Collective Contract

People often forget that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in Memphis, Tenn., while he was standing in solidarity with sanitation workers as they sought justice in their workplace. I could think of no better way to honor his legacy than by...

COSTA MESA — At the Costa Mesa Taxpayers Assn. meeting meant to inform the public about a proposed city charter, audience members also got an earful of anti-union rhetoric. Nearly 100 audience members gathered at the Neighborhood Community Center...

So what is so worrisome about the Costa Mesa City Charter that Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer proposed about midnight at the Dec. 6 City Council meeting with few citizens left in attendance to comment? The charter is written by one councilman for the...

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The Los Angeles Police Protective League put big bucks behind Joe Buscaino in the Nov. 8 City Council primary, but in the runoff it's got company: The union leaders of rank-and-file Department of Water and Power employees are behind an......

If you've been following the Chopping Block all day Thursday, you likely saw this post from this morning questioning what West Virginia's Orange Bowl romp over Clemson would mean to Florida State. Well, scrap that post. OK, don't scrap it. At least not...

Indiana House Democrats want Hoosiers to decide the fate of a right-to-work bill, not legislators. House Democratic leader Pat Bauer is calling for a statewide referendum to decide if Indiana should ban union contracts that mandate fees from company...

For the first time, Apple listed all 156 of its suppliers and manufacturing partners as a part of its "Supplier Responsibility 2012 Progress Report." The report, which is issued annually, detailed Apple's efforts to monitor its suppliers to make sure...

ToddH zinged me in another comment thread by observing that, if I'm annoyed with Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum et. al for their constant over-the-top bleating that the very soul of America is at stake in the November election, I should......

A deeply divided Downers Grove Village Council recently voted to approve a three-year contract with the village’s firefighters union that will give firefighters a 1 …...

In The fight to save the American dream It's not "class warfare." People have just realized how extreme inequality is wrecking our country, Bill Moyers and Michael Winship argue: If you get sick without health coverage, inequality matters. If you’...

Legislators learned Monday that the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources is once again getting all of the tax revenue that it should from the state Department of Revenue. That was the good news.  But the lawmakers also heard that a new...