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Green jobs grants for California
GreenspaceThe U.S. Department of Labor doled out nearly $5.5 million in grants for green-jobs training today, with more than a dozen awards scattered throughout California. The funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will support job-... -
'Green' job training grants from Dept. of Labor: $190 million
Money & CompanyThe Department of Labor released its third group of "green jobs" training grants in as many weeks this morning, this time announcing a pot of nearly $190 million. In 2010 alone, the agency has given out one $150-million cluster and...... -
Mock funeral procession in L.A. seeks to draw attention to worker fatalities
L.A. NOWA mock funeral procession made its way through L.A.âs Pico Union and Koreatown neighborhoods Saturday as part of a âmemorial dayâ rally honoring workers injured or killed in the workplace each year. Labor activists and area unions helped put... -
Battle brewing on the farm: Labor Department gives the green light for new rules for temporary farm workers
Money & CompanyIn a move that is sure to have the agricultural industry grimacing and labor-rights advocates cheering, the Labor Department is reversing a Bush administration rule that allowed farmers an easier path to hiring temporary or seasonal foreign workers. The... -
A disastrous pick for Labor secretary
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney said he's "thrilled." SEIU President Andy Stern said he's "thrilled." Apparently, everyone who happens to run a labor organization feels that Christmas has come a little early this year with President-elect Barack Obama's...Tags: Death, Politics, AFL-CIO, Barack Obama, Career and Workplace
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Patt Morrison: Border Fence Is Borderline Insanity
WHAT, no land mines? If the United States really means business with that fence along the Mexican border, why flinch at installing things that go blooey? If we're going to stop illegal immigrants by taking borderland hundreds of miles long and nearly...Tags: Defense, Politics, Migration, Conservation, Natural Resources
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Passport problems? Call your congressman
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIf you need help with your passport, do not e-mail your congressional representative's office. Call. This list of California House members (with their district number) was compiled using the contact information on each representative's website. --------...Tags: Brad Sherman, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ellen O Tauscher, Tom Lantos, Ken Calvert
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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: Harvard University, Politics, AFL-CIO, Barack Obama, Crimes
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Noel Irwin Hentschel calls on friends to help with China quake aid
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterENTERTAINMENT industry moguls and various local billionaires seem to have two favorite California Republicans: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (of course) and the not as well known but equally liked Noel Irwin Hentschel. This week, the Bel Air entrepreneur...Tags: John McCain, Dino De Laurentiis, Sherry Lansing, China Earthquake (2010), Olivia Newton-John
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Times Staff WriterRead-only summary seames rimmed for web, 76894 Read-only web_hed Passport problems? Call your congressman Read-only dpt_kicker Read-only txt If you need help with your passport, do not e-mail your congressional representative's office. Call. This...Tags: Brad Sherman, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ellen O Tauscher, Tom Lantos, Ken Calvert
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Letters to the editor
Wary of unions Re “Obama picks union-backer for Labor post,” Dec. 19 Let me get something straight here. We are to understand that the autoworkers' unions and management are jointly responsible for the crippling of the U.S. auto industry....Tags: Jerry Brown, Politics, Companies and Corporations, Stock Market, Melissa Gilbert
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L.A.'s wild fringe
Special to The TimesAs a girl growing up in La Puente, Hilda L. Solis would cram into her father's Ford pickup with her six brothers and sisters and drive to the San Gabriel Mountains to escape summer heat. She spent many Saturdays splashing in the east fork of the San...Tags: Politics, Energy Resources, Forestry and Timber, Natural Resources, Land Resources
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