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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, Justice System, Science and Technology, Pension and Welfare
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Court limits number who can strike at UC medical centers
A Sacramento County Superior Court judge ruled Monday that about 450 employees cannot participate in this week's planned walkout at the University of California medical centers. The unions must maintain a minimum level of staffing among certain units,...Tags: AFSCME, Medical Specialization, Career and Workplace, Heart Problems, Crime, Law and Justice
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UC hospital strikers' numbers to be decided by court
Patient care workers at the University of California's medical centers plan to stage a two-day strike next week, but the number taking part will be decided Monday in Sacramento County Superior Court. A judge is expected to rule on a request for a...Tags: AFSCME, Career and Workplace, Healthcare Contract Issues, Hospitals and Clinics, Healthcare Policies
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Facing walkout, UC medical centers canceling elective surgeries
SACRAMENTO — Facing a possible two-day strike next week by patient care and technical workers, the five large University of California medical centers are starting to cancel elective surgeries that had been scheduled as soon as Monday, officials...
Tags: AFSCME, Career and Workplace, Health Treatments, Interior Policy, Hospitals and Clinics
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Hunger strike, Yemeni dilemma could spur Guantanamo closure plans
A 100-day-old hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected terrorists has agitated international human rights advocates anew, prompting fresh calls worldwide for closure of the detention center that President Obama vowed to shutter more than...
Tags: Arabian Peninsula, Career and Workplace, Barack Obama, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Government
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Court will decide how many UC workers can strike
Patient care workers at the University of California’s medical centers plan to stage a two-day strike next week, but the number taking part will be decided Monday in Sacramento County Superior Court. A judge is expected to rule on a request for...
Tags: Mike Feuer, AFSCME, Career and Workplace, Hospitals and Clinics, Healthcare Policies
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Greek government orders teachers not to strike
ATHENS -- Greece’s ruling coalition threatened Monday to arrest public high school teachers if they walk off work later this week, a strike that would potentially disrupt university-entrance exams for thousands of students. But the government's...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, National Government, Career and Workplace, Civil and Public Service, Teaching and Learning
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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: AFSCME, Police Arrests, Career and Workplace, Hospitals and Clinics, Labor Disputes
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Union for UC patient-care workers authorizes strike for May 21, 22
The union representing nearly 13,000 University of California patient-care workers announced plans Friday to strike later this month, but UC officials said they would seek a restraining order to prevent any such action. The American Federation of State,...Tags: AFSCME, Employees, Career and Workplace, Unions, Interior Policy
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Jerry Brown urges UC to stress graduating students in 4 years
SACRAMENTO — The graduation rates of UC students came under more scrutiny Wednesday as Gov. Jerry Brown urged administrators and faculty to prod more undergraduates to earn a degree in four years, not six. Brown recently proposed giving UC and Cal...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Personal Income, Regional Authority, Pension and Welfare, Government
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Federal appeals court strikes down union notification requirement
WASHINGTON — Employers cannot be required to post a notice that tells their workers they have a right to join a union and bargain for better wages, a federal appeals court ruled in the latest setback for the National Labor Relations Board. The so-...
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McManus: Obama's Gitmo woes
President Obama sounded genuinely outraged last week when he talked about the Kafkaesque situation at the Guantanamo prison camp, where the United States has been holding 166 men without trial for terms that are, at this point, officially endless. "It's...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, FBI, Career and Workplace, David Petraeus, Lindsey O. Graham
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