Labor Disputes

13 healthcare workers arrested in protest at UC regents meeting

2013-05-15 11:14:00

SACRAMENTO -- Thirteen people were arrested Wednesday at the UC regents meeting during a sit-down protest by healthcare workers threatening to strike at the system's medical centers. The University of California regents left during the protest while...

Nuking the filibuster

2013-05-15 00:00:00

In requiring the U.S. Senate to confirm presidential appointments, the Constitution aims to ensure a second level of scrutiny of the qualifications of government officials. But Senate Republicans have hijacked the confirmation process, not only to...

Edgar Allan Jones Jr. dies at 92; law professor played judge on TV courtroom shows

2013-05-13 20:00:00

The TV career of Edgar Allan Jones Jr. began with a phone call in early 1958 from a producer who needed to cast someone knowledgeable about the law. Although Jones taught law full time at UCLA, he was nervous at the prospect of auditioning: His only...

Federal appeals court strikes down union notification requirement

2013-05-07 20:15:00

WASHINGTON — Employers cannot be required to post a notice that tells their workers they have a right to join a union and bargain for better wages, a federal appeals court ruled in the latest setback for the National Labor Relations Board. The so-...

UCLA professor to stand trial in death of assistant in lab fire

2013-04-26 21:11:00

UCLA chemistry professor Patrick Harran was ordered Friday to stand trial on felony charges stemming from a laboratory fire that killed staff research assistant Sheharbano "Sheri" Sangji more than four years ago. Concluding a preliminary hearing that...

Betrayed? Citizen soldiers lose jobs; U.S. government biggest offender

2013-05-05 17:02:00

The jobs of the nation's citizen soldiers are supposed to be safe while they are serving their country: Federal law does not allow employers to penalize service members because of their military duties. Yet every year, thousands of National Guard and...

American sentenced to 15 years hard labor in North Korea

2013-05-01 22:42:00

This post has been corrected. See the note below for details. BEIJING -- Adding to the strained relations with the U.S., North Korea said Thursday that an American citizen held since November has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for "hostile...

Protests in Bangladesh as death toll from building collapse rises

2013-04-26 09:14:00

NEW DELHI, India -- The death toll in Bangladesh rose to more than 300 people Friday following the collapse this week of a building that housed five apparel factories, officials said, as protests by workers at other garment plants intensified....

Israeli airline workers strike over 'open skies' agreement

2013-04-21 11:20:00

JERUSALEM — As Israeli airline workers went on strike in protest, Israel's government approved an "open skies" agreement with the European Union that will give European carriers greater access to the lucrative Israeli tourism market. The...

Labor money starts flowing in for Garcetti

2013-04-06 16:44:00

Organized labor's lopsided support for Wendy Greuel in the Los Angeles mayor's race has started shifting as unions begin pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into an independent campaign backing her rival, Eric Garcetti. The $300,000 in new labor...

Attorneys ask for more time in Chris Brown community service case

2013-04-05 15:32:00

Singer Chris Brown was ordered to return to court this summer after attorneys asked a judge Friday for more time to review new evidence related to allegations he failed to complete court-ordered community service. Brown appeared in Los Angeles County...

Hong Kong rules against residency for foreign domestic helpers

2013-03-25 10:47:00

Foreigners who cook, clean houses and care for children in Hong Kong will not be eligible to become permanent residents like other workers from abroad, a final appeals court ruled Monday. The unanimous ruling disappointed the Filipino workers who...

Technical health workers at the five UC medical centers are threatening a two-day strike next week, and a group of them disrupted the start of the regents' meeting Wednesday with a sit-down protest that led to 13 arrests.

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Abizer Zanzi has been promoted to income partner at Franczek Radelet Zanzi represents companies, higher education institutions, non-profit organizations and public sector employers in labor and employment law.

2013-05-03 00:00:00

He represents employers in federal and state courts, and in proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Department of Labor, and other federal and state administrative bodies. Wilkinson has a J.D.

2013-05-03 00:00:00