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Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti dash across L.A. to shore up support
After remarks by Magic Johnson and U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, it was Wendy Greuel's turn to remind a few dozen black supporters at a South L.A. rally on Saturday that African Americans could swing the mayoral election Greuel's way on Tuesday. "They always...
Tags: Family Planning, Magic Johnson, Politics, Parties and Movements, Los Angeles Lakers
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Greuel casts herself as an underdog; Garcetti shuns overconfidence
After remarks by Magic Johnson and Rep. Maxine Waters, it was Wendy Greuel’s turn to remind a few dozen black supporters at a South L.A. rally on Saturday that African Americans could swing the mayoral election her way on Tuesday. “They...
Tags: Family Planning, Magic Johnson, Eric Garcetti, Politics, Planned Parenthood
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Eric Garcetti ad attacks Wendy Greuel as 'the DWP's mayor'
This post has been updated and corrected. See the notes below for details.Just a little more than two weeks before the Los Angeles mayoral election, candidate Eric Garcetti is redoubling his attack on rival Wendy Greuel with a television ad that calls her “the DWP’s mayor” and asks viewers: “How much...Tags: Barack Obama, Eric Garcetti, Advertising, Politics, Local Elections
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Labor money starts flowing in for Garcetti
Organized labor's lopsided support for Wendy Greuel in the Los Angeles mayor's race has started shifting as unions begin pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into an independent campaign backing her rival, Eric Garcetti. The $300,000 in new labor...
Tags: Public Employees, Los Angeles International Airport, Labor Disputes, Politics, Career and Workplace
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Ports of L.A., Long Beach warn of delays if sequestration occurs
Operations at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach may slow if automatic spending cuts go into effect Friday, port officials said, as fewer U.S. customs officers would delay the flow of international cargo through the massive sea ports. Officials...
Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Career and Workplace, U.S. Congress, Anheuser-Busch, Government Debt
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Clerks at L.A., Long Beach ports finally ratify labor accord
Members of a small clerks union said Thursday they had agreed to a contract with employers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, taking the potential for fresh strikes at the busy harbors off the table. Representatives for both sides released a...
Tags: Employment, Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Strikes
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Is another strike looming for the ports of L.A. and Long Beach?
Bargaining units for a clerical workers' union rejected a tentative labor agreement this week that that ended an eight-day strike that shut down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach late last year. The tentative contract, announced Dec. 4, intially...
Tags: Shipping Service, Career and Workplace, Strikes, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, National Retail Federation
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National Retail Federation applauds tentative ports labor pact
The National Retail Federation is applauding a tentative contract agreement between the union that represents 14 East Coast and Gulf coast seaports and an alliance of shipping lines, terminal operators and port associations. The Federal Mediation and...
Tags: Walmart, National Retail Federation
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Despite strike, Port of Los Angeles posts busiest year since 2007
The nation's busiest container seaport shrugged off an eight-day strike and a very slow December to post its third-best year for cargo volume, port officials said. The Port of Los Angeles handled just 588,154 containers in December, down 9.4% from...
Tags: Port of Long Beach, Walmart, Fiscal Cliff, Port of Los Angeles
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Contract talks between dockworkers, management break down
Talks have broken down between the union representing nearly 15,000 East Coast and Gulf longshoremen and the group representing shippers and port operators, with little more than a week to go before their contract expires.
Meeting Tuesday in Newark, N.J....Tags: Barack Obama, Shipping Service, Unions, Port of Baltimore, Career and Workplace
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