LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Four seats on the Los Angeles Unified School District board are up for grabs in Tuesday’s election, although the bulk of attention is being paid to incumbent Bennett Kayser’s effort to hold onto his District 5 seat in the face of staunch opposition from charter-school supporters. Kayser, 68, is seeking his […]
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Rallies expected across nation today at fast food outlets
December 4, 2014
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Fast-food workers and their supporters staged rallies in Los Angeles and across the country today in a continuing campaign for a $15 an hour wage and the right to unionize. “I work hard. I work really hard, and I don’t get paid enough,” Maribel Ponce, a 21-year-old fast food worker, […]
City Council boosts minimum wage to $15.37 at big hotels
September 25, 2014
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles City Council today tentatively approved a $15.37-per-hour minimum wage for workers at large hotels in LosAngeles. The council voted 12-3 to approve the minimum wage, with council membersBernard Parks, Mitchell Englander and Paul Krekorian dissenting. Because thedecision was not unanimous, the issue will come back for a final […]
Minimum wage hike to be considered next week
September 20, 2014
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A Los Angeles City Council committee next week isscheduled to consider an ordinance that would raise the minimum wage for somehotel workers to $15.37 an hour, higher than the mayor’s proposal to hike theminimum wage to $13.25 an hour for all workers in Los Angeles. A draft ordinance headed to the Economic […]
City pension proposal challenged
July 28, 2014
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles City Employee Relations Board today sided with city workers who challenged the creation of a pension tier that raised the retirement age and cut back pension benefits for new hires. City leaders hoped to save up to $4.9 billion over 30 years from enacting the tier, which was […]
