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    May 29, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Testing a candidate for L.A. district attorney

    Voters have a right to know whether a candidate for Los Angeles County district attorney changed her testimony under oath to protect her boss. The question concerns Jackie Lacey, the top deputy to incumbent Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley and the person whom The Times has <a href=&quot;http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/13/opinion/la-ed-da-endorsement-20120513">endorsed</a> in the June 5 election to replace him. It is the weak link in Lacey's otherwise stellar record as a prosecutor and administrator, and it tempers our enthusiasm for Lacey, not because we believe she lied under oath &mdash; we don't &mdash; but because it hints at a certain sloppiness that seems out of character for her.
    Voters have a right to know whether a candidate for Los Angeles County district attorney changed her testimony under oath to protect her boss. The question concerns Jackie Lacey, the top deputy to incumbent Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley and the person whom The...

    Tags: Politics, Steve Cooley, Career and Workplace, Justice System, Lawyers

    2. May 28, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Can we all get healthy together?

    No one sees the connection between unhealthy lifestyles and rising medical costs more clearly than healthcare workers, and yet they're hardly models of vim and vigor &mdash; a Thomson Reuters Healthcare report last year found hospital employees to be &quot;generally sicker than the rest of the U.S. workforce." Now the giant healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente and a coalition of unions led by the United Healthcare Workers are trying to tackle this problem. They recently signed a contract that creates a novel incentive for workers to get in better shape, testing the notion that peer pressure may be a more effective way to promote healthy lifestyles than individual rewards or penalties.
    No one sees the connection between unhealthy lifestyles and rising medical costs more clearly than healthcare workers, and yet they're hardly models of vim and vigor — a Thomson Reuters Healthcare report last year found hospital employees to be...

    Tags: Companies and Corporations, Healthcare Industry, Collective Contract, Healthcare Contract Issues, Career and Workplace

    3. May 23, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  3. Activist Dolores Huerta: 50 years of fighting for human rights

    Dolores Huerta runs on righteous ferocity the way cars run on gasoline. The woman who co-founded the United Farm Workers union 50 years ago with Cesar Chavez has harried, prodded, hectored, rallied and protested. She's been arrested more than a score of times, and once, picketing in San Francisco, she was beaten so badly by a police officer that her spleen was ruptured. You'd be hard-pressed to tell, the way she bounces around the Central Valley, a woman on many missions. So, can she stand still next week in Washington long enough for President Obama to present her with the Medal of Freedom, along with honorees such as Toni Morrison, John Glenn and Bob Dylan? <em>S&iacute;, se puede</em>.
    Dolores Huerta runs on righteous ferocity the way cars run on gasoline. The woman who co-founded the United Farm Workers union 50 years ago with Cesar Chavez has harried, prodded, hectored, rallied and protested. She's been arrested more than a score of...

    Tags: Companies and Corporations, Racism, Immigration, Employment, Civil Rights

    4. May 22, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. California relies on oil firms to probe worker's death

    SACRAMENTO — Nearly a year after a Kern County oil worker was sucked underground and boiled to death, state authorities have turned to the two leading oil companies involved in the incident to investigate it. On Monday, the Division of Oil, Gas and...

    Tags: Energy Resources, Politics, Companies and Corporations, Chevron Corp., Oil Spills

    5. May 20, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Chief Deputy D.A. gave conflicting testimony

    Los Angeles County Chief Deputy Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey gave conflicting testimony under oath during two union grievance hearings, attributing the contradiction to being confused and having problems with her blood sugar level, according to transcripts reviewed by The Times.
    Los Angeles County Chief Deputy Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey gave conflicting testimony under oath during two union grievance hearings, attributing the contradiction to being confused and having problems with her blood sugar level, according to transcripts...

