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The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Kevin Leininger column
The News-SentinelIt took Bill Bean just one meeting to realize that the system he had been appointed to enforce deserves to be repealed instead. So Bean, a successful commercial real estate broker and developer who wields considerable clout among Republican bigwigs, has...Tags: Politics, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, ABC (tv network), Justice System
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Prison for Yuba City union official, wife
Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.A Yuba City union manager and his wife were sentenced to prison in federal court in Sacramento on Friday for misappropriating at least $120,000. U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. sentenced Robert L. Carr, 58, to two years and six months in...Tags: U.S. Department of Labor, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Credit and Debt, Career and Workplace
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Labor group won't back away from campaign mailer
The most powerful labor organization in Los Angeles refused Friday to back away from a campaign mailer in which it urges voters to support Wendy Greuel for mayor because she "will raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour." Even though Greuel has said she...
Tags: Los Angeles Hotels, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Herb Wesson, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Lobbyist spending down in 2013
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.Although lobbyists spent more than a quarter-million dollars during the first four months of 2013, they tightened their purse strings a bit compared to last year. Lobbyists spent about $280,825 during the first quarter of 2013, according to documents...Tags: Politics, Elections, Greenbrier, Lobbying, Religion and Belief
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Minnesota minimum wage hits roadblock in Legislature
Star TribuneLow-wage workers hoping for a boost in the minimum wage may be out of luck. After meeting with Gov. Mark Dayton on Thursday morning, DFL legislative leaders emerged saying they simply could not bridge their differences on how much the wage floor...Tags: Government, Politics, Elections, Mark Dayton
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Frontier workers rally before contract talks
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- About 150 members of the Communications Workers of America and other unions rallied in front of Frontier Communications offices in Kanawha City on Thursday to support upcoming contract negotiations. Many CWA workers wore red T-...Tags: UPS Inc., Career and Workplace, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Verizon Communications
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Seneca Valley knocks out Rebels
Thursday, May 16, 2013 PREP BASEBALL GERMANTOWN, Md. — Second-seeded Seneca Valley erased a 2-0 deficit with four runs in the bottom of the first on Thursday en route to an 8-4 win over South Hagerstown in a Maryland Class 3A West semifinal....Tags: Francis Scott Key, Charles Johnson (football, defensive end), Sports, Track and Field, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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White-collar workers are turning to labor unions
NEW YORK — The next wave of union protesters isn't blue collar. It's lawyers, paralegals, secretaries, helicopter pilots, judges, insurance agents and podiatrists. These white-collar workers are not exactly the picture of the labor movement, but...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges, Employment Opportunities, Labor Legislation
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Milwaukee protests focus on improving food workers' low wages
Milwaukee Journal SentinelFast-food and other retail workers making as little as $7.25 an hour staged a one-day strike for higher wages at what organizers said were dozens of restaurants and stores around the city, but an industry spokesman said raises for workers would hurt the...Tags: McDonald's, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Career and Workplace, Strikes
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Mayor's race: The real money problem in L.A.
The media coverage and much of the public perception of the Los Angeles mayor's race have relentlessly focused on the money Los Angeles' labor movement is spending to elect Wendy Greuel, and on the wages and benefits of city and other employees that could...
Tags: Social Issues, Politics, Elections, United States Census Bureau, Local Elections
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Democrats circle the wagons against 'Family Fun Tax' foes
Las Vegas SunDemocratic lawmakers showed little restraint when opponents of Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick's admissions tax took to the microphone Tuesday to beg for exemptions to the 8 percent levy she wants to assess on nearly all forms of recreation. In the first...Tags: Entertainment Events, Bars and Clubs, Politics, Parties and Movements, NASCAR
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Unions protest over potential sale of L.A. Times to Koch brothers
About 300 labor union members and other activists staged a demonstration to protest the potential sale of the Los Angeles Times to the politically conservative Koch brothers. Demonstrators marched outside the downtown L.A. headquarters of Oaktree...
Tags: Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, David Koch, Employees
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May 15, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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