California
Undocumented drivers’ cars seized at ‘sobriety’ checkpoints
February 17, 2010Police operating motorist sobriety checkpoints in California are impounding cars of unlicensed drivers at a far higher rate than they're arresting drunks behind the wheel, says a new report.
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Support is building for Transportation Security officers
February 15, 2010Transportation Security Officers responsible for keeping the country's airways safe and secure have been fighting their own struggle for security through collective bargaining rights.
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Labor campaigns vs. NUMMI closure
February 14, 2010Workers at the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI) plant ratchet up pressure to keep the plant open despite Toyota's decision to shut it down in March.
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Safeway janitors stop work, tired of intimidation
February 12, 2010Frustrated by the intimidation tactics of Safeway's janitorial services contractors, janitors who clean Safeway supermarkets in northern California stopped work on the night of Feb. 10.
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Anthem Blue Cross – poster child for urgency of health reform
February 11, 2010With its move to raise premiums on individual policyholders in California by up to 39 percent, Anthem Blue Cross enraged customers and elected officials.
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