Francis I

    4. May 1, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  4. May Day protest

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    May Day has moved beyond its roots as an international workers' holiday to a day of international protest , with rallies and marches around the globe....
    5. May 1, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Pictures in the News | May 1, 2013

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    6. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. May Day in New York: Protesting just about everything

    NEW YORK -- There are many things to protest against in the world, and people rallying against a fair number of them took to one of New York’s iconic squares on May Day as part of nationwide rallies in celebration of the traditional workers holiday.
    NEW YORK -- There are many things to protest against in the world, and people rallying against a fair number of them took to one of New York’s iconic squares on May Day as part of nationwide rallies in celebration of the traditional workers holiday....

    Tags: Labor Legislation, New Dorp, Chelsea (Staten Island, New York), Jamie Dimon, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)

    7. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Outrage over Bangladesh collapse spills into May Day rallies

    Reeling from the deadly collapse of a building packed with thousands of factory workers, Bangladeshi laborers rallied Wednesday, marking May Day with renewed calls for workplace safety.
    Reeling from the deadly collapse of a building packed with thousands of factory workers, Bangladeshi laborers rallied Wednesday, marking May Day with renewed calls for workplace safety. The death toll steadily swelled in the aftermath of the disaster...

    Tags: Plant Openings, Labor Legislation, Vatican City, Sheikh Hasina, Activism

    8. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Peaceful May Day marchers snarl traffic in downtown L.A.

    Two sets of marchers converged on the Civic Center in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon in what police described as a peaceful and modestly sized crowd compared to previous years.
    Two sets of marchers converged on the Civic Center in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon in what police described as a peaceful and modestly sized crowd compared to previous years. One of the groups was expected to rally with speeches and music...

    Tags: Los Angeles Police Department

    9. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. May Day observer asks: 'Are things changing in their favor?'

    Standing in front of an electronics store on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, Nissem Bachsian watched the May Day protesters stream by, as he does every year.
    Standing in front of an electronics store on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, Nissem Bachsian watched the May Day protesters stream by, as he does every year. There were immigrant rights groups chanting “Si se puede”  — “Yes...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Immigration, Crime, Law and Justice, Electronics, Israel

    10. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. May Day: Phoenix immigration rally includes workplace issues

    PHOENIX — Brenda Juarez has been in this country so long that she doesn’t remember what Mexican state she was born in. She hopes she and her mother will be allowed to stay.
    PHOENIX — Brenda Juarez has been in this country so long that she doesn’t remember what Mexican state she was born in. She hopes she and her mother will be allowed to stay. The two women joined about 300 people at Arizona’s state...

    Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Labor Legislation, Employees, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Phoenix (music group)

    11. May 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. May Day demonstrators rally across U.S.

    May Day protesters marched down streets across the country Wednesday, calling on lawmakers to provide a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million immigrants who have entered the country illegally or overstayed their visas.
    May Day protesters marched down streets across the country Wednesday, calling on lawmakers to provide a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million immigrants who have entered the country illegally or overstayed their visas. The crowds numbered...

    Tags: Robert J. Lopez, Labor Legislation, Employees, Jamie Dimon, Migration

    12. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Labor, immigrant activists to unite in Phoenix May Day rallies

    PHOENIX — Two groups that rarely see eye to eye — immigrants rights activists and labor organizers — are expected to join forces here Wednesday, marching a mile and a half from the state Capitol to join a picket at the Hyatt Regency...

    Tags: AFL-CIO, Immigration, Labor Legislation, Employees, Phoenix (music group)

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