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Council did what it had to do
The Glendale City Council did what it had to do (“Council imposes union contract,” May 8), in line with treatment of other represented city employee groups. In the big picture, labor unions are just about the only institutions opposing the...Tags: Career and Workplace
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After impasse with IBEW, Glendale City Council imposes pay cut on utility workers
More than 200 Glendale Water & Power employees and their union comrades packed City Hall Tuesday night to protest a contract that cuts their pay by 1.75%. Despite the showing, the City Council — unable to reach a deal with the International...
Tags: Government, Healthcare Contract Issues, Politics, Career and Workplace, Justice System
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Ron Kaye: Standing up to the town bully
The sparse front page of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18 website expresses exactly the message Brian D'Arcy wants his members to get: Rotating photos of protesting workers waving "A DEAL IS A DEAL" signs. It also features...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Robert J. Lopez, Blackmail and Extortion, Unions, Wage Contract Issues
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Pension reform leads issues at candidate forum
City pensions and looming electricity rate increases were front and center Saturday as 10 of the 13 candidates for City Council faced off at the first election forum of the campaign season. In front of about 80 people at the Oakmont Country Club,...
Tags: Healthcare Contract Issues, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Political Fundraising, Politics
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Employees protest planned layoffs at Glendale Memorial Hospital
Nurses, technicians and other employees gathered outside Glendale Memorial Hospital Thursday morning to protest planned layoffs. The hospital last week announced plans to layoff an undetermined number of employees, citing an increase in the number of...
Tags: Healthcare Contract Issues, Google+, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics
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Bloated pensions dragging us down
Many safety personnel have salaries of more than $100,000 and $200,000 plus as their final pay at retirement. Union contracts in the cities of Glendale, Burbank and Pasadena allow public safety to retire after 30 years at age 50 or 55 with 90% of their...Tags: Government, Politics, Career and Workplace, Pension and Welfare, Safety of Citizens
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Glendale Unified's budget shortfalls are ongoing
Having been put on notice by Los Angeles County education officials, Glendale Unified faces some “tough choices” in the months to come as it confronts a yawning budget deficit, Supt. Dick Sheehan warned recently. Speaking to the board of...Tags: Environmental Issues, Teaching and Learning, Healthcare Contract Issues, Budgets and Budgeting, Jerry Brown
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Glendale sued over claims that it underpaid for mudslide repair work
The insurer of a construction company hired to repair Glendale slopes after the 2005 mudslide has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against the city, claiming the contractor was underpaid for excavation work that turned out to be much more intensive than...
Tags: Breach of Contract, Work Rules Contract Issues, Career and Workplace, Corporate Crime, Justice System
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Glendale Water & Power layoffs under fire
Two Glendale Water & Power employees who received notices in the latest round of layoffs last week blamed city officials on Tuesday for making bad decisions when it came to the suffering utility. And one said he was targeted for being outspoken about...
Tags: Google+, Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Job Layoffs, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Drayman agrees to pay $15K for condo work
Former City Councilman John Drayman this week agreed to pay $15,000 over 15 years to settle a lawsuit filed by a firm that claimed it was underpaid for remodeling work done on his condominium. The settlement reached Tuesday is far less than the $98,...
Tags: Laws, Work Rules Contract Issues, Economy, Business and Finance, Judges, Companies and Corporations
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Glendale, Pasadena stand up to California
Nine cities, including Glendale and Pasadena, filed a lawsuit this week in an effort to force the state to make good on millions of dollars for local officials to pay down debt and other obligations left over by the dissolution of local redevelopment...
Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Career and Workplace, Job Layoffs, Wage Contract Issues
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First board meeting exposes lingering rifts over wind-down of redevelopment
Tensions were high Thursday at the first meeting of the committee charged with guiding the dissolution of Glendale’s redevelopment agency. Board members were befuddled by their role and were unsure if they had the expertise to make decisions...Tags: Government, The Walt Disney Co., Politics, Career and Workplace, Wage Contract Issues
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