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September 29, 2006
Register One Step From Layoffs
To prevent layoffs on the heels of a sharp decline in advertising revenue, Freedom Communications--the parent company of The Orange County Register--today offered voluntary severance packages to employees, according to sources. "If not enough people opt out, then there will be layoffs," a veteran o ... More >>
Blogs
January 23, 2007
New Lessons for CSU students
Earlier this month when the governor's budget plan was unveiled, three groups-- poor families with children, teachers, and college students at UC's and CSU's-- were particularly singled out for sacrifice, so the gov. could cling to his no new taxes pledge. CSU students are expect to part with an a ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2007
Beach Break: Port strike on the horizon?
Earlier this month when the governor's budget plan was unveiled, three groups-- poor families with children, teachers, and college students at UC's and CSU's-- were particularly singled out for sacrifice, so the gov. could cling to his no new taxes pledge. CSU students are expect to part with an a ... More >>
Blogs
April 28, 2008
OC Register Laying off Five Percent of Workforce
It's never fun being right about this kind of thing, but apparently the OC Register is laying off 80 to 90 employees, according to a post today on the newspaper's website. Here's about half of the post (it's really short): "... [Publisher Terry] Horne cited Orange County’s sluggish economy, es ... More >>
Blogs
July 2, 2008
Times About to Lay Off 250 Employees
Apparently trying to compete with the Orange County Register for worst place to work on the planet, the Los Angeles Times is about to lay off 250 people, including 150 newsroom employees, according to a source who, for the time being at least, still actually works at the paper. There's been rumors ... More >>
News
April 13, 2000
Yo Quiero Contract
Campaign to organize janitors kicks off in Irvine
News
July 5, 2001
More Freebies for the Rich
Garden Grove bends over for hotel developer, gives workers the shaft
News
September 6, 2001
Exodus
Orange teachers union destroying education to save it
News
April 15, 2004
Massacre at Agua Caliente
Indian tribes kick a little worker ass in the desert
Blogs
October 30, 2008
Daily Grill Execs to Take 10% Pay Cut
Here's somewhat encouraging news in discouraging times. Although "at least eight people were laid off this year from the company's office in Woodland Hills", according to an article in the LA Times, about a dozen Daily Grill executives -- whose annual salaries range from $100,000 to $350,000 -- are ... More >>
Blogs
January 28, 2009
Oops, Nuns Caught Violating National Labor Law Again
*Update: Illegal deposition excerpts after the jump...Sister Katherine Gray, head of the one of the most socially active and downright grassroots religious orders in the world, really wants the media, her workers and everyone she knows to believe that she and the managers at the multi-million dollar ... More >>
News
June 4, 2009
[Summer Guide] What Not to Do When You're Desperate and Hungry for Money
*Update: Illegal deposition excerpts after the jump...Sister Katherine Gray, head of the one of the most socially active and downright grassroots religious orders in the world, really wants the media, her workers and everyone she knows to believe that she and the managers at the multi-million dollar ... More >>
News
July 3, 2008
Santa Ana School Employees Steaming at Sneaky District Turning Full-Time Jobs Into Part-Time Ones
*Update: Illegal deposition excerpts after the jump...Sister Katherine Gray, head of the one of the most socially active and downright grassroots religious orders in the world, really wants the media, her workers and everyone she knows to believe that she and the managers at the multi-million dollar ... More >>
News
March 20, 2008
The Content-Sharing Deal Between the OC Register and MediaNews Hasn't Led to Cuts at the Reg (Yet)
*Update: Illegal deposition excerpts after the jump...Sister Katherine Gray, head of the one of the most socially active and downright grassroots religious orders in the world, really wants the media, her workers and everyone she knows to believe that she and the managers at the multi-million dollar ... More >>
Features
November 29, 2007
Sister Knows Best
If the nuns in charge of the St. Joseph Health System are so pro-labor,why are some of their employees determined to unionize?