    Tags: Politics, Steve Cooley, Career and Workplace, Justice System, Prosecution

    6. May 21, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  6. Newton: A split among Democrats

    Gloria Romero is a Democrat. She was elected to the California Assembly as a Democrat and later to the state Senate. She served as Democratic leader of the Senate, the first woman to do so. Ben Austin is a Democrat too. He worked in the White House under President Clinton and was an ardent supporter of Barack Obama. Both Austin and Romero support reform of the nation's education system, and when Romero helped found an organization to push that effort, she and her co-founders (fellow Democrats) called it Democrats for Education Reform.
    Gloria Romero is a Democrat. She was elected to the California Assembly as a Democrat and later to the state Senate. She served as Democratic leader of the Senate, the first woman to do so. Ben Austin is a Democrat too. He worked in the White House...

    Tags: Politics, Parties and Movements, Career and Workplace, Brian Johnson, Gloria Romero

    7. May 24, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. 2 newspapers sue to get officers' names in UC Davis pepper spraying

    SAN FRANCISCO &mdash; The Los Angeles Times and Sacramento Bee filed suit Wednesday against the University of California Board of Regents, demanding the release of police officers' names removed from a critical report on the controversial pepper spraying of UC Davis students.
    SAN FRANCISCO — The Los Angeles Times and Sacramento Bee filed suit Wednesday against the University of California Board of Regents, demanding the release of police officers' names removed from a critical report on the controversial pepper...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Judges, Litigation and Regulation, Justice System, Litigation

    8. May 23, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Players' union sues the NFL

    The NFL Players Assn. has accused the NFL of putting a secret salary cap in place in the uncapped 2010 season &#8212; a violation of antitrust laws &#8212; and is seeking monetary damages that could climb into the billions.
    The NFL Players Assn. has accused the NFL of putting a secret salary cap in place in the uncapped 2010 season — a violation of antitrust laws — and is seeking monetary damages that could climb into the billions. The union filed suit against...

    Tags: Corporate Crime, Football, National Football League, Career and Workplace, Anti Trust Crime

    9. May 22, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. NFL owners, union at odds over pads

    By the 2013 season, all NFL players will be required to wear knee and thigh pads.
    By the 2013 season, all NFL players will be required to wear knee and thigh pads. Or will they? NFL owners voted Tuesday to make those pads mandatory, but the NFL Players Assn. quickly responded that changes such as those need to be collectively...

    Tags: Roger Goodell, Football, National Football League, Career and Workplace, Washington Redskins

    10. May 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. The teachers union that's failing California

    California's education tailspin has been blamed on class sizes, on the property tax restrictions enforced by Proposition 13, on an influx of Spanish-speaking students. But no portrait of the schools' downfall would be complete without mention of the California Teachers Assn., or CTA, arguably the state's most powerful union and a political behemoth that has blocked meaningful education reform, protected failing and even criminal educators, and pushed for pay raises and benefits that have reached unsustainable levels.
    California's education tailspin has been blamed on class sizes, on the property tax restrictions enforced by Proposition 13, on an influx of Spanish-speaking students. But no portrait of the schools' downfall would be complete without mention of the...

    Tags: Politics, Charity, Career and Workplace, Academic Progress, Voting

    11. May 17, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Review: 'Linthead' an evocative Depression-era tale

    From director to playwright to cast, many of those participating in &ldquo;Linthead,&rdquo; a guest production at Santa Monica Playhouse, are alums of Carnegie Mellon.&nbsp;
    From director to playwright to cast, many of those participating in “Linthead,” a guest production at Santa Monica Playhouse, are alums of Carnegie Mellon.  That collegial camaraderie is evident throughout this flawed but evocative world...

    Tags: Horton Foote, Career and Workplace, Downton Abbey (tv program), James Franco

    12. May 16, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Assessor corruption probe widening, indictments expected, D.A. says

    Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley said Tuesday that the corruption investigation of Assessor John Noguez has grown to include multiple targets and that he intends to seek grand jury indictments in the near future.
    Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley said Tuesday that the corruption investigation of Assessor John Noguez has grown to include multiple targets and that he intends to seek grand jury indictments in the near future. In his first public comments...

    Tags: Politics, Steve Cooley, Career and Workplace, Property Tax, Justice System

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