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SEIU's "Fair Pay Pledge" Campaign Could Threaten the Fast-Food Industry
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SEIU’s “Fair Pay Pledge” Campaign Could Threaten the Fast-Food Industry

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California union alleges that fast-food effort to block new labor law is 'willfully misleading voters' The Service Employees International Union, one of the unions that sued to block the fast-food industry's campaign to make...

Simona Halep’s former coach says there is no chance she knew anything about banned substances
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Simona Halep’s former coach says there is no chance she knew anything about banned substances

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Simona Halep's former coach says 'no chance' the two-time grand slam champion knowingly took banned substance while winning Wimbledon Halep's former coach, Julien Macdonald, feels that in all likelihood she did not take any...

Trump says he will withdraw from the Paris climate accord
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Trump says he will withdraw from the Paris climate accord

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U.N. climate conference spurs 'gloom and doom' predictions after Trump says U.S. will withdraw from Paris accord U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for the U.N. climate conference in Bonn, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2017....

San Jose settles lawsuits against the city for $8 million
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San Jose settles lawsuits against the city for $8 million

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Transit authority settles for $8 million with families of San Jose railyard mass shooting victims Saying it was too little too late, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo's administration has agreed to pay $8 million...

Uber’s “historic” settlement with the union raises the question: did the company violate federal law?
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Uber’s “historic” settlement with the union raises the question: did the company violate federal law?

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Uber called its recent union deal ‘historic.’ A new complaint alleges it was actually against the law. In November, Uber and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) announced that they had reached...

Ontario’s largest for-profit daycares are expected to pay more than $100,000 a year
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Ontario’s largest for-profit daycares are expected to pay more than $100,000 a year

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How intense pressure from for-profit daycares has transformed Ontario’s rollout of $10-a-day child care — and sparked a political standoff over costs. Under a controversial contract signed in August 2013, Ontario’s for-profit care providers,...

Pope Francis to visit Ana Cardenas
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Pope Francis to visit Ana Cardenas

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Pope heads to immigrant father's hometown for birthday party FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2012 file photo, Pope Francis kisses Argentinean immigrant Carlos Cardenas, left, and daughter Ana Cardenas after he visited the...

Climate Change: The Crisis of the Century
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Climate Change: The Crisis of the Century

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Op-Ed: Hurricane Ian and the coming climate crash The storm of the century. Or so we thought In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, climate change – or at least the catastrophic risks posed by...

Mike Garcia: A Republican in the House
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Mike Garcia: A Republican in the House

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GOP Rep. Mike Garcia wins northern L.A. County race, giving Republicans control of the House. Mike Garcia is a freshman Republican congressman who represents California’s northern coastal Los Angeles County, and he should be...

Californians Can Get Kidneys Without Knowing Who They’re Donating
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Californians Can Get Kidneys Without Knowing Who They’re Donating

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Your guide to Prop. 29 on California kidney dialysis centers Californians don’t have to wait much longer for the Legislature’s decision on Proposition 29. The bill, which passed the Assembly on Wednesday with a...