News
August 16, 2007
A Union-Busting Habit
The sisters who run St. Joseph Health System are often pro-labor—but apparently not at their hospitals
News
September 12, 2002
William Millionaire Plaschke
While pounding millionaire baseball players, the Times columnist cashed checks from MLB owners
News
March 11, 2004
Grocery Sacked
Union officials declare major victory in wake of major defeat
News
February 5, 2004
This Little Piggy Whores for Markets
Times ignores striking grocery workers, then blasts them in op-ed, business pages
Columns
November 20, 2003
Backing Up The Troops
Times ignores striking grocery workers, then blasts them in op-ed, business pages
News
February 6, 2003
Moving On Up
OC janitors hope new contract will solve housing woes
News
October 31, 2002
No Justice, No Teach
UC Irvine lecturers strike, students sleep in late
Food
August 29, 2002
Eating Responsibly
A guide to union dining in OC
News
February 7, 2002
Involuntary Separation
41 Reg pressmen lose jobs before union vote
News
March 15, 2001
No News Is News
41 Reg pressmen lose jobs before union vote
News
January 25, 2001
A Temendous Day in History
Janitors win countys first-ever union contract
News
November 30, 2000
Freebies for the Rich
Garden Grove hoteliers got millions in free land
News
September 21, 2000
Cleaning House
Justice for Janitors close to victory
News
March 30, 2000
Labors New Face
Linda Sanchez becomes first Latina to head OC labor movement
News
January 27, 2000
Labors Big Day
El Toro Airport Watch No. 131
News
January 28, 1999
Shopping Mauled
Workers claim Macy's engineered anti-union vote
News
September 3, 1998
How to Kill a Factory
Was an Irvine plant's closing payback for its union's budding internationalism?
Blogs
June 30, 2009
Source: 5% Across the Board Pay Cut for All Register Employees [UPDATED]
UPDATED WITH CONFIRMATION, DETAILS FROM REGISTER REPORT...It will be was announced today that all Orange County Register employees will be subjected to a 5 percent pay cut, an insider tells the Weekly. effective July 13.This comes on top of mandatory employee furloughs--or unpaid, one-week vacations ... More >>
Blogs
August 7, 2009
Layoffs and Furloughs Soon To Hit OC Prosecutors & Investigators
Tight times at the DA's officeFolks aren't buying products and services like they used to and the impact of dwindling government sales tax revenues is about to be felt hard inside the local agency charged with putting criminals in prison. In an interview this morning, District Attorney Tony Ra ... More >>
Blogs
February 11, 2010
Michael Vincent Petronella and Wife to Be Trading "Their Pradas for Prison Garb"
A Laguna Hills roofing contractor was convicted today of lavishly spending illegal profits on luxury goods by cheating the Workers' Compensation Insurance system in what the Orange County District Attorney's office called one of the largest known fraud cases of its kind in California history.At t ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2010
Fastpass to Hunger: The Final Days
The Disney magic is dead for these young activists.The Disney workers from UNITE HERE Local 11 union haven't taken a rest. They haven't eaten either so it's hard to tell exactly how eight of the original 10 fasters are still standing, let alone marching in picket lines. You read right; we lost an ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2010
UC Workers Union Ask Commencement Speakers to Boycott Their Own Speeches--Time to Call Gustavo a Scab!
