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Spending in L.A. mayor's race breaks records
Spending in the hotly contested two-year race for Los Angeles mayor exceeded $33 million on Saturday, breaking previous records as unlimited outside money continued to play a dominant role in Tuesday's contest. Candidate super PACs and so-called...
Tags: AEG, Eric Garcetti, Jose Huizar, Elections, Wendy Greuel
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'Living wage' at issue in L.A. mayoral campaign
The pickup truck tooled around Highland Park on Saturday morning, loudspeakers in back crooning in Spanish: "Wendy, la Wendy. We're gonna vote. $15 an hour we'll make. Wendy, la Wendy, we're gonna dance. Eric Garcetti start crying." A political mailer...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Health and Safety at Work, Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles Hotels
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Marvel filming most of latest 'Captain America' movie in L.A.
On the fourth floor of a vacant wing of St. Vincent Medical Center near downtown Los Angeles, some 150 crew members crowded the hallways, joining actors Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson as they prepared to film a scene for "Captain America: The Winter...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, United Kingdom, Sears Holdings Corp., Chris Evans
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'Super PACs' negate spending limits in L.A. mayor's race
Strict limits on campaign contributions imposed by voters nearly three decades ago are crumbling in the Los Angeles mayor's race, with big donors using loosely regulated "super PACs" to help candidates like never before in a citywide election, a Times...
Tags: Freedom of the Press, Realty, Eric Garcetti, Ethics, U.S. Supreme Court
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Julian Burke dies at 85; former MTA chief
Julian Burke, a corporate turnaround expert who brought a steady hand and political savvy to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority when it was teetering financially and facing federal scrutiny for poor bus service across Los Angeles County, died...
Tags: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, Judges
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Labor money starts flowing in for Garcetti
Organized labor's lopsided support for Wendy Greuel in the Los Angeles mayor's race has started shifting as unions begin pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into an independent campaign backing her rival, Eric Garcetti. The $300,000 in new labor...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Labor Disputes, Public Employees, Elections, Wendy Greuel
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Greuel, Garcetti courted big labor group for endorsement
L.A. NOWAs she sought the endorsement of the county’s most influential public employee union Tuesday, mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel dismissed criticism of her backing from organized labor, saying unions are not political "baggage." “When I go out... -
L.A. Votes: Hollywood, Texas billionaire weigh in on mayor's race
L.A. NOWLos Angeles' election day is rapidly approaching. That's clear from the candidates' frenzied schedules, the money pouring into increasingly ubiquitous television campaign ads and the glossy pitches and hit pieces piling into mailboxes.... -
New independent fundraising group backing Garcetti
L.A. NOWThis post has been corrected. See below for details. Supporters of Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti are launching an independent campaign to raise and spend money on his behalf in an effort to even the playing field with his...... -
Poor management, not union intransigence, killed Hostess
Let's get a few things clear. Hostess didn't fail for any of the reasons you've been fed. It didn't fail because Americans demanded more healthful food than its Twinkies and Ho-Hos snack cakes. It didn't fail because its unions wanted it to die. It...
Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Bankruptcy, Employment Opportunities, Marketing
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SCLA soft drink plant workers stay non-union
Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.Dr Pepper Snapple Group employees at the Southern California Logistics Airport voted against union representation last week, according to the Los Angeles regional office for the National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB regional office told the Daily...Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Work Relations, Elections, Politics
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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: Career and Workplace, AFL-CIO, UPS Inc., Verizon Communications
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