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Baltimore stadium cleaners vote to join AFSCME
The Associated PressCleaning workers at Baltimore's two stadiums have voted to join the state affiliate of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. According to a news release from the union, the vote yesterday follows the recent successful battle...Tags: Employees
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Minimum Wage Increases Friday
The Associated PressTomorrow is the day about 2 million Americans get a raise. That's when the federal minimum wage goes up 70 cents an hour. The raise -- from $5.85 to $6.55 per hour -- is the second of three annual increases required by a 2007 law. The bad news may be... -
No love from state workers in L.A. for Schwarzenegger's wage-cut plan
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterState workers at the Ronald Reagan State Office Building in downtown Los Angeles were unhappy this morning with plans being prepared in Sacramento to cut their pay to the federal minimum wage until a budget is signed. They said slashing their salaries to...Tags: Mortgages, Employers, Executive Branch, Lawyers, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Trial of privacy advocate's suit postponed
Trial of a lawsuit challenging a new Virginia law that bars individuals from posting Social Security numbers on the Internet has been postponed. The case had been set for trial Thursday. U.S. District Judge Robert Payne asked for additional briefs and...Tags: Trials, Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection, Social Security
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Chiang Says State Workers Won't See Pay Cuts
State Controller John Chiang (Chung) says he won't go along with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to temporarily cut 200,000 state employees' pay to the federal minimum wage to ease California's revenue problems.
Chiang says he'll continue to pay...Tags: State Budgets, Executive Branch, National Government, Budgets and Budgeting, Civil and Public Service
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Computer tapes with Social Security umbers lost
Computer backup tapes that contain thousands of Social Security numbers of Tinley Park residents have been lost but officials say there's not much chance of identity theft. Officials say the tapes containing information from as long ago as 15 years were...Tags: Tinley Park, Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection, Social Security, Theft
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Florida's minimum wage remains higher than federal minimum
Sun-Sentinel.comThe federal hourly minimum wage rises to $6.55 today, but Florida's minimum is already at $6.79 and most Florida employers pay more to get the workers they need. Workforce One, Broward County's employment agency, says few job openings in Broward and Palm...Tags: Damages, Employers, Broward County, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
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Wage hike is not all good news
About 2 million Americans get a raise today as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers.
The increase, from $5.85 to...Tags: Economic Policy, Labor Markets, Puerto Rico, Market and Exchange, Vehicles
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Dollar can't buck the trend lower vs. peso
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe super peso is back. As rising interest rates draw capital south of the border, Mexico's currency is trading near a six-year high against the U.S. dollar and is poised to crack the psychological 10-peso-to-the-buck barrier. The peso closed at 10.007...Tags: Economic Policy, Inflation and Deflation, Money and Monetary Policy, Foreign Exchange Market, Federal Reserve
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Schwarzenegger seeks to slash state workers' pay till budget passes
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has prepared an order to cut the pay of about 200,000 state workers to the federal minimum wage of $6.55 an hour until a budget is signed. Administration officials said Schwarzenegger was expected to sign the order, a draft...Tags: Employers, Employees, Laws, National Government, Health and Safety at Work
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