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13 healthcare workers arrested in protest at UC regents meeting
SACRAMENTO -- Thirteen people were arrested Wednesday at the UC regents meeting during a sit-down protest by healthcare workers threatening to strike at the system's medical centers. The University of California regents left during the protest while...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Police Arrests, Strikes, Hospitals and Clinics, AFSCME
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Nuking the filibuster
In requiring the U.S. Senate to confirm presidential appointments, the Constitution aims to ensure a second level of scrutiny of the qualifications of government officials. But Senate Republicans have hijacked the confirmation process, not only to...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Edgar Allan Jones Jr. dies at 92; law professor played judge on TV courtroom shows
The TV career of Edgar Allan Jones Jr. began with a phone call in early 1958 from a producer who needed to cast someone knowledgeable about the law. Although Jones taught law full time at UCLA, he was nervous at the prospect of auditioning: His only...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, University of California, Los Angeles, Colleges and Universities, Entertainment, Teaching and Learning
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Federal appeals court strikes down union notification requirement
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court here struck down Tuesday a rule that would have required more than 6 million private employers to post notices telling workers of their right to join a union. The decision is the latest setback for unions and the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Employment, Labor Markets, Media Industry
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American sentenced to 15 years hard labor in North Korea
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details. BEIJING -- Adding to the strained relations with the U.S., North Korea said Thursday that an American citizen held since November has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for "hostile...
Tags: Jimmy Carter, Career and Workplace, Punishment, Trials, U.S. Department of State
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Betrayed? Citizen soldiers lose jobs; U.S. government biggest offender
The jobs of the nation's citizen soldiers are supposed to be safe while they are serving their country: Federal law does not allow employers to penalize service members because of their military duties. Yet every year, thousands of National Guard and...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Iraq, Local Government, Verizon Communications, Employment
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UCLA professor to stand trial in death of assistant in lab fire
UCLA chemistry professor Patrick Harran was ordered Friday to stand trial on felony charges stemming from a laboratory fire that killed staff research assistant Sheharbano "Sheri" Sangji more than four years ago. Concluding a preliminary hearing that...
Tags: Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, University of California, Los Angeles, Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at School
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Protests in Bangladesh as death toll from building collapse rises
NEW DELHI, India -- The death toll in Bangladesh rose to more than 300 people Friday following the collapse this week of a building that housed five apparel factories, officials said, as protests by workers at other garment plants intensified....
Tags: Bangladesh, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Career and Workplace, Human Rights, Collective Contract
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Israeli airline workers strike over 'open skies' agreement
JERUSALEM — As Israeli airline workers went on strike in protest, Israel's government approved an "open skies" agreement with the European Union that will give European carriers greater access to the lucrative Israeli tourism market. The...
Tags: Employees, National Government, Air Transportation Industry, European Union, Israel
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Labor money starts flowing in for Garcetti
Organized labor's lopsided support for Wendy Greuel in the Los Angeles mayor's race has started shifting as unions begin pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into an independent campaign backing her rival, Eric Garcetti. The $300,000 in new labor...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Voting, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Human Interest, Local Elections
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Attorneys ask for more time in Chris Brown community service case
Singer Chris Brown was ordered to return to court this summer after attorneys asked a judge Friday for more time to review new evidence related to allegations he failed to complete court-ordered community service. Brown appeared in Los Angeles County...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Photography Supplies and Services, Chris Brown, Prosecution, Services and Shopping
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Hong Kong rules against residency for foreign domestic helpers
Foreigners who cook, clean houses and care for children in Hong Kong will not be eligible to become permanent residents like other workers from abroad, a final appeals court ruled Monday. The unanimous ruling disappointed the Filipino workers who...
Tags: Human Rights, Career and Workplace, Hong Kong, Labor Legislation, Employees
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