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Pete Wilson endorses in area congressional race
PolitiCalFormer Gov. Pete Wilson endorses former Rep. Steven T. Kuykendall. Rep. Janice Hahn gets more labor endorsements.... -
Lawyers, labor, leaders rally for court funding
Opinion L.A.A campaign by attorneys and labor and business leaders to restore funding to state courts is beginning to get some attention, and it's about time. As The Times notes in an editorial Tuesday, courts stand apart because of their essential...... -
Jerry Brown takes in more cash for his initiative to hike taxes
PolitiCalCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown has reported another $485,000 for his tax-raising measure, bringing the total amount in his campaign account to more than $2.2 million. Brown is seeking to place a measure on the ballot that would raise taxes on...... -
UC and its largest union ratify labor agreement
L.A. NOWUniversity of California and its largest labor union reach agreement on a new labor contract. The union, AFSCME, represents some of the lowest-wage workers at the university system.... -
Firings at L.A. building department are up sharply, G.M. says
L.A. NOWThe L.A. Department of Building and Safety has fired 10 employees for wrongdoing so far this year -- five times the number who lost their jobs for such reasons over the past decade, the agency’s top executive said.... -
Financial arms race underway in Washington
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWhen it comes to money in politics, the new normal is already on vivid display. It could be seen last week in posh restaurants and corporate townhouses on Capitol Hill, where politicians held fundraisers at a record pace. It was evident at Washington's...Tags: Politics, Local Government, Democratic Party, Human Interest, Social Issues
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The electoral clout of public employee unions
Opinion L.A.At the risk of sounding like Juan Williams, I was rattled Friday by the sight of this data point in the Wall Street Journal: The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is now the top-ranked spender on independent...... -
Cartoons: Presidential history lessons
Opinion L.A.There we go again. Cartoonists love to represent the present through presidents pasts. Chip Bok, breaking with the liberal AFL-CIA (Amalgamated Federation of Lithographers, Cartoonists, Illustrators and Animators) quotes FDR against AFSCME. Tony Auth... -
Two L.A. city unions accept employee concessions
L.A. NOWTwo of the four employee groups that rejected Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's plan for worker concessions last month have ratified it on the second go-round -– sparing them from dozens of unpaid days off in the coming year, union...... -
More graduation speakers boycott UC ceremonies
L.A. NOWA labor union's call for graduation speakers to withdraw from the ceremonies at UC campuses is gaining traction. Among several others canceling their speeches, state Sen. Gloria Romero (D-Los Angeles) is dropping out of a commitment to address a... -
Divided L.A. council votes to outsource fire department ambulance billings over union objections
L.A. NOWDespite strenuous objections from one of its employee unions, a divided Los Angeles City Council agreed Tuesday to hire a private company to handle billing for the fire departmentâs ambulance services. On a 9-to-5 vote, the council approved a six-year..... -
CalPERS: a looming disaster?
Today's topic: How much of a fiscal hazard to California does the state's pension system present? Won't CalPERS recover most of the money it has lost this year once the economy recovers?
Without reform, get ready for fiscal disaster Point: Marcia...Tags: Politics, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, Democratic Party, Ronald Reagan
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