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Union workers strike at Raley's supermarket chain

Union workers at Raley's supermarket chain, which operates more than 100 stores in California and Nevada, went on strike Sunday after last-ditch efforts to reach a new contract failed.

 

L.A. budget chief warns of bankruptcy without tax hikes, layoffs

Stagnant revenue and rising employee costs threaten City Hall with a $222-million shortfall, official says. A proposal to outsource ambulance services provokes anger from firefighters union. Los Angeles' top budget official raised the specter of bankruptcy Friday in a sweeping report that calls for new taxes, possible layoffs and the privatization of some city services.

 

Gov. Schwarzenegger convinces two more unions to agree to pension concessions, pay cutbacks

Two more public employee unions -- representing doctors, dentists and engineers -- have agreed to tentative contracts with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, expanding to six the number of labor unions the governor has convinced to accept pay cuts and pension rollbacks.

 

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