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L.A. firefighters vote against more dues for political campaigns
Members of the union representing Los Angeles firefighters voted down a proposal to increase dues to finance aggressive political campaigns, union leaders said Tuesday. The leadership of United Firefighters of Los Angeles City wanted members to pay...
Tags: Politics, Voting, Unions, Elections, Career and Workplace
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Union blocks access to video calling for more money for campaigns
The Los Angeles firefighters union has blocked public access to a video that shows union leaders calling for more aggressive political campaigns to protect members' pensions. Hours after The Times reported on the video, United Firefighters of Los...Tags: Politics, Unions, Elections, Career and Workplace
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L.A. council finds funds to reverse Fire Dept. staffing shift
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to provide $1.6 million to reverse a controversial new staffing plan at the Fire Department, handing a victory to the employee union that had branded it as unsafe. Over the weekend, the department began...
Tags: Politics, Unions, Paul Krekorian, Elections, Career and Workplace
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L.A. firefighter union urges higher dues for political campaigns
Leaders of the Los Angeles city firefighters' union are urging their members to finance aggressive new political campaigns, saying their salaries are vulnerable and retirement benefits are "under siege." In a video posted on YouTube, United Firefighters...
Tags: Politics, Unions, Elections, Career and Workplace
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DWP union is a big donor in mayor's race, its members get big pay
Employees at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, whose union is the single biggest contributor in the current mayoral race, earned average total pay of nearly $100,000 in 2011, according to a Times analysis of the most recent publicly available...
Tags: Politics, Career and Workplace, Local Elections, Government, Public Employees
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Donald Richie dies at 88; interpreted Japan for the West
Donald Richie, an American expatriate in Japan who became that country's preeminent Western interpreter, explaining its culture — from cinema to Zen to tattoos — in books and essays that illuminated the author's psyche as much as that of his...
Tags: Authors, Arts and Culture, Japan, Literature, Igor Stravinsky
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Peru: $699 round trip to Lima on LAN
If you want to use Lima as a jumping-off point for adventures in Peru, LAN is offering a $699 round trip, including all taxes and fees, from LAX. It is subject to availability, and you must stay over a Saturday night. Maximum stay is three months. The...
Tags: Travel, Peru, Trips and Vacations, Networking
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LAFD 911 center concerns will be addressed, Villaraigosa says
L.A. NOWConcerns raised by a top commander about a major staffing change at the Los Angeles Fire Department's 911 call center need to be addressed before the change is approved, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Tuesday.... -
Connecticut shooting: Nation grieves as funerals for 6-year-olds begin
NEWTOWN, Conn. – This shattered town prepared on Monday to begin burying the dead from one of the country’s worst mass shootings as the nation fought to overcome days of anguish. Christmas decorations have given way to impromptu roadside...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Family, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Teachers
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‘Dance Central 3′ vs. ‘Just Dance 4′: Which one has the right stuff?
Hero Complex - movies, comics, fanboy fare - latimes.comDancing is important. Why just this week the American Assn. for the Advancement of Science unveiled the latest winner of ...... -
Singer Chavela Vargas 'had the public at her feet'
World NowThe sense of sadness over Chavela Vargas' death seems almost odd. The singer, who passed away on Sunday in Cuernavaca, lived to be 93, surviving many contemporaries from decades ago when Vargas wore men’s clothes, smoked, and carried a pistol in... -
Is Machu Picchu reaching its peak?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAt the top of the mountain, where an attendant will take your $46 ticket, foot traffic is steady and cellphone reception is excellent. At the bottom of the same mountain, the town teems with pizzerias, tourists chatter in half a dozen languages and a...Tags: Arts and Culture, Politics, Yale University, Engineering, Peru
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