Joseph Hancock
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Calif. hotel boycott grows: Korean, Mexican unionists pledge support
April 29, 2005San Francisco and Los Angeles hotel workers’ long-running contract battles to save quality health coverage and win decent wages and reasonable workloads are intensifying, with “street heat,” boycott successes and growing international solidarity.
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Rocking Arnold’s world
April 1, 2005LOS ANGELES — When musical composer Aaron Copland was commissioned by the Works Projects Administration to write “Fanfare for the Common Man,” it must have been with public workers in mind.
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LA hotel boycott remains strong
January 21, 2005LOS ANGELES — Last Dec. 17, representatives from UNITE-HERE Local 11 rejected the contract proposal from the Los Angeles Hotel Employers Council, stating that the employers’ counteroffer was “a slap in the face.” On Jan. 15,...
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Labor, community defeat L.A. County budget cuts
July 2, 2004LOS ANGLES – Led by Service Employees International Union Local 660, the labor movement and the community have defeated proposals for drastic cuts in public services in Los Angeles County.
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A readers report: The money game points to budget woes
June 25, 2004LOS ANGELES – It was 6:30 p.m. on a Wednesday night in late April. Members of the community were greeted at the door by 10th District area coordinator John Choi: “Welcome to the Money Game,” he...
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Workers comp law a big step backward
May 7, 2004LOS ANGELES – Workers Memorial Day was observed April 28 at the UCLA Labor Center’s downtown campus as workers and labor relations professionals gathered for a comprehensive “clinic” on California’s new workers’ compensation law.
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Grocery unions call for arbitration
February 6, 2004Presidents of the seven locals of striking and locked out Southern California grocery workers appeared in simultaneous press conferences in Bakersfield, Los Angeles, Palm Desert and San Diego on Feb. 4 making public a joint letter...
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Grocery jobs: Keep them union!
November 7, 2003Workers’ Correspondence The cause of the supermarket strike is long-standing problems that have now reached the boiling point. I say this as someone who worked for Ralphs Supermarkets for 13 years in the service bakery and...
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