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'Domestic tranquillity'
This has rarely been a tranquil nation. Born in revolution, tested by civil war, energized by protest, the United States has survived turmoil even as it has pursued its constitutional mandate to ensure tranquillity. Today, that elusive sense of domestic...Tags: Career and Workplace, Local Government, Republican Party, Poverty, Christopher Dodd
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Democrats savor power for a year but end it feeling unfulfilled
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersCongressional Democrats ended their first year in control of Congress in more than a decade Wednesday, approving a $555-billion government spending measure that gave President Bush $70 billion for an Iraq war they had promised to end. And underscoring...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Iraq, Republican Party, Energy Saving, National Government
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Primary colors
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Amoskeag Strummers had their banjos in hand, the Shriners were standing by their little red cars and the parade was about to begin. Then, across the lawn and into this classic New England small-town scene strode a tall, slim, implausibly handsome...Tags: Iraq, Nikon Corp, Republican Party, Norman Rockwell, Christopher Dodd
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Unions join to organize carwash workers
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTwo of the nation's largest unions formally announced a campaign to organize Southern California's 18,000 carwash workers and offered consumers recommendations on how to avoid carwashes that violate minimum wage laws. "We will do whatever it takes to...Tags: Crimes, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Consumers, Business
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Tuesday's Democratic National Convention schedule
TELEVISION COVERAGE: The network news channels (ABC, CBS, NBC) will offer nightly prime-time coverage of the convention from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The cable news channels (MSNBC, CNN, Fox) will broadcast live from Denver and offer round-the-clock coverage....Tags: Barbara Boxer, Government, Ted Strickland, Franklin Pierce, Janet Napolitano
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Decisions of Long Ago Shape the Union Today
Times Staff WriterIn the winter of 1977, at the height of his union's power, Cesar Chavez summoned the leaders of the United Farm Workers to a mountain retreat in the Sierra foothills. They found themselves in an ultra-clean compound where recovering drug addicts with...Tags: Demonstration, Career and Workplace, Collective Contract, Contracts, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Edwards' populism is a risky bet
Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON -- When Elaine Ellis began her rounds as a New York nursing assistant one morning this spring, she had an improbable companion: John Edwards, the Democratic presidential candidate, who had accepted a union invitation to spend the day with a...Tags: Polls, Demonstration, Career and Workplace, Poverty, Barack Obama
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Los Angeles delegation to Israel
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFrom the mayor's office: Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa; Daniel Grunfeld, deputy chief of staff of policy; Nancy Sutley, deputy mayor for energy and environment; Dario Gomez, director of international trade; Celine Cordero, associate director of the Office...Tags: Dennis P. Zine, Corporate Officers, Jack Weiss, Judaism, Israel
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Labor's time has come, but trouble stirs within
With a Democratic majority in Congress, an economy in meltdown and what many see as the most labor-friendly White House in generations, unions would seem to be poised for a comeback. Experts say they are at a defining moment to rebuild their forces by...Tags: Career and Workplace, Barack Obama, Harvard University, White House, Employees
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U.S. Labor Department adopts tougher financial disclosure rules for unions
The federal government has adopted new financial disclosure rules for labor organizations that officials say would help expose the sort of corruption allegedly found in the largest California chapter of the Service Employees International Union. The U.S....Tags: Career and Workplace, Government, Barack Obama, Labor Legislation, Heads of State
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Clinton's free-trade advocacy is hitting labor where it lives
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTo many labor unions and high-tech workers, the Indian giant Tata Consultancy Services is a serious threat -- a company that has helped move U.S. jobs to India while sending thousands of foreign workers on temporary visas to the United States. So when...Tags: Career and Workplace, Science and Technology, National Government, Corporate Crime, Government
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At Wal-Mart, Clinton didn't upset any carts
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAt a Democratic presidential debate last month, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton described Wal-Mart, the world's largest retail company, as a "mixed blessing." She spoke from experience. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: An article on May 19, 2007,...Tags: Career and Workplace, Justice System, Republican Party, Energy Saving, Christopher Dodd
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