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Ron Kaye: Working for the union or fighting it
In Glendale, utility workers found their paychecks a little smaller last week — the price of the inability of their union, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 18, to negotiate an initial contract two years after winning the...
Tags: Investments, Blackmail and Extortion, Wage Contract Issues, Collective Contract, Patt Morrison
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Glendale to avoid layoffs in closing $1.2 million budget gap
Glendale officials plan to close a $1.2 million budget gap for next fiscal year without reducing staff or using money put aside for police vacancies. Compared to budget gaps of $15.4 million and $18 million, respectively, over the past two years, the...Tags: Job Layoffs, Unemployment, Budgets and Budgeting, Layoffs and Downsizing, Arts and Culture
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Nothing wrong with double-dipping
Re: the letter to the editor, “Angry at DePompa’s double-dip,” April 10. There is nothing inherently wrong in deciding to cease working every day but still continue to work part-time for your former employer, whether private or...Tags: Retirement Planning Services, Career and Workplace
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Judge rules in favor of JPL scientists disciplined for emails sent from work accounts
Scientists and engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory were unfairly disciplined for sending emails about a U.S. Supreme Court decision involving background checks at the agency, a judge has ruled. The ruling comes after the JPL employees...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, NASA, Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ron Kaye: It's time for divisions to cease
In the dismal Los Angeles election cycle that mercifully concluded on May 21, much was made about the lack of women in high places if Wendy Greuel didn't win the mayor's race. Greuel herself played the gender card over and over, with pictures of her...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Local Elections, Wendy Greuel, Bill Clinton, Slavery
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Glendale receives AAA rating
Wall Street's biggest credit rating agency, Standard & Poor's, has affirmed Glendale's AAA rating, citing the city's strong financial performance and management practices. The stable outlook puts Glendale's credit worthiness higher than that of the...Tags: Credit and Debt, Automotive Equipment, Minor League Baseball, Manufacturing and Engineering, Economy, Business and Finance
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News-Press Editorial: GWP contract the right move to make
This week, more than two years after engaging in good-faith contract talks with the L.A.-based International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18, the union representing employees of Glendale Water & Power, the city of Glendale pulled the plug on...
Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Unions
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Glendale City Council may impose labor contract on IBEW
After more than two years of contract talks, the Glendale City Council on Tuesday may impose a labor agreement on the union representing Glendale Water & Power employees. On the council’s agenda is an item to “unilaterally implement”...Tags: Employees, Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace
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Glendale celebrates legacy of Cesar Chavez
For South Pasadena attorney Ruben Duran, images of civil rights leader Cesar Chavez bring to mind his father. Much like Chavez, Duran’s father worked in manual labor and taught him the value of hard work. Duran pushed through years of schooling...
Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Career and Workplace
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IBEW appeals to judge
The union representing Glendale Water & Power employees has filed a lawsuit asking a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge to order stakeholders to assign mediators to help resolve a months-long contract dispute. The Public Employee Relations Board, a...Tags: Public Officials, Justice System, Judges, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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No need for Glendale school board changes
The race for Glendale school board looks like a power grab to me. Why else would anyone want to unseat any of the three outstanding incumbents who are running to serve us again? Let me start with this alarm — Jennifer Freemon is backed by the...Tags: Politics, Career and Workplace, Elections
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Protesters take on Nestlé at U.S. headquarters in Glendale
Oxfam America, a national relief and development organization, came to Glendale Friday to ask Nestlé if the company weighs its profits over the welfare of women. Protesters erected a 15-foot-high “Scales of Justice” structure in front of...
Tags: Oxfam America, Career and Workplace
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