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State court denies Costa Mesa's outsourcing appeal
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a petition to hear Costa Mesa's appeal on an injunction barring its outsourcing plan, court records show. Both labor and city leaders predict the decision will have wide ranging implications for the state'...Tags: Judges, Employees, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Career and Workplace
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Professor pleads not guilty to arson plot
A UC Irvine professor accused of plotting to set his late son's school on fire pleaded not guilty in a Newport Beach courtroom Wednesday morning. Rainer Reinscheid, 48, of Irvine, faces nine felony counts, including arson of a structure, attempted...
Tags: Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, University of California, Irvine, Misdemeanors
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Court upholds Costa Mesa injunction
An injunction prohibiting the city of Costa Mesa from outsourcing services to the private sector will remain in place until an employee lawsuit is resolved, a three-judge panel ruled Friday. William Bedsworth, Eileen Moore and Richard Aronson from the...Tags: Labor Markets, Layoffs and Downsizing, Employees, Business Enterprises, Trials
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City Life: Unions refuse to change with times
U.S. banker J.P. Morgan was the perfect bad guy: big, bloated and rarely without a fat Cuban cigar. In 1902, 140,000 members of the United Mine Workers of America toiling in Pennsylvania's coal mines went on strike for higher wages and better conditions....Tags: Mining, Employees, Metal and Mineral, Labor Legislation, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Brighter days ahead for Daye
Turns out Austin Daye has a little more time on his hands these days than he expected.
The former Woodbridge High basketball star is now an NBA player locked out by the league along with all the league's players because of a labor dispute. But Daye,...Tags: National Basketball Association, Malcolm Lee, Athletes, Strikes, Austin Daye
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Chicago sports — all the darn time
It's spring and the Hawks, Bulls (at least at this writing), Cubs, Sox and Fire are all playing. Two traditionally winter sports and three spring/summer/fall sports are involved in nonstop action on a daily basis. And, it's mid-May for goodness sake....
Tags: NBA Playoffs, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Blackhawks, Lobbying, World Series
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13 healthcare workers arrested in protest at UC regents meeting
SACRAMENTO -- Thirteen people were arrested Wednesday at the UC regents meeting during a sit-down protest by healthcare workers threatening to strike at the system's medical centers. The University of California regents left during the protest while...
Tags: Police Arrests, Hospitals and Clinics, Strikes, AFSCME, Career and Workplace
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Nuking the filibuster
In requiring the U.S. Senate to confirm presidential appointments, the Constitution aims to ensure a second level of scrutiny of the qualifications of government officials. But Senate Republicans have hijacked the confirmation process, not only to...
Tags: Work Relations, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, Elections
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Federal appeals court strikes down union notification requirement
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court here struck down Tuesday a rule that would have required more than 6 million private employers to post notices telling workers of their right to join a union. The decision is the latest setback for unions and the...Tags: Labor Markets, Justice and Rights, Media Industry, Work Relations, Employment Opportunities
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Edgar Allan Jones Jr. dies at 92; law professor played judge on TV courtroom shows
The TV career of Edgar Allan Jones Jr. began with a phone call in early 1958 from a producer who needed to cast someone knowledgeable about the law. Although Jones taught law full time at UCLA, he was nervous at the prospect of auditioning: His only...
Tags: Entertainment, Teaching and Learning, University of California, Los Angeles, ABC (tv network), Colleges and Universities
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NLRB compelled speech edict overturned with Lehigh Valley businessman's help
The so-called labor movement in America has been disappearing and now serves only the interests of union bosses and the politicians they prop up, so desperate measures were considered necessary to keep the useless corpse breathing. One attempt at...
Tags: Work Relations, Roy Afflerbach, Human Interest, Employees, Parties and Movements
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Betrayed? Citizen soldiers lose jobs; U.S. government biggest offender
The jobs of the nation's citizen soldiers are supposed to be safe while they are serving their country: Federal law does not allow employers to penalize service members because of their military duties. Yet every year, thousands of National Guard and...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Verizon Communications, Afghanistan, Walmart, Employment
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