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Greuel to explore pension changes for existing city employees, backer says
L.A. NOWA co-chairman of Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel’s mayoral campaign told business leaders Wednesday that his candidate will explore an increase in the retirement age for current city workers. A day before she is set to meet with the...... -
Could Wendy Greuel's love affair with labor backfire in Valley?
The long-running love-in between Wendy Greuel and public employee unions continued Tuesday, with the mayoral candidate from the San Fernando Valley bagging an endorsement from the powerful Los Angeles County Federation of Labor. Which raises a question:...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Parties and Movements, Scott Walker, Kevin James, Woody Guthrie
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Headed for May 21 runoff, Greuel gets influential labor backing
L.A. NOWStanding aside L.A. trash collectors and machinists, mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel accepted the endorsement of a powerful city workers union the morning after she won a spot in the May 21 runoff.... -
California's sad pension saga
When California's government employee pension system was established in 1932, it was a model of restraint. Private-sector pensions were still rare then, but California lawmakers had a particular reason for wanting a public-sector pension system: Without...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, California Public Employees' Retirement System, Government
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Will California state workers get a big salary bump?
SACRAMENTO -- Now that the state is no longer in the grips of a budget crisis, public employee unions are optimistic that they finally have some leverage to negotiate a raise. Will Gov. Jerry Brown hold the line on spending, as he has vowed, and keep...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Employees, Jerry Brown, Government, Jeff Gorell
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Union chief is wired into City Hall
If you bumped into the guy, you probably wouldn't recognize him. Chances are, you've never even heard of him. But he's one of the most powerful players in Los Angeles politics, and he's swinging for the fences again, using his considerable clout to...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Local Elections, Jan Perry, Antonio Villaraigosa, Renewable Energy
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Mayoral candidates making budget statements, but nothing adds up
You're six months behind on the mortgage. Your credit cards are maxed out. Your small business is treading water. Meanwhile, a tree has fallen on the roof of the office, the parking lot is full of potholes, and you've promised raises to employees, along...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Arts, Kevin James, Budgets and Budgeting, Jan Perry
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Beutner hears no 'answer' to budget deficit from mayoral candidates
L.A. NOWAt a forum in the San Fernando Valley, the top five candidates for L.A. mayor were repeatedly pressed for specifics on that point by Austin Beutner, who served as first deputy mayor until mid-2011.... -
L.A. mayor candidates tone it down for radio debate
L.A. NOWThe leading candidates for L.A. mayor have dialed up their rhetoric as a March 5 primary draws closer, but they are still little known to a large number of voters in the city and remain determined to make a good first impression.... -
Greuel gets top internal ranking from key City Hall union
L.A. NOWThe powerful Service Employees International Union quizzed mayoral candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti at a town hall-style meeting Tuesday, but did not reach a consensus on whom to recommend for the group's much-coveted endorsement. But Greuel... -
Degree of L.A.'s fiscal problems splits mayoral candidates
A virtual unknown straining to make his mark in the race for mayor of Los Angeles offered an alarming assessment of the city's finances. "We are actually on the brink of bankruptcy," Emanuel Pleitez, a tech executive and former aide to Mayor Antonio...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Career and Workplace, Local Elections, Healthcare Contract Issues, Government
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Obama's gift to pay-frozen federal workers: Take Christmas Eve off
WASHINGTON -- 'Twas the day before Christmas and all across the federal government, workers were enjoying an extra day off after President Obama issued an executive order closing offices Monday and excusing all but postal service employees from duty....
Tags: Career and Workplace, Holidays, Government, Barack Obama, Security Measures
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