Teamster Waste Workers Near San Diego Ratify Solid First Contract IBT ...On July 13, workers at Waste Management in El Cajon, California, overwhelmingly ratified their first contract, which provides solid pay increases and excellent benefits. The contract will cover 190 workers who joined Local 683 in San Diego in March...
San Bernardino seeks bankruptcy protection Los Angeles Times ...San Bernardino, facing the possibility of missing payroll, becomes California's third city in weeks to authorize a bankruptcy filing...
Homicides are rising in Stockton, the bankrupt California city that has already cut its police force by more than a quarter.
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Single Payer Fight to Intensify in States if Court Strikes Down Health Care Law firedoglake ... if the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act, is that this will afford an opportunity to return to the public with a full-throated call for “Medicare for All,” a single-payer system that would use taxes to fund health coverage for all of the country’s citizens, as is done throughout the world.
Inquiry Looks Into a Shield for Donors in Elections New York Times ...Mr. Schneiderman issued a wide-ranging subpoena on Tuesday to executives at a foundation affiliated with the chamber, seeking e-mails, bank records and other documents to determine whether the foundation illegally funneled $18 million to the chamber for political and lobbying activities, according to people with knowledge of the investigation...
Protesters give Sotheby's clients a rough reception AFP ...Union workers and Occupy Wall Street activists gave a rough welcome to well-heeled Sotheby's clients as they arrived in limousines to attend an auction of contemporary art in New York...
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