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'U Visa' debate: Should illegal immigrant workers have more rights? [Most commented]
Opinion L.A.In the 1930's, occupations held largely by African Americans were not protected under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Today, there is still little federal protection for professions many undocumented workers hold -- namely agricultural laborers and home... -
What Gov. Brown didn't do for California's agricultural workers
Opinion L.A.Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have given agricultural workers the option to change the way they unionize. SB 104 would have permitted the system known as "card check," and was the United Farm Workers' solution to...... -
Report: Muslim woman sent home from airport job after refusing to remove hijab
The Religion WorldA Muslim civil liberties group is claiming that a woman who works for Air France was sent home from her job earlier this month after she refused to take off her head scarf. The woman, who works for Air France Passenger Service, was told she couldn't... -
Flaky work rules bury common sense
Change of SubjectTo fight the massive drifts left behind in early February by the Great Chicago Blizzard of 2011, superintendents in at least five city wards drove four-wheel drive pickups equipped with plows to help clear sidewalk ramps and the areas around...... -
Emanuel's nine suggested work-rule reforms
Change of SubjectIn a news release today, Mayor Rahm Emanuel listed all nine of his proposed work-rule reforms for city workers. Previously he'd disclosed only the first three. There are certainly back stories to each of these, though I don't know them...... -
Public-union chief on the challenges ahead for labor
Change of SubjectA lightly edited transcript of my conversation Monday afternoon with Henry Bayer, executive director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). Council 31: ZORN: Public-sector union employees seem to be in the cross-... -
Good days but a bad year for labor
Change of SubjectTuesday was a good day for organized labor in Illinois. An arbitrator ruled in favor of the state's largest public-employee union in the battle over Gov. Pat Quinn's decision to withhold a 2 percent pay raise that was to kick...... -
Being a Borders bookseller, then and now
Jacket CopyAs Borders stores are liquidated, Paul Constant, who once worked there, looks at the chain's decline in The Stranger.... -
Gloria Steinem calls for boycott of NBC's 'The Playboy Club'
Show TrackerGloria Steinem once went undercover as a Playboy Bunny -- and now she says she hopes viewers will boycott the NBC series 'The Playboy Club.'... -
Visual Effects Society issues bill of rights for the industry
Company TownThe Visual Effects Society, a trage group representing visual artists and practitioners, on Wednesday took the unsual step of issuing an "Industry Bill of Rights" to "recognize and address numerous industry wide issues affecting its membership."... -
City, police union butt heads
City executives have rejected a grievance filed by the city’s police union that claims the reorganization of the Burbank Police Department has dramatically reduced staffing levels, affected officer response times and distressed the workforce. They...Tags: Crimes, Government, Collective Contract, Unions, Employees
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A possible solution to the government pension problem
Are government workers overpaid or underpaid? That question is behind the fight now being waged in state capitals as several governors push for cuts in public employees’ retirement benefits. But new research suggests that the question is misframed:...Tags: Public Employees, Illinois, Wages and Pensions, Local Government, Stanford University
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