A couple of weeks ago, I was at a backyard party in SanTana (no, not that type of party) when a gentleman sat down with me and talked for about 20 minutes. I had met him before but found out then that he was a representative for the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (A ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2010
Loretta Sanchez Cancels UC Riverside Commencement Speech at Behest of Union Masters
Sanchez: Laughing all the way to the bank...Yesterday's announcement by Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-Won't Co-Sponsor DREAM Act) took about as much political courage as affixing a flag pin to her outfit. She is honoring a request by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Empl ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2010
Veterans Affairs Officials Should Get an Earful
The California Department of Veterans Affairs holds a town hall in the Joint Forces Training Base's Liberty Theater in Los Alamitos at 6 this evening. (Anyone interested can also tour the base's Veteran Services Center from 5-5:30 p.m.) After an hour overview of programs offered and questions fro ... More >>
Blogs
July 19, 2010
OC's Proposed Tallest Building Gets Energetic Union, City Backing
Build it and they will come?Thanks in part to enthusiastic labor union support the Santa Ana City Council tonight unanimously approved five development agreement concessions to a wealthy Newport Beach real estate developer who is proposing to build Orange County's tallest building.The smiling, re ... More >>
Blogs
November 5, 2010
Michael Vincent Petronella, Laguna Hills Roofer Who Lived Like a King, to Do a Dime for Massive Workers' Comp Insurance Fraud
When Laguna Hills roofing contractor Michael Vincent Petronella and his wife Devon Lynn Kile were arrested in one of the largest known Workers' Compensation Insurance fraud cases in state history, they owned five properties in California and Texas and multiple luxury vehicles including a Bentley ... More >>
Blogs
December 8, 2010
Need a Job? Orange County Career Fair's Got 'Em
Aflac, Wells Fargo, Farmers Insurance, Kaiser Permanente, National University, The Art Institutes, the University of Phoenix, Forest Lawn Memorial Parks, the Automobile Club of Southern California and United States Customs and Border Protection are among the companies and agencies participating ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2011
Five Union Songs for Wiscosin Workers
In Wisconsin, a bill stripping public unions of most collective bargaining rights awaits the signature of Republican Governor Scott Walker. It's the latest phase in an ongoing legislative saga that intensified a month ago when all 14 Democratic state Senators fled to Illinois to prevent quorum on ... More >>
Blogs
May 23, 2011
Region is 4th Worst in U.S. for Finding Jobs
A list based on data from the government and a job-search website reveals the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana area is the fourth worst metropolitan area for finding a job.U.S. News & World Report analyzed data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and job search website indeed.com to com ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2011
City Manager Compensation in 3 OC Cities Comes Under Scrutiny by Grand Jury
Bruce Channing, Laguna Hills City ManagerWhen the city of Laguna Hills pays you $233,000 in base salary to fill the role of City Manager, of course it should also dish out another $60,000 to ensure that you're riding around in style--everyone knows $233k doesn't go as far as it used to. That's ... More >>
Blogs
July 18, 2011
[UPDATED with Judge Issues Written Order, City Gets It Now:] Judge Blocks Costa Mesa Layoffs Until Civil Trial
UPDATE, JULY 18, 4:49 P.M.: Though she made her ruling two weeks ago, Orange County Superior Court Judge Tam Nomoto Schumann issued the written order blocking the city of Costa Mesa from laying off employees and privatizing their jobs late Friday night.The written order just added fuel to the nev ... More >>
Blogs
October 11, 2011
Jose Luis Guerrero Accused of Workers Comp Fraud; Case Began With Employee Dying in Wood Chipper
When Gabriel Gonzalez was killed in 2007 by his body accidently going through a wood chipper, the owner of the tree trimming business he worked at filed a workers compensation insurance claim with the state to collect benefits for Gonzalez's family. Police, coroner's investigators and safety reg ... More >>
Blogs
November 10, 2011
Gov. Jerry Brown Funded By OC Unions For 2014; Loretta Sanchez Nabs Dentist Support
Pay to playGov. Jerry Brown's trip to Orange County last month for a speech to Democrats nabbed $30,000 mostly from local organized labor unions, according to a report this week in the Sacramento Bee.Among those contributing were the Orange County Employees Association, which organized "a small, ... More >>
Blogs
December 8, 2011
[UPDATED With Agreement Ratified:] Disneyland and UNITE HERE Local 11 Near Bargaining Agreement, Higher Wages, Better Healthcare For Hotel Workers
UPDATE, DEC. 8, 10:41 A.M.: The ballots have been counted and the results announced. The fierce feud is over.An "overwhelming majority" of UNITE HERE Local 11 members who cast ballots yesterday voted in support of the new collective bargaining agreement with Disneyland Resort. The newly ratified ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2012
[UPDATE: Casting Requirements Changed] Disneyland Wants Musicians For Mad T Party [Audition Details and More!]
UPDATE, Jan 12, 2012, 3:13 p.m.: Stan Freese got in touch with us today and said that the casting requirements have been amended; the characters don't have to play specific instruments, as the original audition stated. Original post, Jan. 11, 2012, 10:58 a.m.: Can you play a mean guitar riff whil ... More >>
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