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Tentative deal reached on high-tech visas in immigration bill
WASHINGTON — The outlines of a possible agreement emerged Tuesday on the criteria for high-skilled visas in the immigration overhaul, potentially paving the way for a key Republican senator to support the sweeping legislation and give it a boost...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Justice and Rights, Immigration
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Staffing, pay at issue in UC medical center strike
University of California patient care workers took to the picket line early Tuesday to begin a two-day strike for better staffing and higher pay. At Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, they wore green shirts, carried noisemakers and chanted, "All day,...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Chemotherapy, Justice System
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Sen. Orrin Hatch emerges as key GOP vote on immigration
WASHINGTON – When Sen. Orrin Hatch takes his seat on the dais in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, the 79-year-old slides into his status as the most sought-after vote for immigration reform. A towering, but genteel figure, Hatch is seen as...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Justice System, Chuck Schumer, Immigration, Mark Zuckerberg
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Obama: Nation to stand by Oklahoma survivors 'as long as it takes'
WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Tuesday assured the survivors of Oklahoma’s deadly tornado that the nation is “there for them” and that the government will keep its focus on the rescue effort as long as is needed. As emergency workers...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Janet Napolitano, Natural Disasters, FEMA, Barack Obama
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Two-day walkout begins at five UC medical centers
A massive walkout of University of California patient care workers that began Tuesday could cost the system's medical centers up to $20 million, officials say. The walkout is expected to last two days and involve more than 12,000 UC workers from the ...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Chemotherapy, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Science and Technology
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Carlos Slim firm files California complaint against detractors
SACRAMENTO -- Mexican telecom billionaire Carlos Slim is punching back at an advocacy group that's been criticizing him across the country and on the steps of the California Capitol building. Slim's Miami-based subsidiary, TracFone Wireless Inc., on...
Tags: Lobbying, Career and Workplace, Mexico, Bill Gates, Carlos Slim
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Patient care workers set to start walkout at five UC hospitals
Respiratory therapists, nursing aides, surgical technicians and other patient care workers plan to stage a walkout starting Tuesday morning at five University of California medical centers. More than 12,000 workers from the American Federation of State,...Tags: Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Chemotherapy, Justice System, Science and Technology
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Senators press forward on immigration bill
WASHINGTON – Senators are pushing forward on changes to a sweeping immigration overhaul, preparing to vote the bill out of the Judiciary Committee before Congress adjourns for the Memorial Day recess. The bill largely has withstood the assaults of...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Memorial Day, U.S. Congress, Immigration, Jeff Sessions
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Federal immigration services union joins opposition to bill
WASHINGTON – A labor union that represents federal officers who vet immigration applications has decided to oppose the immigration overhaul winding through the Senate, saying provisions in the bill could lead to fraud. The proposed legislation...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Migration
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Union of federal workers opposes immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Senators pushed forward Monday with changes to a sweeping immigration overhaul over the objections of a union of immigration officers that announced its opposition to the bill. The legislation, written by a bipartisan group of...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Justice and Rights, U.S. Congress
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Newton R. Russell dies at 85; veteran state legislator
Newton R. Russell, a veteran state senator known as an expert on California's complex public pension system and a stickler for upholding legislative rules, died Saturday of lung cancer at his La Cañada Flintridge home, his family said. He was 85. A...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Career and Workplace, Richard Nixon, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Lung Cancer
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Conservatives, tea party leaders seek to block immigration bill
WASHINGTON – Top conservative leaders, along with tea party activists from across the nation, have crafted a letter of opposition to the Senate’s bipartisan immigration overhaul. The open letter to the Senate, which will be released Tuesday,...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Chuck Schumer, Laura Ingraham, Justice and Rights
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