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Report paints dire picture of teacher pension fund
The pension fund for California teachers and school employees will run out of money by 2044 if lawmakers don't take drastic action, according to a new report from the Legislative Analyst's Office. The report said problems with the pension fund, known as...
Tags: Healthcare Contract Issues, Politics, Jerry Brown, Marketing, Budgets and Budgeting
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Is Prime Healthcare settling scores with union?
In recent years, Prime Healthcare has built a reputation as a take-no-prisoners company willing to run roughshod over patients and employees alike in its quest for profits — $283 million on revenue of $1.6 billion in 2010, according to a financial...
Tags: Unions, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Medicare, Hospitals and Clinics, Career and Workplace
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Speed camera bill up for Senate vote
The state Senate could vote as soon as Tuesday to bar the state and local governments from paying speed camera contractors based on ticket volume and to require that all automated speeding tickets issued in Maryland give drivers enough information to...
Tags: Fines, Martin O'Malley, Parties and Movements, Punishment, Brekford Corp.
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Weeks in review
Change of SubjectA roundup of state and local news-review and weekly political chat shows. Descriptions provided by the broadcast outlets in most cases: Editorial roundtable (Chicago Tribune TV) Kristen McQueary, John McCormick and Paul Weingarten discuss the week's... -
Meet the man who revealed Romney's hidden side
History sometimes has a way of tying itself up with a little bow. That's the way I felt in January when I introduced Scott Prouty, the bartender-turned-videographer who helped sink Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, to Teddy Goff, the 28-year-old...Tags: Media Industry, Mitt Romney, Human Interest, Work Rules Contract Issues, Bain Capital, LLC
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Gambling isn't the solution
The "many [Illinois] legislators [who] would love to pass a gambling bill that they think would bury the pension mess in oodles of new revenue" ("How to expand gambling," Editorial, Mar. 17) should consider the sorry condition of Detroit. Its three...Tags: Marketing, Lifestyle and Leisure, Casino and Gambling Industry, Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance
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Union and Motion Picture & Television Fund reach deal, avert strike
The union representing healthcare workers at the Motion Picture & Television Fund has called off its strike for next week. SEIU-UHW officials had planned to stage a three-day walkout on Monday after contract talks with the fund broke down in a dispute...
Tags: Employees, Politics, Healthcare Contract Issues, Unions, Entertainment
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New South Dakota laws offer protections for farmers selling grain
Throughout 2012, the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission worked with producer and grain buyer groups to develop legislation providing the PUC better tools for evaluating the financial soundness of grain buyers and warehouses in the state. That...Tags: Bankruptcy, Dennis Daugaard, Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance, Crime, Law and Justice
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Sullivan Rejects Anchorage Unions' Pay Freeze Offer
Channel 2 NewsAnchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan rejected several municipal unions’ offer of a one-year pay freeze Thursday, setting the stage for a continuing confrontation over a proposed ordinance that would limit their powers. In a letter to representatives of the...Tags: Unions, Local Government, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance
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Who's underpaid and is anyone overpaid in county government?
Consultant Jeff Ling of Florida-based Evergreen Solutions gave a compensation study presentation and accompanying 44-page report to the Gloucester Board of Supervisors on Tuesday night that they are taking under advisement. The county paid $30,000 to...Tags: Employees, Work Rules Contract Issues, Marketing, Career and Workplace
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Contract talks break off between Motion Picture & TV Fund, union
Contract talks broke down between the Motion Picture & Television Fund and the union representing healthcare workers Wednesday, paving the way for a planned strike early next week. "After extensive good faith bargaining on MPTF’s part, we have...
Tags: Healthcare Contract Issues, Nursing Homes, Unions, Nursing, Entertainment
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Stanford city clerk plans to resign over differences with new council members
ben@theinteriorjournal.comSTANFORD — City Clerk Denise Pike is planning to step down from her position due to differences with Stanford's two newest city council members. On March 7, Pike announced her intention to resign, blaming newly elected council members Tom Moser...Tags: Work Rules Contract Issues, Career and Workplace
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